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Collaboration in Construction – From “ad-hoc” to “best process”.

Job Order Contracting

Many commercial real property owners and facilities managers will require building competencies in all aspects of built environment life-cycle management. Core areas of focus, from a “60,000” foot view include; Strategic alignment of buildings and infrastructure with mission of the organization.

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Job Order Contracting Done Right! Open, Best Value, Efficient

Job Order Contracting

OpenJOC uses common, standardized terms, definitions, and data architectures (CSI Masterformat licensee) to minimize cross discipline data gaps and errors and to improve collaboration. Proven collaborative LEAN Collaborative construction delivery best management practices, Standardized terms, definition, and data architectures.

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Improving Renovation, Repair, and Maintenance Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Educational and training programs must focus upon asset life-cycle management and modeling. Overall focus must shift from first-cost mentality to life-cycle/total-cost-of-ownership. Timely, accurate, repeatable, and verifiable information based upon standardized terms, definitions, and data architectures.

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Integrated project delivery method

Job Order Contracting

These benefits are largely derived through the use of a common data environment, CDE, which dramatically improves communication and collaboration throughout the project life-cycle. A detailed, full transparent line item construction cost estimate is critical for improving collaboration and reducing change orders. .

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BIM and Cloud Computing – Get Beyond 3D Visualization and Focus Upon the “I”

Building Information Management

Both technologies also embed associated business process rules and components which will enable enhanced life-cycle management of the built environment, alignment of structures with organizational mission, and better consideration of general community impacts. Major cultural change within the AECOO sector, 2.

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Why Efficient Facility Management Is So Difficult

Building Information Management

The efficient renovation, repair, maintenance and new construction of facilities and infrastructure has proven an insurmountable challenge for most real property Owners. Focus is upon best value and life-cycle costs versus first costs. Risk/reward is shared an additional work and resources are allocated based upon performance.

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Facilities are NOT Commodities – LEAN Best Management Practices

Building Information Management

The efficient and effective renovation, repair, sustainment, and new construction of facilities, other physical infrastructure and associated life-cycle management require knowledge, capability, transparency, collaboration, and robust business processes.