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Higher Education and Managing Repair and Renovations Efficiently

Job Order Contracting

Further, information must be presented with the appropriate level of detail and in the proper manner for the intended audience. Knowledge of efficient life-cycle management of the built environment, supported by LEAN construction delivery, and enabling technology is not. It’s time to change this.

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

To meet their responsibilities as stakeholders of the built environment ( facilities and other built structures ), public sector owners need to have the ability create credible construction cost estimate for ALL repair, renovation, maintenance (FSRM), and new build projects.

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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. Correspondence: abdullateef.olanrewaju@ymail.com. INTRODUCTION.

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Demand For Efficient Life-Cycle Building Management Processes – BIM, JOC, IPD – FIATECH PRESENTATION – 2012

Building Information Management

Field specific variables, such as weather, on-going operations, soils conditions, security, safety, site lay-out, environment protections and other contexts must be considered as well as the means and methods of work execution. A “FACEBOOK for Facilities Construction and Life-cycle Operations” is on the horizon.

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem

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The built environment generates 42% of annual global CO 2 emissions, according to the International Energy Agency. Photo: Courtesy Kingspan HOW THE PRIVATE SECTOR COMES INTO PLAY To significantly reduce embodied carbon in the built environment, the private sector must also do its part to decarbonize buildings.

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Checklist for Efficient Facility Renovation, Repair, and Maintenance – Government, Education, Healthcare, Utilities & Transportation

Building Information Management

Organizational “buy-in” – This means a fundamental commitment and understanding by leadership, facility management, and all stakeholders of the built environment that facilities must be managed on a life-cycle / total cost of ownership basis versus a first cost basis.

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Why BIM U.K. will Fail.

Building Information Management

The complexity of the list and the multiple definitions associated with various terms present non-trivial obstacles to consistent BIM implementation. This goal can’t be accomplish unless real property Owners take responsibility in their roles as stewards of the built environment. Education and continuous training.

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