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Essential BIM Terminology

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Each stakeholder or contractor maintains their own data and documents. It assists the employer in defining what is required from each team member, monitors their progress, validates data entry, and records who has done what and when. The employer should define what is required from the design and construction teams.

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Getting buy-in from the field for digital project management

Fieldwire

This is a great approach for a general contractor trying to ditch the paper blueprints and go digital within their projects, but it may not address the added challenges posed by the fact that we also need our trade contractors and their crews to buy-in to the process changes in order to realize the full potential.

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Different types of quantity surveyor in surveying field

Construction Cost Estimating

A professional quantity surveyor is employed by the client and the contractor’s quantity surveyor. These comprise of a private practice QS who performs with an organisation in an office and instructs clients as well as develop a bill of quantities for various contractors on various projects.

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Facilities Operations & Maintenance Management

Job Order Contracting

Appropriate decision-support tools and services (technology, data, and consulting/education/support) must be included to enable consideration of life-cycle costs and financial resource prioritization. Life-cycle / total cost of ownership management techniques. Leadership without excessive management.

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LEAN Construction Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

from the Owner, Contractor, and Subcontractor (as applicable) – procurement, technical, facilities management, building users…). Consider life-cycle cost. LEAN Construction Job Order Contracting offers several enhancements … Competent Owner providing leadership on-site management. project in at the best value.

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Asset Competency Model & Efficient Facility Management #101

Building Information Management

An asset competency model is a formalized, detailed description and documentation of the role-specific knowledge domains required to optimize and continuously improve physical infrastructure life-cycle management. architects, engineers, contractors, building product manufacturers…).

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Enabling real-time collaboration in Egyptian construction

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The Cairo-based general contractor collaborates closely with its sister companies, which include project managers Polar, Redcon Steel, Wajha (cladding and curtain walls) and concrete specialists Cemento. “We Redcon Construction is one of Egypt’s leading and largest engineering, construction and infrastructure firms.