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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

Job Order Contracting

Furthermore, of this 5%, most of the applications have not leveraged, or even been designed to leverage the full valued of Lean. Design-Build Contracting Claims: Cumulative Supplement. Design and Construction: Building in Value. Predicting performance of design-build and design-bid-build projects. Bramble, B.

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Demand for Aging-in-Place Design Poised to Grow

Pro Builder

Demand for Aging-in-Place Design Poised to Grow. The growing population of older adults comes with an increased importance on universal and aging-in-place home design principles. The vast majority of people want to stay in their homes as they age, and most homes in this country aren’t designed to allow that to happen.”.

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Let there be light: Union Station Great Hall

BD+C

Originally completed in 1925, Chicago’s Union Station was designated a landmark in 2002 and listed by AIA Illinois as one of the 200 Illinois Great Places.

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Maryland Schools will No Longer be LEED Certified

Green Building Law Update

Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System Silver rating or a comparable rating system or building code as authorized in Section 3-602.1 In fact, we gave our first legal opinion on a LEED certified public building in Maryland in 2002.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Partnering process model for public-sector fasttrack design-build projects in Korea. Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods. Constituting partnering through boundary objects. Construction Management and Economics, 28(6), 615-628. Edelman, L., Scarbrough, H., & Swan, J. Social practices and the. A tale of two.

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SOM reimagines former Cook County Hospital into mixed-use destination

BD+C

The 342,000-sf Cook County Hospital building, completed in 1914, sat vacant since 2002 and had fallen into a severe state of disrepair.

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Construction Marketing Secret: Architecture Billings a Leading Indicator of Construction

Construction Marketing

However, since architects design the overwhelming majority of nonresidential construction projects, gathering information on billings at architecture firms provides leading information on future construction trends. A greater share of nonresidential activity is reviewed and approved by architects but without complete design involvement.