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Job Order Contracting Life-cycle Facilities Value Management

Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting Life-cycle Facilities Value Management and improving AECOO outcomes for all participants and stakeholders. Job Order Contracting Life-cycle Facilities Value Management enables the efficient use of available funds targeted for executing renovation, repair, maintenance, and minor new construction projects.

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Ready mix concrete life cycle

GCP Applied Technologies

Ready mix concrete life cycle. Concrete mix design. Concrete mix design. Concrete is typically easier to place and finish with slumps greater than those either specified, designed, or both. Some ready-mix concrete producers use mid- or high-range water reducers to the mix to help mitigate these risks.

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LEAN Construction Project Delivery and Facilities Operations, Maintenance, and Life-cycle Management

Job Order Contracting

Shared, performance-based risk/reward. Life-cycle Management. COBie is an information exchange specification for the life-cycle capture and delivery of information needed by facility managers. It can be viewed in design, construction, and maintenance software as well as in simple spreadsheets.

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

Define estimate’s purpose ■ Determine estimate’s purpose, required level of detail, and overall scope; ■ Determine who will receive the estimate Develop estimating plan ■ Determine the cost estimating team and develop its master schedule; ■ Determine who will do the independent cost estimate; ■ Outline the cost estimating approach; ■ Develop the estimate (..)

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Beyond Green – High Performance Buildings, BIM, and Life-cycle Facility Management

Building Information Management

Also, over the life-cycle of a building, a sustainable, high-performance building will win on ROI every time as only 10%-20% of life-cycle cost go into construction, vs. operations, maintenance, etc. Efficient ongoing life-cycle management of facilities is the key to sustainability. Why not?

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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.