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LEED, Sustainability, and the Federal Government – Report Card – 2012

Building Information Management

Green, yellow or red values were assigned for seven (7) metrics, with no overall score.Oddly the Department of Energy scored to “reds” for poor reductions in fleet petroleum use and poor progress in developing sustainable buildings. Department of Defense. Department of Education. Develop Agency Sustainability Plans.

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What is JOC

Job Order Contracting

The United States Department of the Army is attributed with initially developing and deploying Job Order Contracting during the early 1980s. Traditional design-bid-build (DBB) construction delivery was too inefficient for the large numbers of renovation, repair, and sustainment/maintenance projects.

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Job Order Contracting – Lean Construction History

Job Order Contracting

The United States Department of the Army is attributed with initially developing and deploying Job Order Contracting during the early 1980s. Traditional design-bid-build (DBB) construction delivery was too inefficient for the large numbers of renovation, repair, and sustainment/maintenance projects.

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All Renovation, Repair, Sustainability Construction projects should involve Job Order Contracting – JOC

Building Information Management

JOC today has more than a 25-year record of implementation within the United States Department of Defense – DOD, and wide range of non-DOD Federal, County/State/Local, Educational, and Healthcare institutions. The JOC contractor provides “on call” construction services from concept thru close-out.

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

Business Facilities

I owa’s leaders have an ambitious target for the state’s workforce education goals. Governor Kim Reynolds is calling on educators, employers and legislators to collaborate to add 120,000 Iowans with postsecondary degrees or credentials to the state’s workforce by 2025.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Tulou Chinese.

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Location: Crestone, Colorado, United States. Name: Kelly Hart. View my complete profile.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

The states that have put the assets in place today to support a thriving cybersecurity industry—including STEM-oriented higher education programs with cyber-specific degrees and R&D facilities working in tandem with national security agencies, the U.S. military and business—will rule the cyber sector tomorrow.