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Enabling Efficient Life-cycle Managment of the Built Environment supported by Digitial Technology – BIM – 2014

Building Information Management

Technology is not the primary obstacle to efficient life-cycle management of the built environment! Refusal to adopt collaborative construction delivery methods such as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) for new construction, Job Order Contracting (JOC) for repair, renovation, sustainability, and minor new construction projects.

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Top Sustainable Construction Materials to Build a Better Future 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

One of the things that often comes up when discussing the future of construction is sustainability. Sourcing and manufacturing building materials also contribute a great deal to climate change. This is, after all, the only planet we can live in (that we know of), so promoting sustainability will serve us — and future generations.

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Relationship-based FM

Job Order Contracting

Real proper owners and FMers bear the responsibility for professionally managing processes and creating sustainable value via relationship management. Most senior leadership members view FM as being a mainly technical/engineering and cost-driven discipline that deals with the built environment.

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BIM, LEAN CONSTRUCTION, & COLLABORATIVE CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY

Building Information Management

Life-cycle asset management philosophy. 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. BEYOND DESIGN, BIM BEGINS WITH 10 STEPS… Owner competency & leadership.

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What Will Construction Look Like In The Future?

Construction Marketing

The data has the possibility of being sustainably used in the future to boost efficiency in both the construction and other sectors. The construction industry deals with large volumes of (heterogeneous) data that is expected to increase exponentially with the ever-updated technologies like sensors. Internet Of Things.

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Facilities Management – 2017 Best Practices

Job Order Contracting

LEAN Collaborative Construction Delivery techniques are where organizations will “win” or “lose” with respect to efficient life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology, or BIM.

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What is wrong with ” The Business Value of BIM for Construction in Major Global Markets: How Contractors Around the World are Driving Innovation with Building Information Modeling” ?

Building Information Management

The report exclusively deals with construction companies. The benefits include centralized and visual communication, early exploration of options, sustainability, efficient design, integration of disciplines, site control, as built documentation, etc.–effectively There appears to be no specific definition of BIM.

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