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LEAN Asset Management

Job Order Contracting

LEAN asset management is simply defined as best value life-cycle management of the built environment, inclusive of buildings, roadways, utilities, transportation systems, bridges, dams, and landscapes. Educating all real property owners and service providers in this regard is critical.

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

A credible construction cost estimate is required prior to engaging in procurement. Federal, State, County, and Local Government, as well as Education, Healthcare and Transportation Departments and Agencies have a responsibility to create cost visibility and cost transparency and drive improved construction productivity.

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Empowering Owners with On-Demand Quality, On-Time, On-Budget Facilities Repair, Renovation, & Construction

Job Order Contracting

Whether your responsible for a facilities portfolio in higher education, secondary education, federal/state/county/local government, healthcare, or transportation, you can assure significantly better outcomes for building users, your management, and your construction service providers.

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

BD+C

Of those total emissions, building operations are responsible for 27% of annual global emissions, while embodied carbon emissions—the greenhouse gas emissions generated from the manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance, and disposal of building materials—are responsible for 15% of annual GHG emissions. Of that amount, $2.15

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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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BIM – Attempting to Run before you can Walk? – BIM EU-wide Procurement Initiative

Building Information Management

A focus upon these and principles associated with the life-cycle management of the built environment would be of far more value than 3d modeling. Adjusting priorities would provide more significant value such as: 1. More education and resources should be expended upon life-cycle management of the build environment vs. 3D modeling.

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A Primer on LEAN Construction Delivery Methods

Building Information Management

Value-based procurement. Continuous education, training, and improvement. Learn from the outcomes of the processes and improve problem areas (transport, inventory, motion, waiting, defects/rework/change orders. Reducing total costs: Build exactly what is required, and share cost information throughout the project life-cycle.