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Total Cost of Ownership Life-cycle Asset Management – Facilities and other Physical Infrastructure

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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

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Facilities and infrastructure project investments have long-term consequences. Life cycle costing: a review of published case studies. Life Cycle Costing as an Important Contribution to Feasibility Study Construction Projects. Design to Life Cycle by Value-Oriented Life Cycle Costing.

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Facility Life-cycle Costs: Managing the Built Environment – BIM?

Building Information Management

What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? What are the benefits of life-cycle cost management vs. a “first-cost” focus? Answers to the above: 1.

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Facility Life-cycle Costs: Managing the Built Environment – BIM?

Building Information Management

What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? What are the benefits of life-cycle cost management vs. a “first-cost” focus? Answers to the above: 1.

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

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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, Big Data, and Efficient Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment

Building Information Management

Efficient life-cycle management of the built environment comes down to analyzing large data sets— big data—from several knowledge domains. Operative elements associate with leveraging big data for BIM (BIM defined as efficient life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology) include: - Transparency.

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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.