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GHG, SHG, SEC Regulations – Facilities Regs and Reporting Changes Coming Soon

Job Order Contracting

New GSG, SHG, SEC Facilities Regulations and Reporting Requirements on the near-term horizon. Design for long life and adaptability. The journey towards efficient life-cycle management of the built environment, carbon literacy, and LEAN process is not easy. Is your organization ready? Conclusion.

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Ready mix concrete life cycle

GCP Applied Technologies

Ready mix concrete life cycle. Concrete mix design. Will the quality of the fly ash change as environmental regulations shift? Concrete mix design. Concrete is typically easier to place and finish with slumps greater than those either specified, designed, or both. Monitoring mix design performance.

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The Life-cycle of a Job Order Contract

Building Information Management

Job Order Contract Life-cycle. At the Pre-Proposal Meeting, the PM should set up a date for the pre-construction “site visit” A designated form with an appropriate amount of information requesting JOC work is completed and forwarded to the “Contract Specialist” Proposal Request. Owner Estimate.

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Maintaining the Golden Thread of Information with Autodesk Construction Cloud Part One

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Design Development and Information Tracking As part of all projects coming under the Building Safety Act, there will be the requirement to generate, review and approve very specific fire strategy plans and information in line with regulation 38 of the Building regulations and BS 8644.

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Insulation in the extreme

Construction Specifier

Beyond the global pandemic and events in the news, both episodic weather events and new environmental regulations are placing extreme demand on building materials, including insulation. Extreme weather, climate concerns, and new regulations. Could events of the past year be considered anything other than extreme?

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Measuring a building’s embodied carbon

Construction Specifier

The magnitude of their impacts is the driving force behind many initiatives to improve tomorrow’s structures—from energy regulations and government procurement policies to green building rating systems and programs such as the Architecture 2030 Challenge. Life-cycle assessment. Measuring carbon footprint in building materials.

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Define Construction Procurement

Job Order Contracting

While Federal, State, County, and Local Governments as well as other public entities may have volumes of regulations regarding construction procurement practices, in many cases they are outdated and do not include current LEAN construction procurement/delivery best management practices. Define Construction Procurement.