Building Information Management

APRIL 12, 2016

Our education and professional development systems are failing to properly address the fundamental concepts of life-cycle and total-cost-of-ownership management specific to the built environment. I recently read an article about concepts that will shape the future of the construction industry. Three concepts were highlighted-.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Management Products Education 40

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

JOC Contract strategy, development, implementation, and management involves a thorough understanding of LEAN Construction and Life-cycle Asset Management. Work execution and contract administration. Request a JOC Contract Operations Guide. JOC Contract – Additional Information. Monitoring.

Contract 100

Contract Procurement Renovating Life Cycle 100

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Let’s face it, LEED is a great marketing tool, but NOT the solution. “Kudos” to LEED for building awareness and addressing the need to focus upon sustainability of the built environment! There should be little to no cost premium for a sustainable building. Why not?

Life Cycle 77

Life Cycle BIM Management Green 77

Building Information Management

AUGUST 6, 2012

Efficient life-cycle management of the built environment comes down to analyzing large data sets— big data—from several knowledge domains. 3D visualization software products currently promoted as BIM (Building Information Modeling) are not solutions for this task. Big Data for BIM / Efficient Facility Life-cycle Management.

Life Cycle 81

Life Cycle BIM Environment Management 81

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Job Order Contracting done right, that’s what the OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting Framework is all about. OpenJOC Job Order Contracting Framework embeds LEAN best management practices and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for cost, performance, and time, with an overall focus upon best value outcomes.

Contract 100

Contract Life Cycle Renovating Management 100

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 8, 2017

LEAN Job Order Contracting Intro 4 continues to define LEAN JOC versus others so-called “JOC Programs” Basic elements of LEAN Job Order Contracting … Rewarding desired behaviors. Learn more about LEAN Job Order Contracting Intro 4 … FEATURED ARTICLE. Creating an open information environment.

Contract 100

Contract COAA Life Cycle BIM 100

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 25, 2018

The combination of robust LEAN processes, locally researched detailed line item construction cost data, ongoing training and support, and cloud technology … all included within the OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting Solution, provide all the tools necessary for savvy professionals.

Renovating 100

Renovating Sustainability Life Cycle Construction 100

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 16, 2013

What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? What are the benefits of life-cycle cost management vs. a “first-cost” focus? Answers to the above: 1.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Environment BIM Management 40

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 16, 2013

What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? What are the benefits of life-cycle cost management vs. a “first-cost” focus? Answers to the above: 1.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Environment BIM Management 40

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The successful integration of People, Process, Information, and Technology leads to the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects on-time and on- budget. with the result being improved overall productivity.

Life Cycle 115

Life Cycle Procurement Renovating Budgeting 115

Building Information Management

MAY 28, 2014

Being productive is not just about being efficient. Sure, you can tweak a few things here to attempt be more efficient with respect to your numerous renovation, repair, sustainability, and construction projects, but substantial productivity gains require fundamentally changing how you do things.

Renovating 51

Renovating Sustainability Contract Products 51

Building Information Management

APRIL 28, 2014

Technology is not the primary obstacle to efficient life-cycle management of the built environment! The roadblocks to increased collaboration, transparency, and productivity within the AECOO sector are as follows: 1. Current focus upon first-costs vs. life-cycle costs. Different meanings for the same parts.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Environment BIM Management 40

Building Information Management

MARCH 19, 2013

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.

Life Cycle 53

Life Cycle Management BIM Engineering 53

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 13, 2017

See asset life-cycle model… A total cost of ownership perspective is also required as opposed to the more prevalent practice of first-cost dominance. Proper allowances for local conditions – geographic, weather, productivity of labor, security, …. Metrics and Benchmarks – Time, Accuracy, Conditions, Cost…. contact-form].

Management 100

Management Life Cycle Estimating Comparison 100

Building Information Management

JUNE 20, 2012

Key Topics / Take Aways: Identify and advance technologies, processes, and management practices that improve the performance of federal facilities over their entire life-cycle, from planning to disposal. Requirements for facility life-cycle management, efficient repair/maintenance/sustainability, BIM.

Life Cycle 61

Life Cycle BIM Management Inspections 61

BD+C

OCTOBER 20, 2023

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. The CODE Building in Charlottesville, Va.,

Procurement 52

Procurement Life Cycle Construction Materials 52

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Over the past few years real property owners are being pressured more than ever to transition sustainable economic and environmental facilities management policies and programs. Many commercial real property owners and facilities managers will require building competencies in all aspects of built environment life-cycle management.

Life Cycle 100

Life Cycle Construction Change Orders Procurement 100

Building Information Management

MAY 21, 2015

Efficient project delivery methods such as Integrated Project Delivery – IPD for major new construction, and Job Order Contracting – JOC for renovation, repair, sustainability, and minor new construction, among others, are proven and have been practiced effectively for decades. via [link].

Products 40

Products Life Cycle US Construction 40

Building Information Management

APRIL 10, 2012

The later being largely responsible for the decades long declined in productivity within the construction sector throughout America. And, of course, buildings are a major consumer of petrochemical products… high energy users, and a primary source of green house gas and other emissions.

Life Cycle 49

Life Cycle BIM Management Visualization 49

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 10, 2021

These factors include… poor formal and professional education in the domain, low investment in research and development, deep rooted project culture, perceived long life-cycle of associated return on investment, resistance from construction projects’ participants and stakeholders, and lack of real property owner leadership and competency.

Construction 164

Construction Procurement Contract Management 164

Building Information Management

MAY 28, 2015

Technology is an enabler, but in itself incapable of truly impacting construction productivity… AND we are software developers! The key to construction productivity improvement lies within collaboration, standardized information, metrics, viable strategy, and continuous improvement… basically LEAN business process.

Products 40

Products Life Cycle Construction Environment 40

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 19, 2016

Robust collaborative construction delivery methods provide a proven path for Owners to significantly improve construction productivity and levels of satisfaction among a participants and building users. – 2016, Arizona State University – Job Order Contracting Performance Survey-2015. JOC Do’s and Don’ts.

Renovating 100

Renovating Life Cycle Contract Estimating 100

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 10, 2019

Nonetheless, it would be incorrect to assume that technology alone will solve the AECOO’s dismal legacy of low productivity, waste, and legal disputes. The key is to integrate people, process, technology, and current actionable data throughout the life-cycle of all projects. . The post appeared first on 4BT.

Procurement 100

Procurement Life Cycle Legal Mobility 100

Building Information Management

APRIL 28, 2016

5S for LEAN Construction / Job Order Contracting / IPD. Stewardship – Practice best value life-cycle management of the built environment. Share – Enable transparent and open communications among all stakeholders, beginning with initial concept and continuing thru end-of-life.

Contract 40

Contract Life Cycle Construction Security 40

Building Information Management

MAY 15, 2012

First and foremost BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Construction cost estimating, and facility life-cycle cost estimating are critical components of any facility design, project delivery, repair, renovation, sustainability, or planning function.

Estimating 49

Estimating BIM Life Cycle Construction 49

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Interoperability is a common “buzzword” used whenever you here a discussion about improving productivity with the AECOO (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owners, Operations) industry sector. Drastic culture and process are the requirements for mitigating waste within the AECOO sector.

Renovating 45

Renovating Life Cycle Sustainability Products 45

Building Information Management

JANUARY 29, 2013

It is less costly and more sustainable to reuse existing buildings. With 345,000 buildings, with over 105,000 buildings more than 50 years old, the importance of efficient renovation, repair, and sustainability of existing buildings is paramount. Sustainment/Status Quo. Contract, Project, Estimating, Document Management.

Sustainability 45

Sustainability Life Cycle Procurement Estimating 45

Building Information Management

APRIL 26, 2016

Collaboration is a contractual REQUIREMENT in addition to a work philosophy for any deployment of Job Order Contracting and IPD. Job order contracting and IPD reduce time, processing, defects, waste, and overall cost. Life-cycle perspective versus first cost mentality. Total Productive Maintenance. Value-Adding.

Contract 40

Contract Life Cycle Construction Resource 40

Building Information Management

JANUARY 29, 2013

It is less costly and more sustainable to reuse existing buildings. With 345,000 buildings, with over 105,000 buildings more than 50 years old, the importance of efficient renovation, repair, and sustainability of existing buildings is paramount. Sustainment/Status Quo. Contract, Project, Estimating, Document Management.

Sustainability 40

Sustainability Life Cycle Procurement Estimating 40

Pro Builder

JANUARY 7, 2021

SEEFAR's Jim Nostedt shares how an appraisal/analysis called Total Cost of Building Ownership reveals the true cost of building and operating a sustainable building. Jim Nostedt: SEEFAR Building Analytics performs whole-building life-cycle costing, or the Total Cost of Building Ownership analysis, of new or existing buildings.

Life Cycle 98

Life Cycle Banking Drafting Comparison 98

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 7, 2017

The estimated value and type of a construction services required (including any options such as contract extensions) should determines the appropriate procurement and construction delivery method. ASSET LIFE-CYCLE MODEL – Total Cost of Ownership Management – A framework for facilities life-cycle management.

Procurement 100

Procurement Construction Life Cycle Contract 100

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The trajectory has been much more rapid for BIM, however from recent discussions with US practitioners it appears the US is advanced in geometric, spatial and visual BIM uses but progress in the productive use of structured data, particularly into the operational phase, seems to be falling behind the UK.”

Life Cycle 65

Life Cycle BIM Management Procurement 65

Building Information Management

JUNE 21, 2016

If you consider BIM to be the solution to low construction productivity, think again. The root of the decades long decline in construction productivity and associated poor facility management practices is cultural. Reducing end product variability, cycle-times, waste, and cost is not rocket science.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Construction Education Visualization 40

Building Information Management

JULY 2, 2012

Quality, Productivity, and Transparency within the Construction Sector (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operations, Owner …) will not improve until there is an engaged collaborative focus by all stakeholders embodied within and supported by proven/robust business processes and enabling technology.

Products 40

Products Life Cycle Construction BIM 40

Building Information Management

JULY 2, 2012

Quality, Productivity, and Transparency within the Construction Sector (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operations, Owner …) will not improve until there is an engaged collaborative focus by all stakeholders embodied within and supported by proven/robust business processes and enabling technology.

Products 40

Products Life Cycle Construction BIM 40

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 9, 2012

BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technologies. IPD, Job Order Contracting/JOC). As such it is a process of collaboration, continuous improvement, transparency, and integration.

BIM 63

BIM Life Cycle Management Guidelines 63

Building Information Management

MAY 23, 2012

Professional construction cost estimators are critical to any collaborative, transparent, and productive BIM solution. Owners, AEs, Contractors, Sub-Contractors, Oversight Groups, Business Product Manufacturers- BPMs, and the Community will all gain higher visibility into life-cycle needs and impacts of the built environment.

Estimating 45

Estimating BIM Life Cycle Renovating 45