Construction Enquirer

APRIL 25, 2023

Northumbrian Water is calling up contractors to help shape its procurement plans ahead of launching a £4.5bn AMP8 procurement race in the Autumn. The water company wants specifically speak to design and construct firms with experience of working in similar collaborative delivery models.

Deals 88

Deals Procurement Consulting Modeling 88

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 15, 2019

A culture change capable of leveraging robust LEAN collaborative construction services procurement and delivery methods. For owners that what to set up their own internal Job Order Contracting Program, the use of a facilitator, such a a JOC Consultant to help the understand and develop requirements may be appropriate.

Consulting 100

Consulting Procurement Contract Organization 100

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 11, 2019

This changes the delivery attitude and “breaks the barriers” common to traditional construction delivery models. All participants and stakeholders are motivated to focus on PROJECT FIRST goals. Learn more… Keys to Success.

Change Orders 100

Change Orders Risk Procurement Legal 100

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Reduce costs and improve efficiency for buildings and infrastructure projects by consolidating and seamlessly exchanging information throughout the design, procure, build, and operations life-cycle. Information can be contained within 2D drawings, specifications, documents, and Building Information Models (BIM).

Life Cycle 100

Life Cycle Construction Documentation Procurement 100

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Best value procurement. In some cases, consultants are hired to assist in managing a Job Order Contract. Regardless of the reason, however, it critical that owners assure that JOC consultants maintain an appropriate contractual relationship. ASSET LIFE-CYCLE MODEL – Total Cost of Ownership Management. Outcome-driven.

Contract 100

Contract Construction Life Cycle Procurement 100

Construction Law

MAY 3, 2024

National Grid is to use a new model of supply chain cooperation for its £9 billion Great Grid Upgrade, a nationally significant investment in the electricity network in alliance with seven major contractors and consultants.

Modeling 52

Modeling Accounting News Consulting 52

Lets Build

APRIL 15, 2020

The business models, though, are of two forms — it’s either design, bid, build where the project owner chooses a contractor after the design phase or design-build where both design and construction phases are done by one contractor. Procurement. What project procurement method (e.g. Are all contract documents signed?

Project Management 148

Project Management Management Construction Feasibility 148

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 25, 2017

Remember that a Job Order Contract can be designed, implemented, and managed by the Owner, a combination of an Owner and a JOC Consultant, or JOC task orders can be executed leveraging a Cooperatives. Overall procurement strategy. Contact multiple JOC consultants and vendors. Here is a outline of a few items to be considered.

Contract 100

Contract Life Cycle BIM Procurement 100

Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Design-assist is a popular procurement method for curtain wall systems in today’s commercial market, intended to help resolve these challenges, particularly for custom curtain walls with unique performance requirements and/or unique material configurations. Figure 1: Collaboration is the key to design-assist success.

Design 104

Design Fabrication Consulting Bidding 104

PSMJ Resources

OCTOBER 8, 2013

by: PSMJ''s Public Works Project Management Consultant, Michael Ellegood, P.E. Whenever I work with consultants, I am often asked how do our clients, particularly public agency clients, think of us in the private sector consultant world. Skeptic: “Consultants are merely vendors.

Consulting 40

Consulting Overhead Project Management Compensation 40

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Organizations that do not implement and continuously import upon a program-based approach, under which all projects a planned, procured, and executed, suffer from unclear objectives , shifting requirements , unrealistic schedule s, and reactive planning , Poor planning and poor change management impede individual project successes.

Project Management 161

Project Management Organization Capterra Management 161

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 7, 2017

LEAN Construction Job Order Contracting follows the fundamental aspects of integrated project deliver versus simply being a method to bypass delays and/or checks and balances provided by traditional procurement and/or construction delivery methods. Formation of a LEAN Job Order Contracting (JOC) core group which includes stakeholders.

Contract 100

Contract Construction Life Cycle Procurement 100

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 19, 2017

That said, some JOC Programs, especially at the County, State, and Local Government levels have bee set up simple as a means to bypass traditional procurement versus truly establish LEAN collaborative construction delivery processes. 2- Cloud Based Collaboration Tools. 3 – Carbon Footprint Reduction.

Contract 100

Contract United States Renovating Commercial 100

Building Information Management

JUNE 5, 2014

A multi-dimensional tool, Building Information Modelling (BIM) involves generating a visual model of the building which also manages data about it, at the design stage, throughout the construction phase and during its working life. What is BIM? Introduction.

BIM 51

BIM Modeling Life Cycle Industrial 51

BD+C

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In construction, he actively engages with projects teams to minimize embodied carbon through strategic material procurement, streamline commissioning efforts, and facilitates comprehensive sustainability training with trade partners and client operations teams. Mchael Swenson, Director of Sustainability at Suffolk Design.

Sustainability 105

Sustainability Life Cycle Commissioning Construction 105

Building Information Management

JUNE 27, 2016

Asset Competency Model – The Road to Excellence. …at the end of the day the single issue of importance is whether or not Owners, Architects, Engineers, Contractors, Consultants, and Oversight Groups have the basic skills and/or competency required to efficiently manage the life-cycle of the built environment.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Modeling Roads Management 40

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 8, 2017

Fundamental willingness and ability of the Delivery Team members, Owner, Owner’s Representative and the Owner’s JOC Consultants to make and secure reliable statements and commitments as the basis for planning and executing the Project. JOC Program Manager – Typically designated Procurement Authority. CORE TEAM REPRESENTATIVES.

Management 100

Management Construction Schedule Life Cycle 100

Building Information Management

JUNE 19, 2013

Requires IFC BIM in its projects and intends to have integrated model-based operation in future. Recommended 2D symbols of building elements for use in building information modelling. Public Procurement Service to fully adopt IFC-based open BIM. Public Procurement Service to fully adopt IFC-based open BIM. BS 1192:2007.

BIM 70

BIM Architecture Procurement Engineering 70

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 8, 2017

Owner leadership without excessive reliance upon “JOC consultants” Focus upon best value outcomes. ASSET LIFE-CYCLE MODEL – Total Cost of Ownership Management – A framework for facilities life-cycle management. Building Information Modelling BIM in the Construction Industry – Technical Report TR-1405.

Contract 100

Contract COAA Life Cycle BIM 100

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 26, 2017

LEAN Business Models and Methods. Appropriate decision-support tools and services (technology, data, and consulting/education/support) must be included to enable consideration of life-cycle costs and financial resource prioritization. LEAN Business Models and Methods. Procurement/bidding. Budgeting/Capital Planning.

Management 100

Management Life Cycle Education Organization 100

Construction Law

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Editor’s comment Whitehall governance problem at heart of procurement inadequacies? Editor Nick Barrett asks how long the UK can get away with the governance problem said by the head of the National Audit Office to be embedded at the heart of Whitehall when it comes to managing large scale procurements.

Construction 52

Construction Insurance Procurement Drafting 52

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 29, 2017

LEAN Practices Asset Competency Model. Procurement/bidding. Building Information Modeling (BIM) (Model & Management Systems). Cost Estimating, Procurement, & Construction Project Delivery and Management Systems. LEAN Practices for Optimized Facilities O&M Overview. LEAN Considerations. Cost estimating.

Life Cycle 100

Life Cycle Education Management Plans 100

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 30, 2018

LEAN Practices Asset Competency Model. Procurement/bidding. Building Information Modeling (BIM) (Model & Management Systems) Capital Planning and Management Systems (CPMS). Cost Estimating, Procurement, & Construction Project Delivery and Management Systems. LEAN Considerations. Strategic planning.

Life Cycle 100

Life Cycle Management Construction Education 100

Autodesk Construction Cloud

AUGUST 25, 2022

Learn how the team at Flint Builders leverages leading technologies including BIM and Assemble for model checking and identifying changes between design iterations to quickly track impact on cost and procurement. Get more details. Autodesk University (New Orleans, LA). September 27 – 29, 2022.

Construction 98

Construction Autodesk Conference BIM 98

DebunkTheBIM

JULY 16, 2015

There’s been a great little ‘article’ circling the web recently, claiming ‘How Building Information Modeling Saved One University $10 Million’. If anything, a well applied BIM could ‘save’ funds for construction clients, contractors or consultants much higher than the 3% quoted here. And not that great at that, either.

Claims 48

Claims Modeling BIM Consulting 48

Building Information Management

AUGUST 29, 2012

BIM is the life-cycle modeling and management of the built environment supported by digital technology. First, a few clarifications and items to help frame this discussion: BIM definition: “BIM is the life-cycle modeling and management of the built environment supported by digital technology.” INTRODUCTION.

BIM 74

BIM Life Cycle Organization Management 74

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 31, 2022

Economic & global People & culture Data & technology Sustainability Business model Vote. Business Model. Third, we expect to see companies explore alternative business models such vertical integration, DfMA and offsite construction amongst others as they look to uncover scale economies. Global & Economic.

Construction 97

Construction Autodesk BIM Modeling 97

DebunkTheBIM

MAY 18, 2018

They might be specialist BIM consultants wanting your dollars to check on the design consultants work, or they may be QS’s claiming to calculate quantities better when paid for a BIM-enabled service. One that is a value-added BIM, addition of FM data into the model (and making the model fully available to the client).

BIM 62

BIM Drawings Documentation Modeling 62

Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Avoiding early blockers Despite these advantages, many companies run into challenges adopting prefab – often during the procurement process. Likewise, main contractors need to adjust the traditional estimation models which make it difficult to compare prefab designs with those delivered by trade. The post Interested In Prefabrication?

Procurement 52

Procurement Maine Site Products 52

Autodesk Construction Cloud

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In a first-time collaboration Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK), Australian Constructors Association , Consult Australia and the Infrastructure Sustainability Council have released a joint report to support industry in accelerating a net zero future through the design and construction of the infrastructure pipeline. .

Infrastructure 52

Infrastructure Industrial Autodesk Consulting 52

Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

She provided metrics and reporting to owners, team leaders, trade partners, and design consultants. Her position includes laser scanning and processing, MEP coordination, building modeling, 3D site logistics, 4D schedules, and virtual walkthrough plans. .

Construction 122

Construction BIM Management Project Management 122

Autodesk Construction Cloud

MARCH 20, 2022

A Net Zero Future: Delivered Through Our Infrastructure Pipeline is a first-time collaboration between Australian Constructors Association, Infrastructure Sustainability Council, Consult Australia and Autodesk that fuses research, insights and case studies to provide a blueprint for a net-zero future. . It’s already happening.

Infrastructure 98

Infrastructure Sustainability Autodesk Materials 98

Pro Builder

JUNE 3, 2022

In those cases, buyers must go back into the design studio to reselect from a different palette of finishes, which has its own ripple effect through purchasing, procurement, installation, and completion of the home. A Fresh Take on Model Homes. Tips for Using 3D Digital Models to Visualize and Sell Homes. Show, don’t just tell.

Products 98

Products Design Profitability Deals 98

Building Information Management

JUNE 26, 2016

BEST VALUE procurement, shared RISK/REWARD, MUTUAL TRUST/RESPECT, and LONGER TERM RELATIONSHIPS are additional areas that differentiate LEAN collaborative construction delivery form tradition design-bid-build or even design-build, CM@R, etc. from conceptualization/early design through project handover and beyond. but associated interactions.

Construction 40

Construction Procurement Life Cycle Renovating 40

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 29, 2017

County, State, and Local Governments, include secondary education unfortunately continue to use JOC simply as a means to speed delivery and bypass traditional procurement versus as a LEAN collaborative construction delivery method. a) Determination of best procurement approach. (i) AFARS Revision #21, dated May 22, 2007].

Contract 100

Contract Office Negotiation Procurement 100

BD+C

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Kingspan panels help earn LEED points for energy modeling, lower energy use, energy intensity, recycled content, and reduction of volatile organic compounds. This is the first time the federal government is prioritizing the use of American-made, lower-carbon construction materials in federal procurement and federally funded projects.

Procurement 52

Procurement Life Cycle Construction Materials 52

Constructlaw

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

CHA Consulting, Inc. , The New York State Thruway Authority (the owner) sued CHA Consulting, Inc. The general contractor defeated the owner’s claims because the designer specified the exact make and model of turbine, and the general contractor procured and installed those exact turbines. New York State Thruway Auth.

New York 52

New York Risk Claims Liability 52