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LEAN Construction Project Delivery enables efficient life-cycle management of the built environment

Job Order Contracting

LEAN Construction Project Delivery enables efficient life-cycle management of the built environment via a robust integration of process, actionable standardized and common information, supporting technology, and ongoing training. An example of LEAN Construction Project Delivery is OpenJOC ™ Job Order Contracting.

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Facilities Management and Entropy

Job Order Contracting

Certifications, traditional formal education, and professional training related to facilities life-cycle management and AECOO practices and practices have done little to address “Understanding and dealing with the concept of value.” It’s well beyond time to stop running with the pack. Where has that gotten us?

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LEAN Construction Project Delivery and Facilities Operations, Maintenance, and Life-cycle Management

Job Order Contracting

Life-cycle Management. COBie is an information exchange specification for the life-cycle capture and delivery of information needed by facility managers. Here, a somewhat pervasive focus upon first-costs versus life-cycle costs must be addressed and altered. Capital planning and management. Space management.

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SAFTI FIRST®’s IGCC Certification Provides More Innovative Fire Rated Glass Applications for Architects

Safti First

Our latest achievement—becoming the first and only fire-rated glass manufacturer in North America to receive IGCC certification —marks a significant leap forward for both us and architects like you. This certification isn’t just about meeting industry benchmarks. For more information, you can also visit us online at www.safti.com.

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Essential BIM Terminology

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Life-Cycle Assessment. With a focus on materials and energy, a life-cycle assessment is an environmental impact assessment for construction. In addition to materials and energy, it looks at the waste, pollution rate, and process over the life cycle of a job. It is also known as the buildingSMART standard.

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Essential Reasons Why Everyone Should Be Certified in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Construction Marketing

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a certification that aids in improving building performance and reduces the impact on the environment. LEED certification verification means a building has been designed and constructed using strategies to improve performance across all metrics under LEED’s five main categories.

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Challenges facing Owners LEAN Facilities Management

Job Order Contracting

In general, real property owners lack an understand of facilities life-cycle and LEAN construction best management practices. Facilities life-cycle and LEAN construction best management practices … Collaboration will ALL project participants and stakeholders. Ongoing REQUIRED training and certification.