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The high cost of low maintenance

BD+C

Additionally, personal injury or death occurs resulting in the loss of use of the space and legal expenses. The best strategy would also include a life cycle cost analysis using proprietary software in order to determine the service life and life cycle costs of maintaining the protective waterproofing components of the structure.

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Why the majority of CMMS System Implemenations Fail

Building Information Management

How many Owners still wallow in design-bid-build and change-orders, legal disputes, and poor quality vs. collaborative efficient methods such as Job Order Contracting and Integrated Project Delivery? Why are many facility management executives still supporting unsustainable business practices? That’s the hard question.

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BIM Collaboration – Fact or Fiction?

Building Information Management

The design-bid-build construction delivery method and associated practices such of awarding contracts to the lowest bidder do little more than a fuel to the fires of waste, protracted project timelines, change orders, and legal disputes. 1-Architerture, Engineering, Construction, Owners, Operations.

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7 Construction Industry Truths Made Clear at Autodesk University

Autodesk Construction Cloud

How collecting and using data through the lifecycle of a project can help teams stay on schedule and maintain costs. The additional infrastructure needs or talent required to be successful in life-cycle data collection & analysis. ’” —May Winfield, Global Director of Commercial, Legal, and Digital Risks, Buro Happold.

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Built Environment Life-Management, BIM, LEAN, and Efficient Project Delivery

Building Information Management

Life-cycle Management 101. Discrepancies in construction delivery methods and contracts lead to the failure of BIM, or many/most facility renovation, repair projects. It is time to rethink the contractual context for efficient construction project delivery. BIM/ BIM EXECUTION PLAN.

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CULTURE, TECHNOLOGY/SOCIAL MEDIA, & BIM

Building Information Management

Unproductive ad hoc processes traditionally associated with the design, construction and management of the built environment are being replaced by robust life-cycle management and efficient project delivery methods. Fast and timely delivery of projects. Virtual elimination of legal disputes.

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National Construction Contracts and Law Survey – UK – 2012

Building Information Management

Research and Analysis Manager, RIBA Enterprises (Source: [link]. From March to April 2012, NBS a survey about contracts and legal issues within the UK construction industry. A clear information model including tight specification and variance tracking can help prevent legal action later. by Adrian Malleson.