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WINTERIZE YOUR BUSINESS

Safety Services Company

Now is a good time to conduct a physical inventory of all tools and PPE. It’s a good idea to check the dates when items were put into service, and review the expected life cycle of them. During a slow season, employers should consider conducting equipment and/or safety training for employees. Equipment.

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Essential Construction KPIs to Improve Profits and Productivity

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Tracking key KPIs like safety, quality, employees, and performance gives construction companies a better opportunity to analyze their performance. Today, many companies do not integrate their applications, track quality KPI data, and monitor the life cycle of projects. Here are types of data these KPIs might scrutinize: Safety.

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Open BIM – What’s it going to take to get there?

Building Information Management

Life-cycle perspective and management techniques/processes… vs. a “first cost mentality” 5. Computerized Maintenance Management systems (CMMS) – inventory, repair, maintenance of ‘movable equipment’ Typically involving expenditures of $10,000 or less. Benchmarks, metrics.

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Building smarter healthcare through better healthcare interior design

The Korte Company

Those include NFPA 101 Life Safety Code and NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code. If your project involves the renovation of an existing healthcare facility, it’s important to thoroughly evaluate any existing inventory that can be repurposed and incorporated into your new design layout. Are replacement parts widely available?

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Public Law 111-308 – Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act – FBPTA – CORE COMPETENCIES

Building Information Management

The core competencies identified include competencies relating to building operations and maintenance, energy management, sustainability, water efficiency, safety (including electrical safety) and building performance measures. o O perating, Maintaining and Testing Life Safety. o Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) o Life-­?Cycle

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. Deke Smith is the Executive Director for the Building Seismic Safety Council and the buildingSMART allianceâ„¢ at the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). Leigh Lally. .

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. Deke Smith is the Executive Director for the Building Seismic Safety Council and the buildingSMART allianceâ„¢ at the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). Leigh Lally. .

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