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Building in Cloud – Collaborative Construction and FM Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery

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D esigners, P lanner, F acilities M anagement , E ngineers, and B uilders; Building in Cloud is an innovative and powerful digital platform for AECOO collaboration , available as a free service, and via paid subscription (for advanced features and capabilities). Collaborative Construction and FM Technology.

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£9.3bn race starts for National Grid construction partners

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The power distributor is planning to shake-up its delivery model for infrastructure in what will be its largest investment programme in generations. Opting for a collaborative procurement model, The Great Grid Upgrade Partnership will be split into two major lots: covering consultancy and construction works.

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2020 – Improving Facilities Operations & Maintenance Outcomes

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Improving facilities and maintenance outcomes begins with a strategic review of objectives and alignment with integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery processes. They, when combined with integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery processes are the proven pathway to best value outcomes.

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Tired of Late, Over-Budget, and Just Plain LOUSY Facilities Repair & Renovation Outcomes?

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As real property owners, it’s your roles to encourage innovation and new approaches by prescribing means and methods of planning, procurement, and project delivery and requiring compliance. Rethink procurement, planning and project delivery processes. Rewire the contractual framework.

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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. The use of national average cost databases and/or location factors, or parametric cost models are insufficient. has proven relatively fruitless. Embrace available tools and methods.

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2018 – LEAN Facilities Management Trends

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Front-loaded, cost transparent, project planning within a comment data environment (CDE). Innovative procurement and management models with balanced risk sharing. A common and appropriate framework for LEAN project management. Life-cycle asset management focus versus myopic first cost driven decision-making.

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MasterFormat Construction Cost Estimating

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Locally researched cost data provided at this level of granularity provides superior cost visibility for specified projects when compared against Uniformat and/or assembly level categorizations of construction requirements, or parametric modeling. Such databases should be used exclusively for basic reference only. Additional Considerations.