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Facilities Management and Entropy

Job Order Contracting

Certifications, traditional formal education, and professional training related to facilities life-cycle management and AECOO practices and practices have done little to address “Understanding and dealing with the concept of value.” Where has that gotten us?

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The Value of Lean Construction

Job Order Contracting

Furthermore, the required levels of collaboration among all participants and stakeholders (real property owners, facilities management, technical and procurement teams, building users, builders, designers, etc.) Teams are proactive and collaborative, reducing the time project managers spend dealing with issues.

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BIM, LEAN CONSTRUCTION, & COLLABORATIVE CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY

Building Information Management

Life-cycle asset management philosophy. Best value procurement. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is the integration of disparate competencies, business processes, and technologies to accomplish the efficient life-cycle management of the built environment. Mutual trust & respect. Continuous improvement. .

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Improving Construction Productivity = Collaboration & Alternative Project Delivery

Building Information Management

Best Value versus Lowest Bidder Procurement. This includes real property executives, facility management, technical/engineering teams, cost estimators, purchasing/procurement, and facility users. Best Value Procurement. Until this occurs, there is little hope for construction sector productivity improvement. Shared Risk/Reward.

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The Great Carbon Reckoning

Natural Building

with credits for procuring low-carbon materials and compiling a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for projects. This month a procurement tool called EC3 (short for “Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator”) is being launched. Our number one job to get that first carbon dip is to deal with existing buildings.”.

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

Building Information Management

Life-cycle Management 101. BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. 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.

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Job Order Contract Management Resources, Tools and Technology.

Job Order Contracting

Integrated LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery can consistently assure quality repair, renovation, repair, maintenance and new construction outcomes on-time and on-budget. All that is required is effective leadership capable of deploying proven program-based approaches that focus upon mutually beneficial outcomes.

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