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2021 Facilities Repair Renovation and New Construction Cost Management

Job Order Contracting

With appropriate levels of owner leadership and competency and currently available tools and support services efficient facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction (life-cycle management) can be achieved. These environments, when properly deployed and managed, drive unparalleled levels of efficiency quality.

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Integrated Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Solution

Job Order Contracting

Achieving and Maintaining Excellence Requires – Collaboration, Team Alignment and Tracking, Accountability, Clarity of Goals, Problem Solving, Fiscal Transparency, Robust Process, Common/Shared Data Environment, Levelling Up Team Knowledge. Comparison of Project Performance between Project Delivery Systems. in the Public Sector.

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Sustainably built environments: specifying low-carbon concrete

Construction Specifier

Sustainable construction considers the entire life cycle of a structure and aims to reduce the environmental damage at every stage, from the initial choice of products to demolition. When produced and sourced locally, it has favorable CO2 and energy footprints in comparison to other building materials.

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BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management

Building Information Management

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Unfortunately, too much emphasis has been placed upon 3-D visualization and other technology components vs. the process of life-cycle management. Consequently, the need for value management emerges. INTRODUCTION.

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Best Construction Cost Estimating Solution

Job Order Contracting

Collaborative environment – Even if there is only one estimator, it is critical to share current, actionable information with multiple internal and external parties. Here is a recommended list of considerations if you are seeking the best construction cost estimating solution for your organization.

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LEAN beats BENCHMARKING

Job Order Contracting

” With respect to efficient life-cycle management of the built environment, and facilities management in general, many depend upon benchmarking as valued tool. . A common data environment of current actionable information is key to the process.

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Demand For Efficient Life-Cycle Building Management Processes – BIM, JOC, IPD – FIATECH PRESENTATION – 2012

Building Information Management

Field specific variables, such as weather, on-going operations, soils conditions, security, safety, site lay-out, environment protections and other contexts must be considered as well as the means and methods of work execution. A “FACEBOOK for Facilities Construction and Life-cycle Operations” is on the horizon.