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Life-cycle Costs for a Commercial Building

Job Order Contracting

Understanding facility life-cycle costs for a commercial building is the first step towards maximizing efficiency and positive outcomes. There are many components of life-cycle costs: First Costs – Planning, Selection, Acquisition, Construction. Facility Life-cycle Costs.

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6 Steps Towards Public Sector Efficient Physical Asset Management – Robust Process, Collaborative Teams Valid Data, & Enabling Technology

Job Order Contracting

Robust, integrated LEAN asset planning, procurement, and project delivery solutions are readily available to establish efficient physical asset life cycle management programs. Equity, increasing efficiencies, securing appropriate resources, and preparing for adaptive management is simpler than one might expect. contact-form].

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

Sharing actionable, transparent information with all construction project participants and stakeholders early on, and throughout the construction and operations life-cycle of a built structure, would measurably mitigate change orders, legal disputes, and waste. and maintenance information into the building knowledge base.

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Big Data, BIM, Cloud Computing, and Efficient Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment

Building Information Management

Big data” — the ability to acquire, process and sort vast quantities of information for timely decision support is critical to the efficient life-cycle management of the built environment. Using Big Data for life-cycle facility management is NOT just about technology. . - Eric Schmidt, Chairman of Google.

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Facility Life-cycle Costs and BIM

Building Information Management

Understanding facility life-cycle costs is a core component of any BIM strategy for Owners, AE’s, Contractors, Subs, Business Product Manufacturers, Oversight Groups, Building Users, … or any stakeholder. There are many components of life-cycle costs: First Costs – Planning, Selection, Acquisition, Construction.

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Facility Life-cycle Costs and BIM

Building Information Management

Understanding facility life-cycle costs is a core component of any BIM strategy for Owners, AE’s, Contractors, Subs, Business Product Manufacturers, Oversight Groups, Building Users, … or any stakeholder. There are many components of life-cycle costs: First Costs – Planning, Selection, Acquisition, Construction.

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LOD – Level of Development – BIM – Life-cycle

Building Information Management

Level of development (LOD) relative to the life-cycle management of the built environment (BIM) should have a solid framework relative to ONTOLOGY. While the definition of “life-cycle” has many permutations, and is likely to undergo ongoing improvement, the relationship to LOD needs to be developed in parallel.