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Secrets of a structural engineer

BD+C

Scott Martin, PE, LEED AP, DBIA Building Team Contractors Designers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Engineers Facility Managers Architects Building Owners Recently, I was asked to present to a group of aspiring engineers at the Florida A&M-Florida State University College of Engineering.

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BIM for FM

Job Order Contracting

Distribution and sharing of information by the Facilities Management Team is crucial to achieving cost efficient and high performing facilities, however, 3-D BIM visualization and modeling software is generally very sophisticated, relatively expensive, and very complex. 8. Cost of implementation is insignificant versus cost savings.

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Why a Single-Vendor Technology Strategy Will Work Best for Your Construction Company

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Laborious procurement. Getting in touch, negotiating terms and conditions, checking contracts and closing deals with different vendors will take up a lot of your time, not to mention confuse you along the way. Lesser procurement effort. Lower upfront cost. Faster training and utilisation.

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Construction Project Manager’s Pocket Book’ – An exclusive guide book for Project Managers, Construction Managers & Quantity Surveyors

Construction Cost Estimating

In order to deal with a construction project, the project manager should have the required skills which range from technical know-how to leadership, negotiation, team building and communication. Buy Now ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Published By Rajib Dey www.quantity-takeoff.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

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Improving Renovation, Repair, and Maintenance Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

As a result of 1800+ tests, researchers have concluded that a primary cause in low project performance (time, cost and customer satisfaction) is the traditional owner-vendor relationship in which the owner uses a design, bid and build (DBB) approach. How many cycles were required for owner/contractor negotiations per task order?

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Developing a Job Order Contracting Program

Building Information Management

The article also introduces the use of Performance Based Procurement System (PBPS) to set a “minimum performance” requirement and improving the performance of the JOC process. Military Academy, West Point, realized the disadvantages of the design-bid-build delivery system in the early 1980’s. Introduction. Enhanced quality control.

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Development of the Job Order Contracting (JOC) Process for the 21st Century

Building Information Management

The article also introduces the use of Performance Based Procurement System (PBPS) to set a “minimum performance” requirement and improving the performance of the JOC process. Military Academy, West Point, realized the disadvantages of the design-bid-build delivery system in the early 1980’s. Introduction. Enhanced quality control.