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Staying in control with fabric cladding

Construction Specifier

Tension fabric structures have served a key role as a cost-effective facility solution for years. In some cases, users have turned to fabric buildings when brick-and-mortar construction is not economically feasible or would take too long to complete. The fabric building market remained stable, but also stagnant, for a long time.

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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. A CRITICAL REVIEW OF VALUE MANAGEMENT AND WHOLE LIFE COSTING ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

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Construction Disruption – BIM, Cloud Computing, and Efficient Project Delivery Methods

Building Information Management

Emergent disruptive technologies and construction delivery methods are altering both the culture and day-to-day practices of the construction, renovation, repair, and sustainability of the built environment. BIM is the life cycle management of the built environment, supported by digital technology. By Peter Cholakis.

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BIM Guide for Owners – Building Information Management, Model, Modeling

Building Information Management

Citation – Some excepts and content from: Computer Integrated Construction Research Program. As such it serves as a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility, forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle from inception onwards. BIM Planning Guide for Facility Owners”. B IM / BIM 3.

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Top 30 Construction Classes at Autodesk University 2021

Autodesk Construction Cloud

No matter where you’re at in your construction career, or what business goals you’re out to achieve, get ready for a set of construction classes designed to leave you with a long list of actionable takeaways. With over 80 construction classes available this year, the question remains: what sessions should you attend?

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TFM Article – BIM, Cloud Computing, IPD and JOC

Building Information Management

Construction Disruption Peter Cholakis. Emergent disruptive technologies and construction delivery methods are altering both the culture and day-to-day practices of the construction, renovation, repair, and sustainability of the built environment.

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Built Environment Life-Management, BIM, LEAN, and Efficient Project Delivery

Building Information Management

Life-cycle Management 101. Discrepancies in construction delivery methods and contracts lead to the failure of BIM, or many/most facility renovation, repair projects. It is time to rethink the contractual context for efficient construction project delivery. THE ROLE OF CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY METHODS.

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