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” Evidence-based ” Life-cycle Federal Facility Management, BIM, and the Status Quo – NIBS, FFC

Building Information Management

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. You can’t manage what you don’t measure. Expected Life-cycle and Deterioration Rates for Physical Assets.

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The Future Of Construction – BIM

Lets Build

Building Information Modeling (BIM) can be a valuable tool in the hands of anyone who works in construction. As we saw above, BIM stands for Building Information Modeling. Based on this information the full cycle of a building, from conception to completion, can be managed. What BIM Actually Is.

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Enabling real-time collaboration in Egyptian construction

Autodesk Construction Cloud

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.

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

Job Order Contracting

These factors include… poor formal and professional education in the domain, low investment in research and development, deep rooted project culture, perceived long life-cycle of associated return on investment, resistance from construction projects’ participants and stakeholders, and lack of real property owner leadership and competency.

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Metrics for BIM – Total Cost of Ownership and Facility Life-cycle Management

Building Information Management

If you think the value of BIM is in pretty 3D pictures, don’t both to read the attached article… there is too much for you to learn. Remember… “you can’t manage what you don’t measure.” ” Metrics/Cost Models. ?? Total Cost (inclusive of construction, design, project management, etc.)/square

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Why the majority of CMMS System Implemenations Fail

Building Information Management

For example, virtually none of the major (or even minor) CMMS or IWMS technology vendors incorporate a standardized cost database, such as RSMeans, from which users could compare their actual material, equipment, and labor costs against a localized reference standard. “Just plain stupid”, right? That’s the hard question.

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Construction Disruption – BIM, Cloud Computing, and Efficient Project Delivery Methods

Building Information Management

The disruptive digital technologies of building information modeling (BIM) and cloud computing, combined with emergent collaborative construction delivery methods are poised to alter the status quo, ushering in increased levels of collaboration and transparency. It is perhaps helpful to define cloud computing in terms of its benefits.

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