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

Job Order Contracting

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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Asset Life-cycle Model, Asset Information Model, and Why BIM Won’t Work

Building Information Management

At the end of there day BIM represents nothing new relative to the efficient life-cycle management of the built environment. The primary issue is that many facility management and AEC professionals confused 3D visualization with asset life-cycle management. It’s not even the most important tool.

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Best Value Facilities Repair, Renovation Work Order Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Define and discuss issues as a group, beginning with a joint site walk, and continuing through project completion. All parties can visualize project and work order requirements at a granular level and drive efficient life-cycle management. Collaborative design for constructibility.

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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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Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group

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He has guided the sustainability process on over 30 million square feet of projects across many different building types and sizes, including K-12 schools, higher education facilities, mid-rise and high-rise residential, commercial interiors, retail interiors, and commercial office buildings.

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Job Order Contracting Education, Training, & Certification

Building Information Management

Job Order Contracting Education, Training, & Certification. As a LEAN construction delivery methods, Job Order Contracting – JOC, requires continuous education, training, and improvement. Courses available on-site or on-line. Owner/Contractor Negotiations. How to Create an Owner / Independent Government Estimate.

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Construction Cost Estimator – Line Item

Job Order Contracting

Field construction knowledge – Without knowing what types of crews are currently used for drywall installation or asbestos removal, impacts of site conditions or security/access issues, etc., Higher Education. State Government and/or K12 Education. Transportation (Airports/Mass Transit). Total Cost Visibility/Awareness.