Life Cycle Cost: Category, Costing Technique, and Application
The Constructor
APRIL 11, 2022
Life cycle cost (LCC) is defined as the cost of an asset or its parts throughout its life cycle while fulfilling the required performance. Whole life.
Improving Public Sector Facilities Life-cycle Management – Hard Questions MUST be asked and ANSWERED!
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 25, 2022
Improving public sector facilities life-cycle management is critical to the economy, the environment, and to our safety. contact-form] The post Improving Public Sector Facilities Life-cycle Management – Hard Questions MUST be asked and ANSWERED!
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FM Sustainability Regulation
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 17, 2023
a life cycle assessment, LCA) in connection with the completion notification of the construction. The post FM Sustainability Regulation appeared first on 4BT. The climate impacts of new construction must be documented with a climate calculation (i.e. New construction over 1000 m2 must comply with a limit value of 12.0
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Life-cycle Costs for a Commercial Building
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 25, 2018
Understanding facility life-cycle costs for a commercial building is the first step towards maximizing efficiency and positive outcomes. There are many components of life-cycle costs: First Costs – Planning, Selection, Acquisition, Construction. Facility Life-cycle Costs.
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Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group
BD+C
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group Design veterans Steven Burke and Michael Swenson will lead the new sustainability initiative for Suffolk. Contractors Sustainability Sustainable Design and Construction Suffolk Construction, headquartered in Boston, has established the Suffolk Sustainability Group.
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4 Ways to Ensure Your Next Green Building Project Makes a Real Difference
Construction Business Owner
MARCH 23, 2023
Above all, it’s vital to find new ways to leverage digitization and new technologies to make our work more sustainable across the entire building life cycle. All of those are important, but it’s also important to step back and think about the construction process itself.
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Total Cost of Ownership Life-cycle Asset Management – Facilities and other Physical Infrastructure
Job Order Contracting
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Efficient life-cycle total cost of ownership management requires the application of LEAN processes and collaborative construction delivery methods. The post Total Cost of Ownership Life-cycle Asset Management – Facilities and other Physical Infrastructure appeared first on 4BT. Learn more? contact-form].
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Cost effective FSRM Facilities Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization
Job Order Contracting
JULY 28, 2023
Cost effective facilities FSRM, Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization can now be accomplished with the integration of robust process and planning, procurement, and project delivery teams within a common data environment (CDE) inclusive of current, local market, granular line item construction task data. Sustainment.
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BIM Life-cycle Management Competency, Common Terms, and Change Management
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
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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LEAN Construction Project Delivery enables efficient life-cycle management of the built environment
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 12, 2017
LEAN Construction Project Delivery enables efficient life-cycle management of the built environment via a robust integration of process, actionable standardized and common information, supporting technology, and ongoing training. An example of LEAN Construction Project Delivery is OpenJOC ™ Job Order Contracting.
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LEAN Asset Life-cycle Management – Achieve Optimal Construction Outcomes
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 6, 2016
The path to improvement has been available for nearly 30 years… collaborative LEAN construction delivery methods such as Integrated Project Delivery, IPD (for major new construction) and Job Order Contracting, JOC (for renovation, repair, sustainability, and minor new construction).
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Sustainable Homes | Eco-Friendly House | How to Build A Sustainable House
Civiconcepts
MAY 26, 2021
Sustainable Homes promotes a far better quality of life and involves less waste, higher responsibility, lower life-cycle environmental impacts, less maintenance, and a lot of utilization of eco-friendly resources. … Sustainable Homes | Eco-Friendly House | How to Build A Sustainable House Read More ».
Construction Equation: Knowledge Problems + Data Problems + Management Problems = Outcome Problems
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 25, 2021
Lack of recognition by senior management of the linkage between between the built environment and organizational mission Low level of understanding of both life-cycle total-cost-of-ownership management and integrated lean planning, procurement, and project delivery principles and processes. Service life planning. Data Problems.
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What is Embodied Energy of Building Materials?
The Constructor
OCTOBER 8, 2022
The embodied energy of building material is the total non-renewable energy or primary energy (carbon released) used throughout its entire life cycle, i.e., extraction, manufacturing, construction, maintenance, and disposal. In other words, it is the sum of greenhouse gas emissions attributed to the material during its life cycle.
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Coating for sustainability
Construction Specifier
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Every high-performance coating system is designed to guard surfaces against corrosion and ultraviolet (UV) light degradation, ultimately extending the life cycle of a building. So, the core goal of most industrial coatings is sustainability. The post Coating for sustainability appeared first on Construction Specifier.
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IFMA – Efficient Repair, Renovation, Sustainability Project Delivery Methods
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 5, 2017
IFMA – Efficient Repair, Renovation, Sustainability Project Delivery Methods. Improving facilities management in terms of efficient repair, renovation, sustainability practices required a pinpoint focus upon change management with respect to LEAN collaborative construction delivery methods. Supporting technology.
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Building Trust & Connection are CRITICAL to improving Facilities Management Outcomes
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
An integrated approach, with all parties focusing upon shared best value outcomes, is a sustainable and advantageous environment for everyone. All the tools and support services are readily available to enable LEAN facilities/built environment life-cycle management. The real barriers are lack of leadership and enablement.
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DoD Real Property Management Failures
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
The DOD’s failure to implement a sustainment management system remains an unacceptable reality. Tools and support services are readily available to support efficient facilities planning, procurement, and project delivery to enable asset life-cycle total cost of ownership management.
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Beyond Green – High Performance Buildings, BIM, and Life-cycle Facility Management
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 17, 2012
Let’s face it, LEED is a great marketing tool, but NOT the solution. “Kudos” to LEED for building awareness and addressing the need to focus upon sustainability of the built environment! There should be little to no cost premium for a sustainable building. Why not? BIMF - A Framework for BIM.
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BIM & Efficient Life-cycle Management of Facilities & Infrastructure
Building Information Management
APRIL 22, 2016
Efficient life-cycle management of facilities and other physical infrastructure is impossible until real property owners are better educated and truly capable in their role as stewards of the built environment.
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BIM & Efficient Life-cycle Management of Facilities & Infrastructure
Building Information Management
APRIL 22, 2016
Efficient life-cycle management of facilities and other physical infrastructure is impossible until real property owners are better educated and truly capable in their role as stewards of the built environment.
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BIM in Chains – Sustainability and Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment Stalled?
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 1, 2012
BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Further life-cycle management of the built environment requires significant “change management” in most organizations whether Owners, AEs, Contractors, Oversight Groups, etc.
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61 LEAN Job Order Contracting for SUSTAINABLE SERVICE DELIVERY
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 20, 2018
LEANJOC(TM) provides an adaptable process-centered, systematic approach that supports improved physical asset life-cycle management (repair, renovation, and construction) and measurable enhanced financial outcomes. The post LEAN Job Order Contracting for SUSTAINABLE SERVICE DELIVERY appeared first on 4BT.
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Valid construction estimates
Job Order Contracting
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Whether a repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, or new build project, certain fundamental processes and information are REQUIRED to create a valid construction estimate. Here is an outline of those requirements: #1. 2 Detailed line item estimating.
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Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 6, 2013
Understanding facility life-cycle costs is a core component of any BIM strategy for Owners, AE’s, Contractors, Subs, Business Product Manufacturers, Oversight Groups, Building Users, … or any stakeholder. There are many components of life-cycle costs: First Costs – Planning, Selection, Acquisition, Construction.
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Facility Life-cycle Costs and BIM
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 6, 2013
Understanding facility life-cycle costs is a core component of any BIM strategy for Owners, AE’s, Contractors, Subs, Business Product Manufacturers, Oversight Groups, Building Users, … or any stakeholder. There are many components of life-cycle costs: First Costs – Planning, Selection, Acquisition, Construction.
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New ISO standard for optimizing building use and reusing and recycling components released
BD+C
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
A new ISO standard has the goal of optimizing building use to realize a structure’s full potential throughout its life cycle. ISO 20887, Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works , pertains to design for disassembly and adaptability.
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Sustainably built environments: specifying low-carbon concrete
Construction Specifier
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Sustainability attributes of concrete. Sustainable construction considers the entire life cycle of a structure and aims to reduce the environmental damage at every stage, from the initial choice of products to demolition. This can reduce the carbon emissions of structural systems by up to 40 percent.².
BIM, Big Data, and Efficient Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment
Building Information Management
AUGUST 6, 2012
Efficient life-cycle management of the built environment comes down to analyzing large data sets— big data—from several knowledge domains. Operative elements associate with leveraging big data for BIM (BIM defined as efficient life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology) include: - Transparency.
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81 Facility Life-cycle Costs: Managing the Built Environment – BIM?
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 16, 2013
What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? What are the benefits of life-cycle cost management vs. a “first-cost” focus? Answers to the above: 1.
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Facility Life-cycle Costs: Managing the Built Environment – BIM?
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 16, 2013
What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? What are the benefits of life-cycle cost management vs. a “first-cost” focus? Answers to the above: 1.
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The future of sustainable and affordable housing
Lets Build
JUNE 2, 2017
Global warming is one of the main reasons why sustainable housing is ideal for future construction. Sustainable homes do not only help the environment by reducing the overall environmental impact during and after construction, but it contributes towards many social and economic benefits. Construction Material.
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159 BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management
Building Information Management
MARCH 19, 2013
BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Unfortunately, too much emphasis has been placed upon 3-D visualization and other technology components vs. the process of life-cycle management. Consequently, the need for value management emerges. INTRODUCTION.
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Big data, LEAN Construction Delivery, High Performance Buildings = Productive Life-cycle Facility Managment
Building Information Management
APRIL 12, 2016
Our education and professional development systems are failing to properly address the fundamental concepts of life-cycle and total-cost-of-ownership management specific to the built environment.
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Big data, LEAN Construction Delivery, High Performance Buildings = Productive Life-cycle Facility Managment
Building Information Management
APRIL 12, 2016
Our education and professional development systems are failing to properly address the fundamental concepts of life-cycle and total-cost-of-ownership management specific to the built environment.
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1,500th Envision Sustainability Professional Credentialed
Green Building Law Update
JANUARY 28, 2014
The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure announced that earlier this week it reached the milestone of 1,500 Envision Sustainability Professionals who have been credentialed in the use of the Envision sustainable infrastructure rating system. yes, something like LEED for roads and bridges).
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The Benefits of Sustainable Construction
Building Radar
MAY 12, 2020
The need and importance of sustainability in construction has become a debated topic due to growing concerns over climate change and the finite nature of resources. A sustainable build should take these factors into account along with the biodiversity of the land. Not only that, the sector is also a major producer of waste.
RS Mean’s 2015 Facility Manager’s Package offers new life cycle cost models for facilities
Construction Cost Estimating
JANUARY 27, 2015
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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Containing CO2 during construction
BD+C
MARCH 12, 2020
Amidst the chatter about sustainability and resilience that one would expect to hear at last fall’s Greenbuild Expo in Atlanta, two related topics—Embodied Carbon (EC) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)—almost always came up, sometimes unprompted, in conversations with exhibitors and attendees.
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New and Old Sustainable Building Materials
Natural Building
MAY 20, 2022
Moreover, embodied carbon, which is carbon released over the entire life cycle of a building, including end-of-life material disposal, is responsible for 11% of total global carbon emissions. HempCrete uses hemp, a natural and sustainable resource and carbon sink, to construct a concrete-like material.
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Admixtures and sustainability
GCP Applied Technologies
JANUARY 31, 2019
Admixtures and sustainability. Cement additives and concrete admixtures are construction chemicals that reliably improve the sustainability of a broad range of cement-based systems. Another way that water reducers can be employed to increase sustainability is by using less cement content or more SCMs in the concrete. .
Are Green Building Rating Systems Really Sustainable?
Natural Building
AUGUST 3, 2020
Professor Janis Birkeland is an honorary professor at the University of Melbourne who has taught sustainable planning and architecture at several universities. Previously, she worked as a planner, architect, and lawyer in San Francisco to gain insights into the impediments to sustainability. This is known as the ‘decoy effect’.
Top Sustainable Construction Materials to Build a Better Future
Autodesk Construction Cloud
JANUARY 10, 2023
One of the things that often comes up when discussing the future of construction is sustainability. This is, after all, the only planet we can live in (that we know of), so promoting sustainability will serve us — and future generations. This post rounds up some notable examples of sustainable construction materials.
Enabling Efficient Life-cycle Managment of the Built Environment supported by Digitial Technology – BIM – 2014
Building Information Management
APRIL 28, 2014
Technology is not the primary obstacle to efficient life-cycle management of the built environment! Refusal to adopt collaborative construction delivery methods such as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) for new construction, Job Order Contracting (JOC) for repair, renovation, sustainability, and minor new construction projects.
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