Building information modeling for infrastructure: An engineer's perspective
Construction Dive
MAY 19, 2020
Dive deeper into the transportation asset life cycle with Building Information Modeling (BIM) for infrastructure.
Construction Equation: Knowledge Problems + Data Problems + Management Problems = Outcome Problems
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 25, 2021
Facilities and infrastructure project investments have long-term consequences. Life cycle costing: a review of published case studies. Life Cycle Costing as an Important Contribution to Feasibility Study Construction Projects. Design to Life Cycle by Value-Oriented Life Cycle Costing.
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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 20, 2023
Credible Cost Estimate Core Elements #1 Objectivity – The information used and those invovled in the creation of the construction cost estimate must be objective. The reliance on outdated information (more the three month old) can introduce significant error. Primary data sources should be used whenever possible.
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BIM & Efficient Life-cycle Management of Facilities & Infrastructure
Building Information Management
APRIL 22, 2016
Efficient life-cycle management of facilities and other physical infrastructure is impossible until real property owners are better educated and truly capable in their role as stewards of the built environment.
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BIM & Efficient Life-cycle Management of Facilities & Infrastructure
Building Information Management
APRIL 22, 2016
Efficient life-cycle management of facilities and other physical infrastructure is impossible until real property owners are better educated and truly capable in their role as stewards of the built environment.
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Job Order Contracting Information
Job Order Contracting
JUNE 7, 2017
Job order contracting information is key to improving construction productivity. Related Resources: ASSET LIFE-CYCLE MODEL – Total Cost of Ownership Management – A framework for facilities life-cycle management. Building Information Modelling BIM in the Construction Industry – Technical Report TR-1405.
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Asset Life-cycle Model, Asset Information Model, and Why BIM Won’t Work
Building Information Management
JULY 11, 2016
At the end of there day BIM represents nothing new relative to the efficient life-cycle management of the built environment. Furthermore, there are critical life-safety and security issues associated with our crumbling and mismanaged physical infrastructure. Any government regulation should be directly solely at Owners.
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Facility Life-cycle Costs: Managing the Built Environment – BIM?
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 16, 2013
What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? What are the benefits of life-cycle cost management vs. a “first-cost” focus? Answers to the above: 1.
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Facility Life-cycle Costs: Managing the Built Environment – BIM?
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 16, 2013
What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? What are the benefits of life-cycle cost management vs. a “first-cost” focus? Answers to the above: 1.
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Best Value Facilities Repair, Renovation Work Order Delivery
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 24, 2021
Continuously improve the process by sharing information on an early and ongoing basis. Focus is placed upon people, and processes that support transparent information sharing from planning through project execution and beyond. Collaborative design for constructibility.
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BIM, Big Data, and Efficient Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment
Building Information Management
AUGUST 6, 2012
Efficient life-cycle management of the built environment comes down to analyzing large data sets— big data—from several knowledge domains. 3D visualization software products currently promoted as BIM (Building Information Modeling) are not solutions for this task. Big Data for BIM / Efficient Facility Life-cycle Management.
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81 BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management
Building Information Management
MARCH 19, 2013
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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Line Item Construction Cost Estimating – 2020 and Beyond!
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 29, 2020
Detailed line item construction cost estimating is a prerequisite to obtaining best value outcomes for facilities / built infrastructure repair, renovation maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects. Each line item is associated with a unit of measure and includes labor, material, equipment, and crew information.
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GHG, SHG, SEC Regulations – Facilities Regs and Reporting Changes Coming Soon
Job Order Contracting
MAY 17, 2022
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposal to require that public companies disclose climate-related information. The required information about climate-related risks would also include disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions, which have become a commonly used metric to assess exposure to risk. Reduction possibilities.
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LEAN Asset Management
Job Order Contracting
MAY 13, 2019
LEAN Infrastructure Asset Management. 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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Construction Sector Waste Due to Flawed Decision-Making
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Best value construction planning, procurement, and project delivery methods are readily available to virtually assure maximized environmental and economic returns on AEC, facilities management, and other physical infrastructure repair, renovation, or new construction projects.
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Life-cycle management of the built environment – To BIM or Not to BIM?
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 25, 2013
That said, we are not acting as stakeholders of our built infrastructure. BIM, building information modeling, is defined as the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Uncategorized BIM building information management integrated project delivery IPD job order contracting JOC'
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The Life-cycle of a Job Order Contract
Building Information Management
MAY 3, 2016
Job Order Contract Life-cycle. The benefits of using JOC, such as reducing the total lead-time and cost for common construction, repair and renovation projects for facilities and infrastructures, are achieved through the consistent application of proven best-management practices. .
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” Evidence-based ” Life-cycle Federal Facility Management, BIM, and the Status Quo – NIBS, FFC
Building Information Management
JUNE 20, 2012
Key Topics / Take Aways: Identify and advance technologies, processes, and management practices that improve the performance of federal facilities over their entire life-cycle, from planning to disposal. Requirements for facility life-cycle management, efficient repair/maintenance/sustainability, BIM.
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FREE Cloud-based Construction Collaboration Tool
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 26, 2017
Reduce costs and improve efficiency for buildings and infrastructure projects by consolidating and seamlessly exchanging information throughout the design, procure, build, and operations life-cycle. Information can be contained within 2D drawings, specifications, documents, and Building Information Models (BIM).
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Higher Education and Managing Repair and Renovations Efficiently
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 1, 2016
First and foremost, current, objective, and actionable information is needed. Information must be obtained from independent resources as well as internal knowledge in order to assure credibility. Further, information must be presented with the appropriate level of detail and in the proper manner for the intended audience.
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BIM ( Building Information Modeling ), Cloud-computing, Changement Management, and Architecture, Engineering, and Construction – III
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 16, 2012
Information drives cost savings and higher efficiency. How and when we access information will forever alter day-to-day and strategic business practices for Owners, AEs, Contractors, SubContractors, Business Product Manufacturers, Building Users, Oversight Groups, and the Community. Poor life-cycle management knowledge transfer.
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Construction Project Management
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 20, 2017
The ability to share and edit current common actionable information provides major benefits. Cloud Construction Project Management Solutions allow enables teams to collaborate more quickly and efficiently by providing appropriate access to current and actionable information.
Everything you need for building and project management
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 28, 2018
Building Explorer allows you to rapidly locate your property using Google Maps and immediately access all the information and documentation that you need. Building Information Modeling. Internal and external team members gain instant authorized access to current information to share and manage tasks and solve problems.
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure for Facilities Management – Forget BIM!
Building Information Management
APRIL 22, 2015
If you don’t know what “Hyper-Converged Infrastructure” is, you will. True value will be provided by embedding best management practices and standardized, real-time, accurate information, and distribution the same … at will. Traditional proprietary software applications are dead or dying.
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40 Integrated project delivery method
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 14, 2017
These benefits are largely derived through the use of a common data environment, CDE, which dramatically improves communication and collaboration throughout the project life-cycle. A C ommon D ata E nvironment (CDE) is a strategic tool for sharing cost information and managing a team. Integrated project delivery method.
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BIM Guide for Owners – Building Information Management, Model, Modeling
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 14, 2014
Building Information Management, Model and Modeling. BIM is a term which represents three separate but linked functions: Building Information Management: Is the ORGANIZATION & CONTROL of the business process by utilizing the information in the digital prototype to effect the sharing of information over the entire lifecycle of an asset.
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BIM (Building Information Management, Modeling, Model) vs. EVM (Earned Value Managment) vs. TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 13, 2014
BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technologies. . Simply stated, it is a systematic approach to managing cost throughout the life-cycle of any enterprise, program, facility, project, product, or service. , proven methodologies and the latest technology in support of the management process.
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BOARDROOM BIM – Is Building Information Modeling Relevant to C-level Executives?
Building Information Management
JULY 10, 2012
Efficient life-cycle management of the built environment (BIM) is critical to many/most members of senior management, if just that they don’t know it. If for no other reason than to mitigate human impacts upon climate change, efficient facility life-cycle management should be a REQUIREMENT at the boardroom level.
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BOARDROOM BIM – Is Building Information Modeling Relevant to C-level Executives?
Building Information Management
JULY 10, 2012
Efficient life-cycle management of the built environment (BIM) is critical to many/most members of senior management, if just that they don’t know it. If for no other reason than to mitigate human impacts upon climate change, efficient facility life-cycle management should be a REQUIREMENT at the boardroom level.
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Construction Productivity Solution
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 16, 2016
Historically, the renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, and construction of physical infrastructure (buildings, roadways, dams, bridges, mass transit, utilities…) have faced major problems such as low productivity, waste, and negative environmental impacts.
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100 Job Order Contracting Done Right! Open, Best Value, Efficient
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 19, 2017
Focus is upon providing an Open Framework that can be used out-of-the-box, yet also be tailored to specific organizations and requirements, while still maintaining standardized informational core data to assure portability and information maintenance. Fully verifiable processes, procedures, and projects.
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Collaboration in Construction – From “ad-hoc” to “best process”.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
Many commercial real property owners and facilities managers will require building competencies in all aspects of built environment life-cycle management. Core areas of focus, from a “60,000” foot view include; Strategic alignment of buildings and infrastructure with mission of the organization.
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BIM, LEAN CONSTRUCTION, & COLLABORATIVE CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY
Building Information Management
JULY 8, 2016
Life-cycle asset management philosophy. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is the integration of disparate competencies, business processes, and technologies to accomplish the efficient life-cycle management of the built environment. Best value procurement. Mutual trust & respect. Continuous improvement. .
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40 LEAN Job Order Contracting Intro 4
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 8, 2017
Creating an open information environment. ASSET LIFE-CYCLE MODEL – Total Cost of Ownership Management – A framework for facilities life-cycle management. Building Information Modelling BIM in the Construction Industry – Technical Report TR-1405. Creating a culture of partnership among all stakeholders.
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100 Asset Competency Model & Efficient Facility Management #101
Building Information Management
JUNE 29, 2016
An asset competency model is a formalized, detailed description and documentation of the role-specific knowledge domains required to optimize and continuously improve physical infrastructure life-cycle management. Accurate and timely information is needed in order to drive continuous improvement. Building RELATIONSHIPS.
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Climate Change Adaptation for Built Infrastructure
Building Information Management
MAY 30, 2013
Attend a presentation titled Climate Change Adaptation for Built Infrastructure.
Enabling real-time collaboration in Egyptian construction
Autodesk Construction Cloud
JULY 25, 2023
Not only that, but the fact that there are no conflicts between different versions being worked on by different teams also saves huge amounts of time, stress and rework, says Ahmed Nafea, Building Information Modelling (BIM) manager in Polar Management, the project management arm of Redcon. It worked well once we had that.
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LEAN Construction and OPEN Standard Data
Building Information Management
APRIL 7, 2016
Standard classification of facility and other physical infrastructure elements is a requirement for LEAN Renovation, Repair, Maintenance, & New Construction Delivery. Efficient, early, and ongoing communication from concept through a structures complete life-cycle is impossible without common and OPEN data.
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Job Order Contracting LEAN Construction Technology
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 21, 2018
Enables team to share CURRENT information in REALTIME – Allows designated team members to access and/or edit assigned documents and share information/expertise. Support and training from a team that has decades of experience LEAN consturction delivery and life-cycle facilities / infrastructure asset management.
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Strategic Facility Management Execution Plan
Building Information Management
JUNE 13, 2016
Facility / Infrastructure Total Cost of Ownership Management. Life-cycle versus first-cost perspective. The level of collaborative leverage of Competencies and Asset Management Business Processes and Practices determines of effectively an asset’s life-cycle will be managed. Asset Lifecycle Model.
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BIM and Cloud Computing – Get Beyond 3D Visualization and Focus Upon the “I”
Building Information Management
JANUARY 17, 2012
BIM (Building Information Technology) and THE CLOUD (Cloud Computing) are disruptive technologies converging to significantly alter traditional construction and facility management practices. Building Information Management (BIM) is the life-cycle management of facilities [1] supported by digital technology.
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78 Improving Renovation, Repair, and Maintenance Project Delivery
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 19, 2016
Educational and training programs must focus upon asset life-cycle management and modeling. Overall focus must shift from first-cost mentality to life-cycle/total-cost-of-ownership. Timely, accurate, repeatable, and verifiable information based upon standardized terms, definitions, and data architectures.
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100 The Metrics of BIM – The Manage the Built Environment
Building Information Management
JULY 10, 2013
As the old saying goes…”you can’t manage what you don’t measure” Here’s the beginning of a list of information requirements spanning various domains/competencies, technologies, etc., While an important component, the 3D component of BIM has been a very unfortunate distraction.
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