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RS Mean’s 2015 Facility Manager’s Package offers new life cycle cost models for facilities

Construction Cost Estimating

RSMeans obtained by the Gordian Group, the most recognized supplier of construction cost estimating information in North America, just declared the availability of its totally new life cycle cost models for facilities which belong to its 2015 Facility Manager’s Package.

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Life-cycle management of the built environment – To BIM or Not to BIM?

Building Information Management

Buildings, roads, dams, electrical grids… are with us for a very long time and linked to the success and failure of just about everything… education, health, national security, transportation, habitat, sustainability, national and local economies and more. That said, we are not acting as stakeholders of our built infrastructure.

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Process centric data models are needed for BIM and ….

Building Information Management

BIM, the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology is all about the integration of PEOPLE and PROCESSES and INFORMATION. To date, ongoing efforts continue relative to the specification of batch and transactional exchanges, upon which this process models can be based.

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Job Order Contracting Information

Job Order Contracting

Related Resources: ASSET LIFE-CYCLE MODEL – Total Cost of Ownership Management – A framework for facilities life-cycle management. Building Information Modelling BIM in the Construction Industry – Technical Report TR-1405. Learn more… [contact-form]. They also select the construction delivery method.

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LEAN Job Order Contracting Intro 4

Job Order Contracting

ASSET LIFE-CYCLE MODEL – Total Cost of Ownership Management – A framework for facilities life-cycle management. Building Information Modelling BIM in the Construction Industry – Technical Report TR-1405. Delivering Better Facilities through Lean Construction and Owner Leadership. Stout, C.

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Building Energy Efficiency, LEAN, and Cloud Technology

Job Order Contracting

According to the International Energy Agency, almost 30% of worldwide energy is attributable to buildings (40% of total in energy in the United States), and will increase 1.5%/year 1] The United States is largest user of energy for commercial use. year through 2040 to almost 50%. [1]

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BIM – Attempting to Run before you can Walk? – BIM EU-wide Procurement Initiative

Building Information Management

Integrated Project Delivery – IPD for major new construction and Job Order Contracting – JOC for renovation, repair, sustainability and minor new construction are just two of several proven processes. . More education and resources should be expended upon life-cycle management of the build environment vs. 3D modeling.

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