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Cost effective FSRM Facilities Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization

Job Order Contracting

Implemanation of robust FSRM processes can reduce overall cost by 30%-40% and redirect these cost savings to actual repair, renovation, and maintenance activities. Maintenance and repair of activities to keep an inventory in good working order. Sustainment.

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Government-Owned Facilities and The Continued Lack of Stewardship

Job Order Contracting

For example, the GSA doesn’t require the use of locally researched unit price detailed line item construction cost data , or the standardized used of LEAN construction delivery methods such as Job Order Contracting for all repair, renovation, and minor new construction.

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Army Abandons LEED Certification

Green Building Law Update

This year my office will issue a new construction code for high-performance, sustainable buildings, which will govern all new construction, major renovations and leased space acquisition. This new code, based heavily on ASHRAE 189.1,

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Implementing an ‘asset drawdown strategy’ for site decarbonization

BD+C

Office Buildings Engineers M/E/P Systems Reconstruction & Renovation Resiliency Sustainable Design and Construction The trend toward building electrification in commercial properties with a view toward decarbonization is increasingly at the forefront of the effort to mitigate climate change.

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Financial Services Firm Opens New Carmel, IN Headquarters

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

NextGear Capital, which provides inventory financing programs for more than 17,000 automotive dealers across the country, has announced plans to expand its headquarters in New Carmel, IN, creating up to 169 new jobs by 2015. million to lease and renovate a second Carmel office. Posted by Heidi Schwartz.

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STATEMENT OF KEVIN KAMPSCHROER DIRECTOR OFFICE OF FEDERAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE GREEN BUILDINGS OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTWIDE POLICY U.S. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Building Information Management

Congress has set statutory goals for improvements in performance – from reducing energy and water intensity across the Federal government’s real property inventory relative pursuing net-zero energy buildings… but is any project truly being made? To this date one might argue that little has been done.

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Illinois: Unveiling the Future of Digital Design and Manufacturing

Business Facilities

SOM’s design for the interior and architectural renovation emphasizes flexibility, fluidity, and information sharing. A review of the available space inventory reveals that Wheeling’s industrial parks are experiencing strong demand from both existing and new businesses. The lab opened in May 2015.