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BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management

Building Information Management

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.

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BIM Guide for Owners – Building Information Management, Model, Modeling

Building Information Management

The benefits include centralized and visual communication, early exploration of options, sustainability, efficient design, integration of disciplines, site control, as built documentation, etc.–effectively Another important consideration it the type and granularity of information required at this stage of your life-cycle management strategy.

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Construction Disruption – BIM, Cloud Computing, and Efficient Project Delivery Methods

Building Information Management

A disruptive technology is one that alters the very fabric of a business process or way of life, displacing whatever previously stood in its place. BIM is the life cycle management of the built environment, supported by digital technology.

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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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BIM at LOD400: Why Level of Development 400 matters for design and virtual construction

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Stephen Blumenbaum, PE, SE, Walter P Moore Contractors Designers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Engineers Facility Managers Architects Building Owners AEC Tech BIM and Information Technology Building Tech Structural Materials Steel Buildings Today’s fast-paced world of design and construction is fractured.

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TFM Article – BIM, Cloud Computing, IPD and JOC

Building Information Management

A disruptive technology is one that alters the very fabric of a business process or way of life, displacing whatever previously stood in its place. BIM is the life cycle management of the built environment, supported by digital technology. Cholakis is chief marketing officer for 4Clicks Solutions, LLC ( www.4clicks.com

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Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVAC) – A Important Standard? – HVAC information exchange – HVACie

Building Information Management

Accompanying the technical documentation are instructions for creating the HVACie files using commercial design software. HVACie extends the existing Industry Foundation Class Coordination View including equipment and system information streamlining construction shop drawing and fabrication. Model View Definition. March 2012.