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Staying in control with fabric cladding

Construction Specifier

Tension fabric structures have served a key role as a cost-effective facility solution for years. In some cases, users have turned to fabric buildings when brick-and-mortar construction is not economically feasible or would take too long to complete. The fabric building market remained stable, but also stagnant, for a long time.

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BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management

Building Information Management

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Unfortunately, too much emphasis has been placed upon 3-D visualization and other technology components vs. the process of life-cycle management. Consequently, the need for value management emerges. INTRODUCTION.

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Vetrotech Saint-Gobain first fire-rated glass ceramic fabricator to assess products' environmental footprint

BD+C

Vetrotech is the first fire-rated glass company in the world to have made a comprehensive life cycle assessment (LCA) of fire-rated glazing products. The life cycle assessment is the most rigorous and complete method for assessing the environmental footprint of a product or service, in a fully transparent way.

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BIM Guide for Owners – Building Information Management, Model, Modeling

Building Information Management

As such it serves as a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility, forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle from inception onwards. Another important consideration it the type and granularity of information required at this stage of your life-cycle management strategy.

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Construction Disruption – BIM, Cloud Computing, and Efficient Project Delivery Methods

Building Information Management

A disruptive technology is one that alters the very fabric of a business process or way of life, displacing whatever previously stood in its place. BIM is the life cycle management of the built environment, supported by digital technology. 1 “The Art of Thinking Outside the Box;” Vince Duobinis; 2008.

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Lessons learned from 70 years of building cities

BD+C

The urban fabric pulls the corners of the building outward, orienting views as the building also gestures to surrounding locations: the harbor, the developing Seaport and Congress Street, as well as the Boston Convention Center. From buildings and interiors, innovative ideas can transform the fabric of cities.

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TFM Article – BIM, Cloud Computing, IPD and JOC

Building Information Management

A disruptive technology is one that alters the very fabric of a business process or way of life, displacing whatever previously stood in its place. BIM is the life cycle management of the built environment, supported by digital technology. Cholakis is chief marketing officer for 4Clicks Solutions, LLC ( www.4clicks.com

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