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AGC Outlines Strategies to Combat Climate Change in the Built Environment

ENR Construction

construction firms often possess the practical expertise and knowledge about how to reduce emissions in the built environment. Although construction activity itself accounts for less than 2% of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.,

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Definition of BIM – Building Information Modeling – NIBS, AGC, NBIMS, smartBUILDING Alliance, ISO, RICS

Building Information Management

AGC. It is able to bring together the different threads of information used in construction into a single operating environment thus reducing, and often eliminating, the need for the many different types of paper document currently in use.

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LEAN Construction Delivery, The Primary Challenge to BIM

Job Order Contracting

The solution to improved life-cycle management of the build environment lies within a greater focus upon improving competencies and business processes. Integrated_Project_Delivery_for_Public and Private Owners – AIA, NASFA, COAA, APPA, AGC. LEAN Construction Deliver is the primary challenge to BIM adoption.

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Construction Employment Reaches 10-Year High

Construction Equipment

AGC reports construction employment increased by 13,000 jobs in June and by 282,000 jobs over the past year, reaching a 10-year high, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America.

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States For Most Construction Jobs

Constructonomics

A June 2012 report by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) identified 20 states that are adding construction jobs. Source: AGC of America , from Bureau of Labor Statistics data. In today’s millwork environment, skills with computerized machinery as well as strong mathematical (especially geometric) skills are a must.

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Collaboration, Technology Among Key Takeaways from CFMA National Conference

Viewpoint Construction Technology

These tools and processes might have allowed them to get by and get work done (in compartmentalized silos) but they are not sustainable as today’s business environment changes around them. Technology. He has assisted several hundred companies in the selection and implementation of accounting and project management software.

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LEAN Job Order Contracting Intro 4

Job Order Contracting

Creating an open information environment. BIM, LEAN Construction, and a Common Data Environment (CDE) – A strategic tool for sharing information and managing a team within a BIM / LEAN Construction Delivery environment. Alignment of risk and reward with a party’s ability to control risk. Reducing redundant efforts, conflicts.

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