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LEAN, BIM, and Measurably Improving Facilities Life-Cycle Management

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BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the efficient management of the life-cycle of the built environment supported by digital technology. It’s important to not that “3D” or “3D visualization” is not include in this core definition of BIM.

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BIM Life-cycle Management Competency, Common Terms, and Change Management

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BIM Life-cycle Management Competency, Common Terms, and Change Management. Forget 3D visualization, Life-cycle Management Competency and Common Terms are the most critical aspects to achieving efficient renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction of the built environment.

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Asset Life-cycle Model, Asset Information Model, and Why BIM Won’t Work

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At the end of there day BIM represents nothing new relative to the efficient life-cycle management of the built environment. The primary issue is that many facility management and AEC professionals confused 3D visualization with asset life-cycle management. It’s not even the most important tool.

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Building Information Modelling BIM in the Construction Industry – Technical Report TR-1405A

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Building Information Modelling BIM in the Construction Industry – Technical Report TR-1405A. As such it serves as a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle from inception onward”. Lastly, 3D visualization should not be confused with BIM.

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BIM – Building Information Management, PLM – Product Life Cycle Management, TCO – Total Cost of Ownership, Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment

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Building Information Modeling is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. In the manufacturing world, PLM, product lifecycle management (PLM) is the process of managing the entire life-cycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal.

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Time to Restart, Reinvent BIM … BLM… Built-environment Life-cycle Managment?

Building Information Management

Equally important is a life-cycle view vs. first cost mentality. My focus is upon both the strategic aspects of life-cycle management and tactical implementation supported by technology and robust data architectures. . This provides true value for everyone and removes the disadvantages associated with low bid.

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BIM, Big Data, and Efficient Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment

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Efficient life-cycle management of the built environment comes down to analyzing large data sets— big data—from several knowledge domains. 3D visualization software products currently promoted as BIM (Building Information Modeling) are not solutions for this task. Collaboration. Evidence-based Management. Granularity.