Building Information Management

JULY 25, 2014

Demand for higher productivity in the construction sector and environmental sustainability is reaching a critical level and causing significant changes in both construction cost estimating and the AEC industry as a whole. Major Trends: Shift to life-cycle cost visibility for new construction, renovation, repair, operations, and maintenance.

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Estimating Life Cycle BIM Construction 45

Construction Cost Estimating

JULY 12, 2010

Roof estimating is very essential to find out the exact amount of material required to construct a new roof or to renovate the old roof and to get the get the exact measurement of the roof that can be quantified by area or length. Rajib Dey The construction estimating. Prevented from over or under-ordering materials and labor.

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Building Information Management

JULY 25, 2014

Demand for higher productivity in the construction sector and environmental sustainability is reaching a critical level and causing significant changes in both construction cost estimating and the AEC industry as a whole. Major Trends: Shift to life-cycle cost visibility for new construction, renovation, repair, operations, and maintenance.

Estimating 40

Estimating Life Cycle BIM Construction 40

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 24, 2016

A Job Order Contract Unit Price Book, provides thousands of tasks for commonly encountered renovation, repair, maintenance, and new construction activities, with associated definitions of each, as well as detailed labor, material equipment costs. JOC software is available for desktop or cloud deployment.

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Contract Life Cycle Software Software 100

Construction Cost Estimating

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Construction Cost Estimating Blog. 8 makes the estimating process fast and error free. 8 is an exclusive estimating software that produces professional estimate with incomparable estimating speed and accuracy. A pioneer company in construction estimating. Join our estimating forum. at 1:06 PM.

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Building Information Management

MAY 15, 2012

Construction cost estimating, and facility life-cycle cost estimating are critical components of any facility design, project delivery, repair, renovation, sustainability, or planning function. Here’s a list of BIM Construction Cost Estimating Requirements: 1.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 14, 2017

An integrated project delivery method is arguably required in order to achieve desired quality, satisfaction, timing, and cost for over 90% of renovation, repair, or new construction projects executed. An Example… CDE and LEAN JOC Construction Delivery. Unit Price Books – Pros and Cons. CDE Players.

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Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

How can multiple cost estimators share information on a project, or communicate with Owners, Contractors, AE’s, Subs, etc… if they aren’t speaking the same language? The AECOO sector can’t even begin a discussion about achieving higher levels of interoperability, exchanging BIM models and data, etc.,

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Renovating Life Cycle Sustainability Products 45

Building Information Management

JULY 10, 2012

And for that matter, nor do many so called IWMS software vendors (Integrated Workplace Management System). Many individuals associate BIM with 3D modeling and construction, vs. “true BIM”, the total cost of ownership management of the built environment. Climate change is real, no debate left… period. ” www.4Clicks.com

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Building Information Management

JULY 10, 2012

And for that matter, nor do many so called IWMS software vendors (Integrated Workplace Management System). Many individuals associate BIM with 3D modeling and construction, vs. “true BIM”, the total cost of ownership management of the built environment. Climate change is real, no debate left… period. ” www.4Clicks.com

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Rory Woolsey

JANUARY 16, 2012

Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. A New Year in Construction Estimating. Hello to all the friends that I have made over the past 25 years of facilitating construction estimating seminars. Monday, January 16, 2012. To all of you Happy New Year!!!

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Estimating Construction Overhead Contract 45

Building Information Management

AUGUST 6, 2012

3D visualization software products currently promoted as BIM (Building Information Modeling) are not solutions for this task. The former for new construction and the latter for renovation, repair, sustainability, and minor new construction. Collaboration. Big Data for BIM / Efficient Facility Life-cycle Management.

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Building Information Management

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Integrated Project Delivery – IPD for major new construction and Job Order Contracting – JOC for renovation, repair, sustainability and minor new construction are just two of several proven processes. . More education and resources should be expended upon life-cycle management of the build environment vs. 3D modeling.

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Building Information Management

MAY 16, 2013

Building Information Modeling, BIM, is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. As such, the core requirements of BIM include collaboration, standardized information, multiple domain competencies, and several supporting interoperable technologies. Let’s face it, BIM continues to languish.

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Job Order Contracting

JUNE 26, 2017

LEAN Business Models and Methods. LEAN Business Models and Methods. The productivity, quality, value and satisfaction associated with any facility renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, or new construction project are directly linked to the processes employed. Cost estimating. Application Software.

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Construction Cost Estimating

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Chitect Architect Software, a renowned developer and publisher of 3D Architectural home design software for builders, architects and designers, recently launched Architectural Home Designer 9.0. The users can easily design in 2D or 3D and generate 3D models to visualize at any angle before the commencement of actual construction.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 30, 2018

LEAN Practices Asset Competency Model. Cost estimating. It can be viewed in design, construction, and maintenance software as well as in simple spreadsheets. Application Software. Building Information Modeling (BIM) (Model & Management Systems) Capital Planning and Management Systems (CPMS).

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Building Information Management

APRIL 26, 2013

Emergent disruptive technologies and construction delivery methods are altering both the culture and day-to-day practices of the construction, renovation, repair, and sustainability of the built environment. The cloud model is composed of five essential characteristics, three service models, and four deployment models.”.

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BIM Life Cycle Construction Estimating 45

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 29, 2017

LEAN Practices Asset Competency Model. Cost estimating. It can be viewed in design, construction, and maintenance software as well as in simple spreadsheets. Application Software. Building Information Modeling (BIM) (Model & Management Systems). LEAN Practices for Optimized Facilities O&M Overview.

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Life Cycle Education Management Plans 100

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Without an industry standard, users have been unable to cross reference data between organizations, agencies, industry, disciplines, and software solutions, creating inaccuracies and inefficiencies that have a major impact on effective maintenance, operations, and management of assets and facilities. Results to Date. BIG DATA = BIM.

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Building Information Management

JANUARY 17, 2012

Current the most common being use of proprietary 3D visualization software for the purpose of supporting the design and construction phases of the facility life-cycle. Access to software application, such as Microsoft Excel for example, is provided on an on-demand basis via a web browser. BIM can be applied at various levels.

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Building Information Management

JULY 2, 2012

Ongoing, “living”, iterative processes are needed to account for the many variables typically encountered on any renovation, repair, sustainability, or new construction project. Building Information Modeling Strategy.

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Products Life Cycle Construction BIM 40

Building Information Management

JULY 2, 2012

Ongoing, “living”, iterative processes are needed to account for the many variables typically encountered on any renovation, repair, sustainability, or new construction project. Building Information Modeling Strategy.

Products 40

Products Life Cycle Construction BIM 40

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Facilities Operations Software (3d modeling (R evit, Bentley, Archicad…) CPMS, CMMS, IWMS, CAFM, EAMS, ERP, BAS/BMS GI S … ) , C ollaborative Cons truction Delivery Methods (IP D – In tegrated P ro ject Delivery, J OC- Job O rder Contracting, PPP – Public /P rivate P artner ships.), Does it exist today?

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BIM Life Cycle United States ArchiCAD 40

Building Information Management

AUGUST 6, 2013

The biggest problem with this model is that when you have an architect prepare bridging documents, you’ve just made all the big decisions without the input of the building team. An integrated design-build model is collaborative in nature (but only partially integrates with the owner). Owners, this is bad for you.

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Design Documentation Contract Estimating 69

Building Information Management

MARCH 28, 2013

BIM therefore, requires the integration of multiple knowledge domains, stakeholders and supporting technologies… from strategic and capital planning, through design, construction, operations, utilization, repair, renovation, adaptation, maintenance, and deconstruction. BIG DATA = BIM.

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Building Information Management

JANUARY 14, 2013

Workflow-based Cloud-computing services environments, and plug-ins that are vs. monolithic traditional software frameworks which are web enabled via virtual server, or even traditional 3-tier web applications such as.NET. It focuses upon transparent construction cost estimating and efficient project delivery.

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Building Information Management

JUNE 27, 2012

Implement Projects – Integrated Project Delivery (Job Order Contracting – JOC – renovation, repair, sustainability, minor new construction, IPD – new construction). as individual drawings, could all be produced directly from the model as a “view” of the required information.” – RICS.

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Building Information Management

APRIL 8, 2013

Emergent disruptive technologies and construction delivery methods are altering both the culture and day-to-day practices of the construction, renovation, repair, and sustainability of the built environment. The cloud model is composed of five essential characteristics, three service models, and four deployment models.”

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BIM Life Cycle Software Software 40

Building Information Management

JANUARY 27, 2014

Well, if more architecture, repair, renovation, sustainability, and construction projects were conceived, procured, executed, and monitored using similar methods and KPI’s the world just might be a better place. KPI: Delivery models (IPD, Design-Build, etc). Why post it? KPI: Acquisition costs. KPI: % revenue per client.

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Building Information Management

OCTOBER 1, 2012

BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. changes in business models, supply chains, the distribution of risk and responsibility, professional identities, the division of labor and so on. BIM Strategy FRAMEWORK. Job Order Contracting Process.

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Life Cycle BIM Environment Sustainability 61

Construction Marketing Ideas

AUGUST 10, 2012

Garry Myers , senior estimator/planner with Clark Construction Company and his approximately 120 colleagues at the Lansing, MI-based general contractor, have had more than their share of challenges in the past few years — and decades. With the software tools, Clark could generate solid cost estimates based on various “what ifs.”

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Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Discrepancies in construction delivery methods and contracts lead to the failure of BIM, or many/most facility renovation, repair projects. BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Life-cycle Management 101.

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Building Radar

JANUARY 14, 2020

Project management software: smart tools for fast teams 4. Forecasts: How the construction industry in Germany will develop in 2020 Software in the construction industry 1. CRM software is designed to increase sales and retain customers, while ERP systems are designed to reduce costs. IoT: building with wireless intelligence 5.

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Building Information Management

JANUARY 14, 2013

The latter a form of IPD specifically targeting facility renovation, repair, sustainability, and minor new construction projects. - AUTHENTICATION, ACCESS CONTROL, COLLABORATION, AND STANDARDS. CEASEL’s focus is upon transparent construction cost estimating and efficient project delivery.

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Building Information Management

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Why the Job Order Contracting model could work in Canada. A proven contracting methodology from the United States may be a model for solving some of Canada’s current contracting demands. Typical JOC projects might include renovations, upgrading classrooms or conference rooms, lighting replacements, paving, or fencing.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Mary from St Paul says; “My husband and I are wanting to redo our bath so we contacted three contractors and received 2 estimates and they are both different. We like the contractor with the highest bid best because he had detailed all the fixtures we wanted and his estimate was very detailed in general. Why are the bids so different?

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