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Integrated Project Delivery Software and Support Services

Job Order Contracting

Integrated project delivery software and support services embed robust LEAN planning, procurement and project delivery processes within a common data and cloud technology environment. Instant access to drawings using Building in Cloud built-in DWG viewer. Free Trial to Qualified Organizations.

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Construction Cost Estimating Trends – 2014 and Beyond

Building Information Management

Demand for higher productivity in the construction sector and environmental sustainability is reaching a critical level and causing significant changes in both construction cost estimating and the AEC industry as a whole. Major Trends: Shift to life-cycle cost visibility for new construction, renovation, repair, operations, and maintenance.

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Construction Cost Estimating Trends – 2014 and Beyond

Building Information Management

Demand for higher productivity in the construction sector and environmental sustainability is reaching a critical level and causing significant changes in both construction cost estimating and the AEC industry as a whole. Major Trends: Shift to life-cycle cost visibility for new construction, renovation, repair, operations, and maintenance.

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Improving Renovation, Repair, and Maintenance Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Educational and training programs must focus upon asset life-cycle management and modeling. Overall focus must shift from first-cost mentality to life-cycle/total-cost-of-ownership. How many contractor estimates have been issued? What is the average time from RFQ to contractor estimate? Lower total cost.

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Construction Cost Estimating Blog: Construction specifications - vital.

Construction Cost Estimating

Construction Cost Estimating Blog. A specification (often abbreviated as spec ) can be termed as a type of a technical standard to be referenced by a contract or procurement document. A specification (often abbreviated as spec ) can be termed as a type of a technical standard to be referenced by a contract or procurement document.

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BIM Strategy for the Built Environment

Building Information Management

Cultural Fit – Collaboration, Communication, and Transparency are REQUIRED, Involve all Shareholders (Owners (senior management, FM, capital planning, procurement, building users…), AE’s, Contractors, BPMs (business product manufacturers), Oversight Groups, Community …). Economic Fit.

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The Great Carbon Reckoning

Natural Building

A common complaint among sustainability leaders in the battle to draw down embodied carbon emissions is that they’re hard to measure, certainly more so than energy usage. with credits for procuring low-carbon materials and compiling a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for projects.