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Building Life-cycle Costs and Physical Asset Total Cost of Ownership Management (TCO)

Job Order Contracting

Creating and monitoring building life-cycle costs is a key component of physical asset total cost of ownership management. Initial design, procurement, and construction costs of a facility account for only 10%-20% of total capital expenditures throughout its useful life. Life-Cycle Cost Calculation. Demolition.

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GHG, SHG, SEC Regulations – Facilities Regs and Reporting Changes Coming Soon

Job Order Contracting

Buffer zones. The journey towards efficient life-cycle management of the built environment, carbon literacy, and LEAN process is not easy. Ask suppliers for information on their energy practices to create awareness and allow for the making of informed decisions. Reduction possibilities. Energy savings. Auto switch off.

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Energy-Efficiency Standards and Green Building Certification Systems Used by the Department of Defense for Military Construction and Major Renovations -2103

Building Information Management

The additional incremental costs to design and construct high-performance or green buildings are relatively small when compared to total life-cycle costs. The additional incremental costs to design and construct high-performance or green buildings are relatively small when compared to total life-cycle costs. .

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The Economics of Sustainable Buildings

SAB Magazine

It is being written into municipal by-laws and zoning, with most municipalities choosing LEED® as their green building standard. Sustainability is having far-reaching impacts on building standards, codes and specifications. In the commercial sector, sustainable buildings have become the new benchmark for Class ‘A’ office space.

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BIM for FM – What is COBie – A Section of Roadmap for Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment

Building Information Management

COBie comprises sheets that document the facility, the levels (or sectors), spaces and zones that make up the function of the facility. COBie data is accumulated throughout the life cycle. The documentation of issues discovered throughout the life cycle. The reporting of the designed project ready for tendering.

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Construction Cost Estimating Blog: Types of risks in construction

Construction Cost Estimating

Risk in construction is fully integrated with every facets of construction life cycle. If you are a newbie in the estimating service zone then you should know about construction estimating checklist and how to organize them. Construction Cost Estimating Blog. adsense analytic. Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Blog Archive. ► May.

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Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVAC) – A Important Standard? – HVAC information exchange – HVACie

Building Information Management

HVACie is an information exchange specification for the life-cycle capture and delivery of information needed to describe Heating, Cooling, Ventillating (and Refrigeration) systems. Ontology for Life-Cycle Modeling of Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems. 2012-03-01-CERL-CR-12-2-ModelView. March 2012.