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Improving Public Sector Facilities Life-cycle Management – Hard Questions MUST be asked and ANSWERED!

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Improving public sector facilities life-cycle management is critical to the economy, the environment, and to our safety. How can formal and professional education be improved? contact-form] The post Improving Public Sector Facilities Life-cycle Management – Hard Questions MUST be asked and ANSWERED!

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LEAN Asset Life-cycle Management – Achieve Optimal Construction Outcomes

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Efficient life-cycle management of physical infrastructure (facilities, roads, dams, bridges, airports, mass transit, … ) has proved equally elusive. Life-safety, environmental, economic mismanagement are the norm versus the exception. Life-safety, environmental, economic mismanagement are the norm versus the exception.

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

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Promoting awareness and education with respect to LEAN O&M best management practices would drive significantly improved outcomes. Life-cycle Management. COBie is an information exchange specification for the life-cycle capture and delivery of information needed by facility managers. Space management.

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Facilities Management and Entropy

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Certifications, traditional formal education, and professional training related to facilities life-cycle management and AECOO practices and practices have done little to address “Understanding and dealing with the concept of value.” It’s well beyond time to stop running with the pack. Where has that gotten us?

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BIM & Efficient Life-cycle Management of Facilities & Infrastructure

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Efficient life-cycle management of facilities and other physical infrastructure is impossible until real property owners are better educated and truly capable in their role as stewards of the built environment.

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BIM & Efficient Life-cycle Management of Facilities & Infrastructure

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Efficient life-cycle management of facilities and other physical infrastructure is impossible until real property owners are better educated and truly capable in their role as stewards of the built environment.

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Higher Education and Managing Repair and Renovations Efficiently

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Some institutions have already fallen under the enormity of the force. While the problem is not new, what must change rapidly is the level of competence of higher education facility management professionals so that impending disaster is avoided. Secondly collaboration is required among all internal and external stakeholders.

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