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Meet BREEAM, America’s Newest Green Building Certification

Viewpoint Construction Technology

While LEED is well-known in the United States, the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) standards first developed in the United Kingdom are less familiar. BREEAM buildings could be the next big thing in sustainable construction. Tools for Tracking Sustainable Construction Projects.

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

The United Stated Air Force then expanded JOC into an efficient, well-defined process and it generally regarded as by experts as one of the leading practitioners of JOC. Unit Price Books developed without overhead & profit. Controller General of the United States. Unite States Congress.

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7 Ways to Make Shared Risk and Reward Sustainable in the Construction Industry

Lean Construction

Around the world, shared risk and reward contracts are becoming more prevalent.

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7 ways to change 'business as usual': The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

BD+C

A NEW WAY TO THINK Even after decades of emphasis on sustainability, green goals are mostly considered separately, like a side dish or condiment — the proverbial low-hanging fruit. TRPL seeks to be a living library that embraces the Badlands, honors ecological systems, and provides a model for sustainable living. Just as T.R.’s

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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] Hotels, Dormitories, Nursing homes.

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4 Ways to Improve Sustainable Construction

Construction Business Owner

4 Ways to Improve Sustainable Construction. How project management software can tackle sustainability challenges & increase productivity & profitability in the process. sustainable construction. Greg Ragsdale. Fri, 05/13/2022 - 14:32. It’s no secret that modern construction has problematic effects on the environment.

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What is JOC

Job Order Contracting

The United States Department of the Army is attributed with initially developing and deploying Job Order Contracting during the early 1980s. Traditional design-bid-build (DBB) construction delivery was too inefficient for the large numbers of renovation, repair, and sustainment/maintenance projects.