BD+C

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group Design veterans Steven Burke and Michael Swenson will lead the new sustainability initiative for Suffolk. Contractors Sustainability Sustainable Design and Construction Suffolk Construction, headquartered in Boston, has established the Suffolk Sustainability Group.

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Sustainability Life Cycle Commissioning Construction 105

Civiconcepts

MAY 26, 2021

Sustainable Homes promotes a far better quality of life and involves less waste, higher responsibility, lower life-cycle environmental impacts, less maintenance, and a lot of utilization of eco-friendly resources. … Sustainable Homes | Eco-Friendly House | How to Build A Sustainable House Read More ».

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Sustainability Housing Life Cycle Resource 98

Building Information Management

AUGUST 6, 2012

Efficient life-cycle management of the built environment comes down to analyzing large data sets— big data—from several knowledge domains. Operative elements associate with leveraging big data for BIM (BIM defined as efficient life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology) include: - Transparency.

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Life Cycle BIM Environment Management 81

Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 28, 2014

The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure announced that earlier this week it reached the milestone of 1,500 Envision Sustainability Professionals who have been credentialed in the use of the Envision sustainable infrastructure rating system. yes, something like LEED for roads and bridges).

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Sustainability Los Angeles San Diego Infrastructure 120

Job Order Contracting

JULY 28, 2023

Cost effective facilities FSRM, Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization can now be accomplished with the integration of robust process and planning, procurement, and project delivery teams within a common data environment (CDE) inclusive of current, local market, granular line item construction task data. Sustainment.

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Sustainability Life Cycle Estimating Management 130

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 1, 2012

BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Further life-cycle management of the built environment requires significant “change management” in most organizations whether Owners, AEs, Contractors, Oversight Groups, etc.

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Life Cycle BIM Environment Sustainability 61

Construction Specifier

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Every high-performance coating system is designed to guard surfaces against corrosion and ultraviolet (UV) light degradation, ultimately extending the life cycle of a building. So, the core goal of most industrial coatings is sustainability. The post Coating for sustainability appeared first on Construction Specifier.

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Sustainability Certification Green Life Cycle 107

Construction Marketing

JUNE 13, 2022

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a certification that aids in improving building performance and reduces the impact on the environment. It provides guidelines to create an efficient and sustainable built environment that encourages market competitiveness and public health improvement. Sustainable Sites.

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Certification Design Environment Sustainability 156

Job Order Contracting

MAY 6, 2022

The ultimate benefit provided by integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery solution is significantly improved life-cycle total cost of ownership asset management. Shared profit and risk and jointly developed project goals and values are keystones for team alignment for any project. Team Selection.

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Procurement Plans Construction Life Cycle 264

BD+C

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

A new ISO standard has the goal of optimizing building use to realize a structure’s full potential throughout its life cycle. ISO 20887, Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works , pertains to design for disassembly and adaptability.

Life Cycle 100

Life Cycle Sustainability News Engineering 100

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

LEAN Job Order Contracting (JOC) is a robust integrated project delivery process for repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and “minor” new construction. Asset Life-cycle Total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) Management www.4BT.us. INTRODUCTION. TOOLS AND SERVICES.

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Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 205

Construction Specifier

JUNE 17, 2024

Designing for resilience As climate-related stressors intensify, resiliency—the ability to adapt to, withstand, and rapidly recover from hazards—has become an increasingly urgent issue for building owners, government officials, property insurers, and design and construction professionals. Millions of properties across the U.S.

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Concrete Sustainability Construction Miami 105

Building Information Management

JUNE 20, 2012

Key Topics / Take Aways: Identify and advance technologies, processes, and management practices that improve the performance of federal facilities over their entire life-cycle, from planning to disposal. Requirements for facility life-cycle management, efficient repair/maintenance/sustainability, BIM.

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Life Cycle BIM Management Inspections 61

Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Building Information Modeling is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. In the manufacturing world, PLM, product lifecycle management (PLM) is the process of managing the entire life-cycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal.

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Life Cycle BIM Management Environment 45

Job Order Contracting

MAY 9, 2017

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. Life-cycle versus first-cost decision-making.

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Life Cycle Management CSI Certification 100

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 14, 2019

Any real property owner and their service providers can leverage collaborative project delivery to increase efficiency and reduce design, construction, and life-cycle costs. “Alternative” construction delivery methods such as design-build, construction manager at risk, etc., Learn more… [contact-form].

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Design Procurement Life Cycle Construction 100

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

LEAN JOC (Job Order Contracting) is a robust integrated project delivery process for repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and “minor” new construction. The approach invests more resources earlier in the Project life-cycle. Asset Life-cycle Total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) Management www.4BT.us.

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Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 162

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Alternative Project Delivery (APD) offers the opportunity delivers significant added value versus traditional design-bid-build, design-build, Construction Management at Risk (CMAR), Agency?CM Additionally, the knowledge of contractors is leveraged in design phase, drawing on their experiences to improve the proposed solution.

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Resource Procurement Life Cycle Construction 164

SAB Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Standardized life cycle assessment is essential for a true understanding of how sustainable building products and materials really are. It does not take into account all the other potential environmental impacts that form part of the overall ecological profile of a material.

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Life Cycle Materials Sustainability Transportation 56

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 16, 2013

What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? What are the benefits of life-cycle cost management vs. a “first-cost” focus? Answers to the above: 1.

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Life Cycle Environment BIM Management 40

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 16, 2013

What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? What are the benefits of life-cycle cost management vs. a “first-cost” focus? Answers to the above: 1.

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Life Cycle Environment BIM Management 40

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 26, 2018

Cost savings (administrative, procurement, design, and construction efficiencies). Integration with internal processes to drive enhanced life-cycle asset total cost-of-ownership management. Integration with internal processes to drive enhanced life-cycle asset total cost-of-ownership management. Compliance.

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Contract Life Cycle Procurement Renovating 100

Job Order Contracting

MAY 17, 2022

“ESG- Using Environmental, Social and Governance factors to evaluate companies and countries on how far advanced they are with sustainability. Design for long life and adaptability. The journey towards efficient life-cycle management of the built environment, carbon literacy, and LEAN process is not easy.

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Regulation Risk Equity Organization 264

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Decision-making methods within LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery frameworks enable and assure full stakeholder (buyers, designers, builders, building users, FMers…) participation in early stages of the project considerations and support collaboration among previously conflicting sustainable criteria and adversarial team members.

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Life Cycle Procurement Construction Documentation 127

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 13, 2017

See asset life-cycle model… A total cost of ownership perspective is also required as opposed to the more prevalent practice of first-cost dominance. Facilities Lifecycle Management requires increased competency on the part of facilities owners and facilities management.

Management 100

Management Life Cycle Estimating Comparison 100

Construction Cost Estimating

JANUARY 27, 2015

RSMeans obtained by the Gordian Group, the most recognized supplier of construction cost estimating information in North America, just declared the availability of its totally new life cycle cost models for facilities which belong to its 2015 Facility Manager’s Package.

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Life Cycle Modeling Comparison Estimating 40

Building Information Management

APRIL 12, 2016

Our education and professional development systems are failing to properly address the fundamental concepts of life-cycle and total-cost-of-ownership management specific to the built environment.

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Life Cycle Management Products Education 40

Building Information Management

APRIL 12, 2016

Our education and professional development systems are failing to properly address the fundamental concepts of life-cycle and total-cost-of-ownership management specific to the built environment.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Management Products Education 40

Building Information Management

APRIL 7, 2014

It’s time for Owners to stop the marketing… Stop hyping their LEED Silver or “Whatever” Buildings… and actually participate in life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. A focus upon life-cycle costs vs. first costs in terms finance and environmental impact.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Environment BIM Management 40

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 12, 2016

BIM, the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technologies, holds promise, yet remains elusive to many. Building Information Modeling: A BUSINESS PROCESS for generating and leveraging building data to design, construct and operate the building during its lifecycle. Introduction.

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BIM Contract Life Cycle Construction 100

Building Information Management

APRIL 28, 2014

Technology is not the primary obstacle to efficient life-cycle management of the built environment! Refusal to adopt collaborative construction delivery methods such as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) for new construction, Job Order Contracting (JOC) for repair, renovation, sustainability, and minor new construction projects.

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Life Cycle Environment BIM Management 40

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. This includes facility management, finance, building users, AE firms, construction contractors, consultants, oversight groups, etc. It’s time to change this.

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Education Renovating Management Life Cycle 100

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 18, 2012

As one might expect topics encompassed; design, procurement, policy and standards, technology, education and culture, success to date, areas for innovation, challenges, and barriers to adoption. The role of IPD (Integrated Project Design) and JOC (Job Order Contracting) will become even more important.

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Life Cycle BIM Management Procurement 65

Safti First

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Instead of design limitations due to code, applications, lead time or budget, you now have expanded design possibilities. Whether for energy efficiency, sound control, or fire safety, our fire-rated glass products offer the versatility to support your design goals without compromise.

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Certification Innovation Life Cycle US 52

ENR Construction

MARCH 21, 2018

Services ranging from design-build to operations and maintenance allow HVAC contractor McKinstry to update buildings through their life cycle.

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Life Cycle Seattle Contractors Sustainability 52

Building Radar

MAY 12, 2020

The need and importance of sustainability in construction has become a debated topic due to growing concerns over climate change and the finite nature of resources. A sustainable build should take these factors into account along with the biodiversity of the land. Not only that, the sector is also a major producer of waste.

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Sustainability Life Cycle Construction Green 52

Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

2014, Standard for the Design of High-Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings , addresses site sustainability; water-use efficiency; energy ef­ficiency; indoor environmental quality; and the building’s impact on the atmosphere, materials and resources. Last week the 2014 version of the ASHRAE 189.1

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Green Baltimore Life Cycle Sustainability 120