Construction Specifier

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

By Ryan Shure Photo ©sunflowereyy/Bigstockphoto.com With the United States government eyeing net-zero operations by the year 2050, all sectors of the economy are scrambling to improve their eco-friendliness and enhance sustainability. What are green roofs? There are two broad categories of green roofs: extensive and intensive.

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Green Sustainability Architecture Tampa 52

BD+C

JULY 13, 2023

Deep green retrofits: Updating old buildings to new sustainability standards 0 qpurcell Thu, 07/13/2023 - 11:32 Sustainability HOK’s David Weatherhead and Atenor’s Eoin Conroy discuss the challenges and opportunities of refurbishing old buildings to meet modern-day sustainability standards.

Sustainability 84

Sustainability Green Renovating Certification 84

Job Order Contracting

MAY 28, 2024

While we are all aware of the high levels of financial and environmental waste associated with the construction and sustainment of the built environment, very little has been done to address the issue at the root cause level. . The failure to use standard terms, definitions, and data architectures as well as objective local market data.

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Estimating Construction CSI Procurement 186

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 18, 2023

The net result is an average economic waste factor of 30%-40%+ for every repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build. Validating FM decisions with verifiable cost data is critical to facilities sustainability and stewardship, [contact-form] The post Validating FM Decisions with Verifiable Cost Data appeared first on 4BT.

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Procurement Renovating Estimating Architecture 215

BD+C

APRIL 21, 2023

The Role of Engineered Wood in Sustainable Structures 1 kcichowicz Fri, 04/21/2023 - 11:23 Sustainability in construction is becoming more important as society moves towards a more sustainable future. What Makes a Sustainable Structure? Learn about engineered wood’s key role as a green building solution. CEUs available.

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Sustainability Engineering Green Materials 97

ENR Construction

OCTOBER 11, 2024

With the completion of Raymond Elementary School in July 2023, the design-build team of MCN Build and Studios Architecture demonstrated that high sustainability goals and strict historic preservation requirements can coexist.

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Renovating Architecture Sustainability Design 36

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The ISO 50001-based energy management system is too little too late and fails to address the fundamental issue of rampant economic and environmental waste associated with facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new buildings. Key problems. #1 1 The program is self-paced. No timelines. #2 2 The program is no-cost.

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Management Renovating Organization Certification 190

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 27, 2024

Use and share objective, granular, current, and locally researched line item data that is organized using a standard data architecture (for example, expanded CSI Masterformat). The ability to enable sustainable repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction relies upon current verifiable, objective, and granular cost data.

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Estimating Construction Procurement CSI 213

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 25, 2021

With respect to construction, renovation, maintenance, sustainability or repair procurements, lacking granularity results in a lack of cost visibility and transparency and financial management inefficiencies. The information provided should be in a standardized data architecture, such as CSI Masterformat.

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Procurement Plans CSI Construction 130

Job Order Contracting

MAY 6, 2022

Consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects on time and on budget is possible using an integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery solution. 12 Restructuration of architectural. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(1), 104–. Budget and Schedule.

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Procurement Plans Construction Life Cycle 220

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 23, 2020

All the tools and support services are readily available to enable real property owners and their selected services partners to consistently complete quality repair, renovation, sustainment, maintenance, and new construction projects on-time and on-budget.

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Products Construction Regulation Renovating 149

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Keeping up with the growing backlog of facility renovation, repair, sustainability, and maintenance is a never ending challenge for colleges and universities. The post Higher Education and Managing Repair and Renovations Efficiently appeared first on 4BT.

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Education Renovating Management Life Cycle 100

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Furthermore, the administrative burden required for sustainable facilities management must be reduced as staffing levels continue to fall. Value generation in public sector facilities management is now a mandate as elevated levels of waste are no longer sustainable. Step 2: Follow a Robust Workflow for ALL Projects.

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Management CSI Change Orders Budget 216

CivilJungle

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Introduction of Gothic Architecture. Since the day the human left caves and started living in houses, the birth of architecture occurred. Examples of some of these architectural styles include classic architectural style, Romanesque Architecture, Baroque Architecture, Brutalist Architecture, Neo-classical Architecture, and many more.

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Architecture Construction Site Foundation 52

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Sustainable facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, of new construction is virtually impossible with both locally researched, current, and actionable construction in combination with a robust, integrated framework integrating internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery. The opposite is true. Probably not.

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Procurement Construction BIM Change Orders 222

Safti First

MARCH 25, 2022

With many years of experience, over sixty in the architectural glazing industry, we have learned that innovation is a necessity to growth and success both for our clients and ourselves. They can be installed after all the openings are done, making it perfect for both new construction and renovations.

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Architecture Innovation Products Security 52

BD+C

MARCH 26, 2014

Global architecture and design firm Callison announced the release of Matrix by Callison , a comprehensive online sustainable design tool. Body Image: read more.

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Sustainability Design Green Education 81

Job Order Contracting

JULY 3, 2020

An example of a critical CDE is a locally researched detailed unit price book (UPB) organized using the CSI Masterformat data architecture. A locally researched UPB is the core of any repair, renovation, sustainment, maintenance, or new construction activity. Request free eBook: info@4bt.us

Environment 150

Environment Procurement Construction CSI 150

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 7, 2019

At the end of the day however, any real property owner with requisite levels of leadership and competency can consistently deliver quality facilities repair, renovation, and construction projects, on-time, and on-budget. appeared first on 4BT.

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Budgeting Budget Renovating Construction 100

Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 12, 2021

When specifying flooring, one should consider both sustainability and performance. These factors not only contribute to the sustainability of the flooring, but how it performs. These factors not only contribute to the sustainability of the flooring, but how it performs. Even sustainably made floors must be installed correctly.

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Sustainability Certification Green Products 52

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

There is a path to on-demand, quality, on-time, and on-budget facilities repair, renovation, and construction procurement and project delivery… LEAN. Silos aren’t for Facilities Management or Efficient Construction Services Procurement or Project Delivery.

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Products Procurement Renovating Budget 100

BD+C

JUNE 19, 2023

Adaptive reuse: 5 benefits of office-to-residential conversions FitzGerald completed renovations on Millennium on LaSalle, a 14-story building in the heart of Chicago’s Loop. In Chicago, we have such a wealth of great architecture downtown – we need to save these buildings where we can.

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Residential Office Chicago Housing 109

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 19, 2016

The way to deliver 96%+ of renovation, repair, and maintenance projects on-time, on-budget, and at the appropriate level of quality is to enable collaboration with contractors and other expert service providers. Timely, accurate, repeatable, and verifiable information based upon standardized terms, definitions, and data architectures.

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Renovating Life Cycle Contract Estimating 100

Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

and associated renovation, repair, maintenance, and sustainability. The most notable examples are Job Order Contracting, JOC for renovation, repair, and minor new construction projects and Integrated Project Delivery, IPD for new construction.

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Renovating Sustainability Management Change Orders 40

BD+C

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Architects Green Renovation Sustainable Design and Construction Building Owner Green Specifications Sustainable Development Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Green Green Building Products Interior Architecture Sustainability'

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Green Products Sustainability Renovating 98

Viewpoint Construction Technology

JULY 23, 2018

The BREEAM certification process was developed in 1990 and uses a rating system to assess building sustainability in a variety of categories. And now BRE is partnering with HOK, an American architecture, engineering and design firm, to launch a BREEAM standard for new construction in the United States in 2019. According to the U.K.’s

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Certification Green United States Sustainability 195

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

Integrated Project Delivery, IPD, for major new construction, and LEAN job order contracting, JOC, for repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and minor new construction are proven examples of LEAN planing, procurement, and project delivery processes.

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Procurement Plans CSI Construction 155

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Both serve to aid in overall continuous improve of repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects. These include soft costs – general conditions, insurance/bonding, fees/permits, as well as direct costs for material, equipment, and labor in elemental CSI MasterFormat data architecture.

Construction 160

Construction Procurement Documentation CSI 160

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Forget 3D visualization, Life-cycle Management Competency and Common Terms are the most critical aspects to achieving efficient renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction of the built environment. Common Glossary – Terms – Data Architecture. Total Cost of Ownership Asset Management.

Life Cycle 100

Life Cycle BIM Management Drafting 100

Building Information Management

JULY 30, 2015

Public sector and multi-building facility routinely scope, procure, award, and execute thousands of renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, and “minor” new construction projects. It is critical that this UPB be developed using industry standards for cost engineering and data architecture. Introduction.

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Renovating Sustainability Contract Construction 40

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The successful integration of People, Process, Information, and Technology leads to the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects on-time and on- budget. with the result being improved overall productivity.

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Life Cycle Procurement Renovating Budget 115

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 18, 2021

While all of the above is far from common across the architectural, engineering, construction, operations, owner sector (AECOO), both the fundamentals and associated implementation tools and services are readily available. Proven Pathway to Measurable Productivity Gain. The proven principles, systems, workflows, etc.

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Construction Documentation Procurement Renovating 149

Job Order Contracting

JULY 31, 2020

Proven Job Order Contracting Practices have evolved to enable the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction project on-time and on-budget. INTRODUCTION. Tools and services are readily available to support collaborative construction planning, procurement, and project delivery. mandatory collaboration.

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Contract Procurement BIM Construction 158

Building Information Management

JULY 30, 2015

Though leverage facility best management practices such as job order contracting and supporting technologies is currently limited to a small percentage of the AECOO sector (Architecture, engineering, Construction, Operations, Owner), the benefits are both real and necessary in order to support economic and environmental viability.

Renovating 40

Renovating Sustainability Contract Estimating 40

BD+C

JULY 6, 2023

As we look at the benefits of transforming historic buildings, it’s vital to consider three factors: authenticity, environmental sustainability, and cultural inheritance. Environmental sustainability The benefits of preserving historic university buildings extend beyond mere nostalgia. Sustainability was a core value for the Miguel B.

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Conference AIA Education Houston 52

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 24, 2018

LEAN Adaptive Construction Drives Significantly Improved Outcomes. LEAN construction delivery methods are process-centric solutions proven to consistently deliver quality repair, renovation, and construction projects on-demand, on-time, and on-budget. ” – W. Edwards Deming. Mutual respect/trust. Shared risk/reward.

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Life Cycle Construction Renovating Contract 100

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 23, 2024

Here to dive into the ins and outs of BIM are Amy Bunszel , the Executive Vice President of Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Design at Autodesk , and Aaron Perry , the Head of Digital Design at Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. Aaron agrees and comments on how we can improve the flow of information within the tool.

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BIM Architecture Sustainability Modeling 52