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Effective Public Sector Construction Project Management

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Effective public sector construction project management requires an understanding of the requisite role of owners as stakeholders. Sustainable Facilities Management “A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service.

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Sustainability and Efficient Facilities Lifecycle Management

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Sustainability and Efficient Facilities Lifecycle Management go hand in hand. Public sector facilities management is particularly wasteful due to the pervasive lack of capable, committed, and accountable leadership. The current average waste invovle in facilities management “construction” ranges between 40% and 60%.

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Sustainable Public Sector Facilities Management

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Sustainable public sector facilities management is long overdue. Rampant economic and environmental waste remains the norm regarding lifecycle management of public sector physical infrastructure. A common, shared technical and cost data environment. What is “systems thinking”?

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FEDRAMP is Hindering Facilities Management in the Federal Sector

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FEDRAMP is Hindering Facilities Management in the Federal Sector due to its failure to keep pace with current technology and methods. The fact is that FEDRAMP can and has harmed efficient federal sector stewardship of the built environment. As a result, there is a misunderstanding as to how and if these requirements provide benefit.

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Construction Cost Knowledge Management

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Construction cost knowledge management is a component of integrated LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery. Most real property owners have not yet recognized the importance of construction cost knowledge management and thus have not developed the capabilities needed to support it. has proven relatively fruitless.

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Construction Equation: Knowledge Problems + Data Problems + Management Problems = Outcome Problems

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Fundamental math for every real property owner… Knowledge Problems + Data Problems + Management Problems = Outcome Problems. Facilities and infrastructure project investments have long-term consequences. Management Problems. Knowledge Problems + Data Problems + Management Problems = Outcome Problems. Data Problems.

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BSI bids to cut costs on infrastructure projects

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Standards body BSI haslaunched a new whitepaper on how to minimise risks in infrastructure projects. Experts suggest that a better approach to scope development and managing risk and contractual change could save up to £25bn a year on projects. It includes case studies including of Whitechapel Station and Associated British Ports.