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Sustainable Public Sector Facilities Management

Job Order Contracting

Sustainable public sector facilities management is long overdue. Historically, most people have viewed the AECOO sector (architecture, engineering, construction, owners, operator/operations) as highly complex and involving relatively uncontrollable disparate domains of knowledge and disjointed, unshared objectives and goals.

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Sustainability and Efficient Facilities Lifecycle Management

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Sustainability and Efficient Facilities Lifecycle Management go hand in hand. They simply do not appreciate the fundamental requirement to apply apply collaborative principles to construction processes and activities. The current average waste invovle in facilities management “construction” ranges between 40% and 60%.

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Sustainable Facilities Management – Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, and New Builds

Job Order Contracting

Sustainable facilities management is the allocation of financial, environmental, and other organizational resources in the most efficient way possible. Capability, Capacity Skills A coordinated revamp of formal and professional education/training to address all aspects of lifecycle total cost of ownership asset management.

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Effective Public Sector Construction Project Management

Job Order Contracting

Effective public sector construction project management requires an understanding of the requisite role of owners as stakeholders. Physical Infrastructure Project Management impacts environmental, financial, organizational, and community sustainability.

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Make It Resilient 2024 Student Contest Encourages New Ways to Build for Extreme Environments

Autodesk Construction Cloud

With its latest annual Make It Real program, Autodesk is challenging high school students to imagine how to design and build a habitat for an extreme environment. For the Make It Resilient 2024 contest , any extreme environment such as a desert, rainforest, deep ocean site, areas prone to flooding, or even another planet can be chosen.

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The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment

BD+C

The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment 0 qpurcell Mon, 05/06/2024 - 10:30 Biophilic Design Biophilic design in the built environment supports the health and wellbeing of individuals, as they spend most of their time indoors. In Los Angeles, our 13,482-sf office is LEED and Fitwel certified.

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Educators Place the Spotlight on Modular Construction

GCP Applied Technologies

It is no secret that the construction industry, like many industries, is facing challenges such as labor shortages, rising material costs and the need for faster project delivery. The construction team at the Academy has been teaching and emphasizing the important role modular construction will play in the industry for years.