Life Cycle Cost: Category, Costing Technique, and Application
The Constructor
APRIL 11, 2022
Life cycle cost (LCC) is defined as the cost of an asset or its parts throughout its life cycle while fulfilling the required performance. Whole life.
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The Constructor
APRIL 11, 2022
Life cycle cost (LCC) is defined as the cost of an asset or its parts throughout its life cycle while fulfilling the required performance. Whole life.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 25, 2022
Improving public sector facilities life-cycle management is critical to the economy, the environment, and to our safety. contact-form] The post Improving Public Sector Facilities Life-cycle Management – Hard Questions MUST be asked and ANSWERED!
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Construction Business Owner
MARCH 23, 2023
Above all, it’s vital to find new ways to leverage digitization and new technologies to make our work more sustainable across the entire building life cycle. All of those are important, but it’s also important to step back and think about the construction process itself.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
Collaborative repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction, sustainability and the life cycle management of buildings are interrelated. Collaborative repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction, sustainability and the life cycle management of buildings are interrelated.
Job Order Contracting
JULY 3, 2024
Sustainable facilities management and leadership are inseparable. This is not only a fact, but a significant barrier to efficient life-cycle management of the built environment.
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 25, 2021
Lack of recognition by senior management of the linkage between between the built environment and organizational mission Low level of understanding of both life-cycle total-cost-of-ownership management and integrated lean planning, procurement, and project delivery principles and processes. Service life planning. Data Problems.
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 17, 2023
a life cycle assessment, LCA) in connection with the completion notification of the construction. The post FM Sustainability Regulation appeared first on 4BT. The climate impacts of new construction must be documented with a climate calculation (i.e. New construction over 1000 m2 must comply with a limit value of 12.0
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 25, 2018
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.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
BIM Life-cycle Management Competency, Common Terms, and Change Management. Forget 3D visualization, Life-cycle Management Competency and Common Terms are the most critical aspects to achieving efficient renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction of the built environment.
The Constructor
OCTOBER 8, 2022
The embodied energy of building material is the total non-renewable energy or primary energy (carbon released) used throughout its entire life cycle, i.e., extraction, manufacturing, construction, maintenance, and disposal. In other words, it is the sum of greenhouse gas emissions attributed to the material during its life cycle.
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 6, 2016
The path to improvement has been available for nearly 30 years… collaborative LEAN construction delivery methods such as Integrated Project Delivery, IPD (for major new construction) and Job Order Contracting, JOC (for renovation, repair, sustainability, and minor new construction).
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 12, 2017
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.
Job Order Contracting
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Efficient life-cycle total cost of ownership management requires the application of LEAN processes and collaborative construction delivery methods. The post Total Cost of Ownership Life-cycle Asset Management – Facilities and other Physical Infrastructure appeared first on 4BT. Learn more? contact-form].
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 17, 2012
Let’s face it, LEED is a great marketing tool, but NOT the solution. “Kudos” to LEED for building awareness and addressing the need to focus upon sustainability of the built environment! There should be little to no cost premium for a sustainable building. Why not? BIMF - A Framework for BIM.
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 ».
Lets Build
JUNE 2, 2017
Global warming is one of the main reasons why sustainable housing is ideal for future construction. Sustainable homes do not only help the environment by reducing the overall environmental impact during and after construction, but it contributes towards many social and economic benefits. Construction Material.
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.
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
An integrated approach, with all parties focusing upon shared best value outcomes, is a sustainable and advantageous environment for everyone. All the tools and support services are readily available to enable LEAN facilities/built environment life-cycle management. The real barriers are lack of leadership and enablement.
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
The DOD’s failure to implement a sustainment management system remains an unacceptable reality. Tools and support services are readily available to support efficient facilities planning, procurement, and project delivery to enable asset life-cycle total cost of ownership management.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 5, 2017
IFMA – Efficient Repair, Renovation, Sustainability Project Delivery Methods. Improving facilities management in terms of efficient repair, renovation, sustainability practices required a pinpoint focus upon change management with respect to LEAN collaborative construction delivery methods. Supporting technology.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 31, 2022
Real property owners, architects, engineers, builders, and other stakeholders have long realized the construction industry and the life-cycle management of built environment have proven wasteful. Poor leadership across the public sector with respect to facilities/built environment asset life-cycle management.
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.
Job Order Contracting
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Whether a repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, or new build project, certain fundamental processes and information are REQUIRED to create a valid construction estimate. Here is an outline of those requirements: #1. 2 Detailed line item estimating.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 20, 2018
LEANJOC(TM) provides an adaptable process-centered, systematic approach that supports improved physical asset life-cycle management (repair, renovation, and construction) and measurable enhanced financial outcomes. The post LEAN Job Order Contracting for SUSTAINABLE SERVICE DELIVERY appeared first on 4BT.
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.
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.
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 3, 2024
The construction industry is a heavy consumer of natural resources including materials and energy consumption and a major contributor to environmental issues including elevated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, air pollution, environmental degradation, and global warming.
Construction Specifier
JUNE 17, 2024
Model building codes (I-codes) developed by the International Code Council ( ICC ) play a crucial role in constructing safe, sustainable, and resilient structures. 5 Stronger and safer buildings Concrete is the world’s most widely used construction material due to its significant performance, sustainability, and cost advantages.
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.
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.
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. contact-form] Learn more about… Choosing IPD & Lean. Team Selection. Developing Contract. Developing Parties. Champions.
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
An integrated approach, with all parties focusing upon shared best value outcomes, is a sustainable and advantageous environment for everyone. All the tools and support services are readily available to enable LEAN facilities/built environment life-cycle management. The real barriers are lack of leadership and enablement.
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
The DOD’s failure to implement a sustainment management system remains an unacceptable reality. Tools and support services are readily available to support efficient facilities planning, procurement, and project delivery to enable asset life-cycle total cost of ownership management.
BD+C
MARCH 12, 2020
Amidst the chatter about sustainability and resilience that one would expect to hear at last fall’s Greenbuild Expo in Atlanta, two related topics—Embodied Carbon (EC) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)—almost always came up, sometimes unprompted, in conversations with exhibitors and attendees.
Building Information Management
APRIL 22, 2016
Efficient life-cycle management of facilities and other physical infrastructure is impossible until real property owners are better educated and truly capable in their role as stewards of the built environment.
Building Information Management
APRIL 22, 2016
Efficient life-cycle management of facilities and other physical infrastructure is impossible until real property owners are better educated and truly capable in their role as stewards of the built environment.
Job Order Contracting
JUNE 25, 2018
Experiencd Senior Professional Support … Training, Consulting, Strategic Planning, Line Item Construction Cost Estimating, Enterprise Cloud-based Technology, Life-cycle Capital Planning and Management, Operations, Cost Engineering and Research, and more!
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.
Pro Builder
DECEMBER 13, 2021
A Home for the Ages: Sustainability, Health, and Attainability in One. The Sustainable, Healthier Home in North Canton, Ohio, is a model of energy efficiency, performance, and attainability for 55+ buyers. Products Featured in the Sustainable, Healthier Home. A Common Vision for the Sustainable, Healthier Home.
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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