Understanding the Difference Between Design-Assist & Delegated Design
Construction Business Owner
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Understanding the Difference Between Design-Assist & Delegated Design. Elizabeth Manning. Tue, 11/17/2020 - 15:47.
Total Cost of Ownership Life-cycle Asset Management – Facilities and other Physical Infrastructure
Job Order Contracting
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Efficient life-cycle total cost of ownership management requires the application of LEAN processes and collaborative construction delivery methods. Total Cost of Ownership = Design, Construction, Operations, Maintenance, Renovations, Adaptations, Upgrades, Disposal/Recycling. Learn more? contact-form].
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Construction Equation: Knowledge Problems + Data Problems + Management Problems = Outcome Problems
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 25, 2021
Lack of recognition by senior management of the linkage between between the built environment and organizational mission Low level of understanding of both life-cycle total-cost-of-ownership management and integrated lean planning, procurement, and project delivery principles and processes. Procedia Engineering. Data Problems.
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Engineered Wood Sprouts Solutions for Supermarket Chain
BD+C
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Engineered Wood Sprouts Solutions for Supermarket Chain 1 kcichowicz Wed, 10/18/2023 - 13:31 Switching from a steel roof system to an engineered wood one helped a Sprouts Farmers Market design team solve supply chain challenges and lower the location’s carbon footprint. Engineer Mo Kateeb, principal of A.V.
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Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group
BD+C
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group Design veterans Steven Burke and Michael Swenson will lead the new sustainability initiative for Suffolk. Contractors Sustainability Sustainable Design and Construction Suffolk Construction, headquartered in Boston, has established the Suffolk Sustainability Group.
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Bring Your Facility Manager to Your Next Design-Build Project
Autodesk Construction Cloud
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Close the data gap from AEC to operations The critical step for closing the AEC and operations data gap : involve facility managers in design and build data management processes as early as possible. While the formative stages of new projects bring together design and construction teams, facility managers often have more limited representation.
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New ISO standard for optimizing building use and reusing and recycling components released
BD+C
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
A new ISO standard has the goal of optimizing building use to realize a structure’s full potential throughout its life cycle. ISO 20887, Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works , pertains to design for disassembly and adaptability.
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Get a competitive edge in your construction projects with value engineering
BD+C
MAY 18, 2023
Get a competitive edge in your construction projects with value engineering 1 kcichowicz Thu, 05/18/2023 - 11:53 Trimble Over the past half-century, value engineering (VE) has proven to be an effective tool to manage time, costs, and quality with an aim to maximize value. What is value engineering?
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Integrated Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Solution
Job Order Contracting
MAY 6, 2022
The ultimate benefit provided by integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery solution is significantly improved life-cycle total cost of ownership asset management. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(1), 104–. Management in Engineering, 35(1), 05018014. Team Selection.
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BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management
Building Information Management
MARCH 19, 2013
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. A CRITICAL REVIEW OF VALUE MANAGEMENT AND WHOLE LIFE COSTING ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
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Efficient Construction Delivery – Life-cycle management of the build envrionment
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 20, 2014
Certainly it has been don within certain areas such as cost estimating using common / well designed cost databases with integrated contract, project, and document management. However across the full life-cycle of a structure? Traditional linear construction delivery methods such as design-bid-build are antiquated.
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Big data, LEAN Construction Delivery, High Performance Buildings = Productive Life-cycle Facility Managment
Building Information Management
APRIL 12, 2016
Our education and professional development systems are failing to properly address the fundamental concepts of life-cycle and total-cost-of-ownership management specific to the built environment.
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Big data, LEAN Construction Delivery, High Performance Buildings = Productive Life-cycle Facility Managment
Building Information Management
APRIL 12, 2016
Our education and professional development systems are failing to properly address the fundamental concepts of life-cycle and total-cost-of-ownership management specific to the built environment.
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BIM, Big Data, and Efficient Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment
Building Information Management
AUGUST 6, 2012
Efficient life-cycle management of the built environment comes down to analyzing large data sets— big data—from several knowledge domains. Organizations that can best harness “Big data” in within the AECOO sector (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operations, Owner) will hold a distinct competitive advantage.
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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 20, 2023
Sharing actionable, transparent information with all construction project participants and stakeholders early on, and throughout the construction and operations life-cycle of a built structure, would measurably mitigate change orders, legal disputes, and waste. and maintenance information into the building knowledge base.
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BIM / BLM Onology – Building Information Modeling / Built-environment Life-cycle Management – 2014
Building Information Management
APRIL 8, 2014
Ontology is now a rapidly evolving science in response to increasing complex information systems and/or “big data” Specific to the built-environment life-cycle management BLM / BIM, ontology is a fundamental requirement as it’s needed to establish robust, coherent, and consistent representations of ever-changing information.
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Building Information Management
APRIL 8, 2014
Ontology is now a rapidly evolving science in response to increasing complex information systems and/or “big data” Specific to the built-environment life-cycle management BLM / BIM, ontology is a fundamental requirement as it’s needed to establish robust, coherent, and consistent representations of ever-changing information.
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BIM in Chains – Sustainability and Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment Stalled?
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 1, 2012
BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Further life-cycle management of the built environment requires significant “change management” in most organizations whether Owners, AEs, Contractors, Oversight Groups, etc.
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Best Value Facilities Repair, Renovation Work Order Delivery
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 24, 2021
Collaborative design for constructibility. All parties can visualize project and work order requirements at a granular level and drive efficient life-cycle management. An integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery solution that drives consistent on-time, on-budget, quality outcomes at a fair price.
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Walter P Moore promotes former 40 Under 40 winner Kelly Roberts
BD+C
JANUARY 18, 2024
Walter P Moore promotes former 40 Under 40 winner Kelly Roberts 0 qpurcell Thu, 01/18/2024 - 09:30 Engineers In addition to her role as a Principal, Roberts is a distinguished leader in structural design with an extensive portfolio encompassing diverse projects such as educational and healthcare facilities to commercial and healthcare structures.
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Forget “BIM”, and Get on Board with BLM – Building / Built Environment Life-cycle Management
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 25, 2014
BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. BLM – Building Life-cycle Management requires fundamental process changes within all participating organizations / stakeholders and the associated integration and use of multiple competencies, processes, and technologies.
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Construction Classification Criticality – A Draft White Paper
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 6, 2016
– Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Facilities Management, & Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment. The combination of information related to all aspects of physical assets life-cycle is best called a physical asset model.
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Concrete
GCP Applied Technologies
MARCH 2, 2020
Reference this full catalog of high-performance, specialty chemicals and organic compounds that help producers, engineers, specifiers and contractors meet specification requirements for the breadth of construction projects. Ready mix concrete life cycle. Concrete mix design. Materials management. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum.
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Collaboration in Construction Matters
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 20, 2018
Compare those numbers to the AECOO (architecture, engineering, construction, operations, and owner) average of 70-72% of project over budget and over schedule! Leave design-bid-build and even design-build behind if you truly want to maximize your limited facilities management resource to the betterment of your organization.
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” Evidence-based ” Life-cycle Federal Facility Management, BIM, and the Status Quo – NIBS, FFC
Building Information Management
JUNE 20, 2012
Key Topics / Take Aways: Identify and advance technologies, processes, and management practices that improve the performance of federal facilities over their entire life-cycle, from planning to disposal. Requirements for facility life-cycle management, efficient repair/maintenance/sustainability, BIM.
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61 The Simple Guide to LEAN Construction Delivery
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 20, 2019
Open collaboration between real property project owners and service providers (architects, engineers, builders…) throughout the life-cycle of assets, programs, and projects is a fundamental outcome of using the OpenJOC(TM) Collaborative Construction Delivery Platform. . . Arizona continues to struggle?
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The high cost of low maintenance
BD+C
JUNE 14, 2023
This article will identify the primary causes of engineering failures, define proactive versus reactive maintenance, recognize the reasons for deferred maintenance, and identify the financial and safety risks related to deferred maintenance. The longer maintenance is deferred, the more the structure deteriorates.
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Construction Procurement Costs
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 10, 2021
Often owners focuses only on initial purchase cost when they make decisions on repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build planning, design, procurement & construction. In the facilities management, architecture, engineering, construction sector, it is a way of life. Solving the Construction Procurement Puzzle.
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Facilities Lifecycle Management
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 13, 2017
See asset life-cycle model… A total cost of ownership perspective is also required as opposed to the more prevalent practice of first-cost dominance. Facilities Lifecycle Management requires increased competency on the part of facilities owners and facilities management.
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LEAN Job Order Contracting
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 20, 2020
As with any integrated project delivery environment, LEAN JOC supports and drives early and ongoing communication among all parties… owners, facilities management, architects, engineers, builders, and building users. Asset Life-cycle Total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) Management www.4BT.us. TOOLS AND SERVICES.
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Behind the Build: Interview with Isabel Harlan, Sr. Engineer and Project Manager at Hatch LTK
Autodesk Construction Cloud
JANUARY 14, 2022
For those working in infrastructure, there are always projects to address, like designing signals and traction power or performing maintenance. . Isabel Harlan , Senior Engineer and Project Manager at Hatch LTK , has learned to expect unexpected challenges in engineering. Engineer & Project Manager, Hatch LTK.
LEAN JOC – Job Order Contracting
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 20, 2020
The approach invests more resources earlier in the Project life-cycle. As with any integrated project delivery environment, LEAN JOC supports and drives early and ongoing communication among all parties… owners, facilities management, architects, engineers, builders, and building users. TOOLS AND SERVICES.
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LEAN Job Order Contracting Intro 3
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 8, 2017
Scope validation phase is longer and more intense than traditional design bid build, or other “so-called” JOC programs. Subcontractor and other vendor insights are integrated into design and used for coordination and conflict. Asset Total Cost of Ownership-Efficient Life-cycle Management Model. resolution.
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100 Guide to Implementing Efficient Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Construction Methods
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 24, 2018
Articulate the benefits of LEAN facilities repair, renovation, and construction across the entire life-cycle. Integrate internal and external teams (procurement, engineering, facilities management, designers, builders, building users…). Focus upon BEST VALUE OUTCOMES.
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Efficient Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Construction Basics
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
As a result, staggering levels of economic and environmental waster are common across the architectural, engineering, construction, operations, and owner groups. LEAN methods provide a proven integrated, coordinated, and efficient way to manage all project and program phases (from design through construction, into operation, and beyond).
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FREE Cloud-based Construction Collaboration Tool
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 26, 2017
Reduce costs and improve efficiency for buildings and infrastructure projects by consolidating and seamlessly exchanging information throughout the design, procure, build, and operations life-cycle. Improved Collaboration Translates to Great Efficiency.
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100 Integrated project delivery method
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 14, 2017
Traditional design-bid-build, and even design-build are not capable of meeting this threshold, not providing appropriate levels of collaboration and financial transparency. The Designer”. Integrated project delivery method. A C ommon D ata E nvironment (CDE) is a strategic tool for sharing cost information and managing a team.
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Behind the Build: Interview with Mike White, Director of Design and Construction at North Point Hospitality
Autodesk Construction Cloud
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Mike White , Director of Design and Construction at North Point Hospitality (NPH) , is one individual who possesses these traits and abilities. I initially started at North Point, managing projects, then moved to Senior Project Manager and ultimately the Director of Design and Construction. I'll start at the beginning—my family.
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Validity of a Construction Cost Estimate – Public Sector
Job Order Contracting
MAY 4, 2023
In preparing a cost estimate, a value analysis must be performed concurrently to establish the appropriate selection, means, and methods of each tasks to ensure the lowest possible life-cycle cost per the approved detailed scope of work. Estimate includes all initial preliminary engineering costs and final design costs.
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Top 10 Companies for Environmental Engineers to Work For
CivilJungle
OCTOBER 25, 2020
With climate change upon us, we are counting on engineers like you to help save the planet so no pressure. Environmental engineering is a broad topic and covers a range of scientific and engineering areas that are dedicated to reducing waste and pollution while improving environmental conditions for all of us. Company Name.
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Some outstanding ideas to design your home with Concrete
Construction Cost Estimating
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
To satisfy these requirements efficiently, the engineers offer some unique design ideas. Concrete Home Design Ideas: Designers have provided different types of design ideas for the construction of concrete homes owing to its versatility and easy accessibility of construction materials.
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Life Science Building Design & Construction: 5 Considerations for Success
Stok
OCTOBER 21, 2020
With their strict technical requirements and rigorous performance standards, laboratories and other high-tech life science facilities present a unique opportunity for sustainable design and construction innovation. Time is money and that concept is never truer than on a life science project.
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Life Science Building Design & Construction: 5 Considerations for Success
Stok
OCTOBER 22, 2020
With their strict technical requirements and rigorous performance standards, laboratories and other high-tech life science facilities present a unique opportunity for sustainable design and construction innovation. Time is money and that concept is never truer than on a life science project.
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Construction Cost Estimating 2020 and Beyond – Must Reading for Owners
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
The are many levels of construction cost estimates based upon a “project” life-cycle. Conceptual or preliminary estimates are developed prior to any design or engineering analysis other than basic requirements definition and or physical and/or functional condition assessment.
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