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Improving Public Sector Facilities Life-cycle Management – Hard Questions MUST be asked and ANSWERED!

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Improving public sector facilities life-cycle management is critical to the economy, the environment, and to our safety. How can formal and professional education be improved? contact-form] The post Improving Public Sector Facilities Life-cycle Management – Hard Questions MUST be asked and ANSWERED!

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LEAN Asset Life-cycle Management – Achieve Optimal Construction Outcomes

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Efficient life-cycle management of physical infrastructure (facilities, roads, dams, bridges, airports, mass transit, … ) has proved equally elusive. Life-safety, environmental, economic mismanagement are the norm versus the exception. Life-safety, environmental, economic mismanagement are the norm versus the exception.

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

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Promoting awareness and education with respect to LEAN O&M best management practices would drive significantly improved outcomes. Life-cycle Management. COBie is an information exchange specification for the life-cycle capture and delivery of information needed by facility managers. Space management.

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Facilities Management and Entropy

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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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Higher Education and Managing Repair and Renovations Efficiently

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Some institutions have already fallen under the enormity of the force. While the problem is not new, what must change rapidly is the level of competence of higher education facility management professionals so that impending disaster is avoided. Secondly collaboration is required among all internal and external stakeholders.

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Best Value Facilities Repair, Renovation Work Order Delivery

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All parties can visualize project and work order requirements at a granular level and drive efficient life-cycle management. Needs and deliverables are fully visualized and issues address earlier in the process.

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

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Education, key performance indicators, common terms and definitions, collaborative construction delivery methods, and current, objective, local market granular cost data as well as supporting technology can to be leveraged to enable significant cost savings via signifincant improvements in cost visibility, cost management, and productivity.