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Hope Renovations Nonprofit Trains Women for Construction Careers

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Hope Renovations Nonprofit Trains Women for Construction Careers. Women are largely underrepresented in the skilled trades, but Nora El-Khouri Spencer, founder of the Hope Renovations nonprofit, seeks to change that with more inclusive education and training resources. Education + Training. Tue, 05/24/2022 - 10:38.

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

Job Order Contracting

Empowering Owners with On-Demand Quality, On-Time, On-Budget Facilities Repair, Renovation, & Construction is what we do each and every day. LEAN construction delivery, specifically the OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting Solution measurably repair, renovation, and construction outcomes. info@4bt.us.

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Construction Cost Optimizing

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Better manage cost, time, and material across numerous facilities repair, renovation, and construction projects. The OpenJOC Solution is tailored for federal, state, county, local governments as well as educational, healthcare, and transportation facilities managers and procurement teams.

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

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The efficient management of the numerous renovation, repair, and maintenance projects constantly facing real property owners isn’t “rocket science”, however, does require significant facility management experience, LEAN best management practices, and supporting technology.

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LEAN Asset Management

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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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10 green building trends for 2014

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Airports Architects Codes Energy-Efficient Design Green Renovation Native American Casinos Sustainable Design and Construction Arena Building Owner Green Specifications Legislation Sustainable Development Casinos Contractors Regulations Collegiate Stadiums Designers Standards Building Automation Cultural Facilities Engineers Education Facility Facility (..)

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The responsibility of adapting historic university buildings

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Authenticity of place College campuses are meant to transport the community psychologically—putting people in an apt frame of mind for teaching and learning. Harvard Graduate School of Education | Gutman Conference Center. The hard costs of construction unfortunately do not consider the external burden on our environment.