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Productive Construction – Traits of Collaboration

Job Order Contracting

Based upon the above, why would anyone be surprised by the lack of productivity and rampant economic and environmental waste endemic to public sector facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds? San Francisco: Hanson Bridgett LLP. The Effects of Building Information Modeling on Construction Site Productivity.

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A Robust Framework for Improving Construction Productivity

Job Order Contracting

Any organization can consistently assure best value outcomes for facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds. The success of any repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build project is dependent upon early and ongoing collaboration among key parties. San Francisco: Hanson Bridgett LLP. Ashcraft, H.

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South Miami Poised to Mandate Solar Panels

Green Building Law Update

The City of South Miami, Florida City Commission is scheduled to take a final vote on July 18 on an ordinance that will require rooftop photovoltaic panels on new construction and major renovations. The ordinance is likely to pass given that at its July 12 meeting the second reader version of this ordinance passed with a 4 to 1 vote.

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A Guide to BIM

Viewpoint Construction Technology

If you work in construction, you can’t escape the buzz around business information modeling (BIM) , the 3D modeling method used to communicate information throughout the design, build and lifecycle of a project. Project managers, for example, can consult a business information model on a jobsite to ensure construction follows plans.

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State of the Construction Industry: April Roundup

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Construction Dive reports that renovations to Paris’ famous Eiffel Tower involve building information modeling (BIM), the 3D modeling tool that’s becoming more popular in the construction industry. Keep AI on your radar because it will affect construction at some point. BIM to Aid in Eiffel Tower Makeover.

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Top 10 Ivory Innovations Finalists for the 2023 Housing Affordability Prize

Pro Builder

The fund seeks to build a community of practice and replication model to assist other cities in deploying this innovative fund model in their markets. RenoFi Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Finance Category RenoFi.com is the first one-stop-shop marketplace for financing a home renovation.

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Transforming shopping malls into 21st century neighborhoods

BD+C

The Opportunity In the San Francisco Bay Area, according to the “ Mall and Office Transformation Guide ” by Perkins&Will for the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), malls and business parks account for more than 9,000 acres of underutilized property across the region.

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