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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

Education, key performance indicators, common terms and definitions, collaborative construction delivery methods, and current, objective, local market granular cost data as well as supporting technology can to be leveraged to enable significant cost savings via signifincant improvements in cost visibility, cost management, and productivity.

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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

A “FACEBOOK for Facilities Construction and Life-cycle Operations” is on the horizon. BIM definition, from NIBS, and I paraphrase, is the life-cycle management of facilities supported by digital technology. Higher Level FM Processes – LEAN, TCO / Total Cost of Ownership / Life-cycle Management.

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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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Optimize Facility Renovation, Repair, and Construction Delivery with Robust Business Processes

Building Information Management

The reason its hard for Owners, Facility Managers and AEC service providers to optimize operations is that collaboration, team leadership, and asset life-cycle modeling/management are not areas of core expertise. They were generally not part of their formal education, nor their professional training.

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Optimize Facility Renovation, Repair, and Construction Delivery with Robust Business Processes

Building Information Management

The reason its hard for Owners, Facility Managers and AEC service providers to optimize operations is that collaboration, team leadership, and asset life-cycle modeling/management are not areas of core expertise. They were generally not part of their formal education, nor their professional training.