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Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group

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Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group Design veterans Steven Burke and Michael Swenson will lead the new sustainability initiative for Suffolk. Contractors Sustainability Sustainable Design and Construction Suffolk Construction, headquartered in Boston, has established the Suffolk Sustainability Group.

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Keep up with Regular Repair, Maintenance, Renovation, Sustainability, and Minor New Construction Projects

Job Order Contracting

This is a significant improvement over the months and years required by traditional construction procurement and delivery processes. The post Keep up with Regular Repair, Maintenance, Renovation, Sustainability, and Minor New Construction Projects appeared first on 4BT.

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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.

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem It's going to take the efforts of government and the private sector to mitigate the climate-damaging problem of embodied carbon, says this building sustainability expert, Brent Trenga. Of that amount, $2.15

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Higher Education and Managing Repair and Renovations Efficiently

Job Order Contracting

Keeping up with the growing backlog of facility renovation, repair, sustainability, and maintenance is a never ending challenge for colleges and universities. This includes facility management, finance, building users, AE firms, construction contractors, consultants, oversight groups, etc. It’s time to change this.

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LEAN Construction Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

LEAN Construction Job Order Contracting follows the fundamental aspects of integrated project deliver versus simply being a method to bypass delays and/or checks and balances provided by traditional procurement and/or construction delivery methods. Consider life-cycle cost. Joint refinement of Scope of Work.

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Asset Competency Model – The Road to Excellence

Building Information Management

. …at the end of the day the single issue of importance is whether or not Owners, Architects, Engineers, Contractors, Consultants, and Oversight Groups have the basic skills and/or competency required to efficiently manage the life-cycle of the built environment. The reason for poor adoption is clear.