CCR Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

How to manage capital projects more efficiently | McKinsey. LINK] The construction industry experienced significant turmoil in the last major economic downturn of The Great Recession (2007-2009), with many aspects of construction demand not returning until 2012 or 2013.

Project Management Consulting 52

Project Management Consulting Project Management Schedule Management Change Management 52

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 13, 2020

A great deal of research has been done one why projects fail. First and foremost is important to understand that all projects are exercises in managing change. The fact that variation is going to occur (relative to planned activities and outcomes) during the project is a given.

Project Management Consulting 65

Project Management Consulting Change Management Project Management Schedule Management 65

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 20, 2023

To meet their responsibilities as stakeholders of the built environment ( facilities and other built structures ), public sector owners need to have the ability create credible construction cost estimate for ALL repair, renovation, maintenance (FSRM), and new build projects.

Estimating 88

Estimating Structural Systems Schedule Management Risk Management 88

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 10, 2021

While there has been a fair amount written about Lean principles, actual application in the form of an integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery methodology has been limited to 5% or less actual work. Bayfield & Roberts, 2005, Hook & Stehn, 2008, Howell, 1999, McGrath-Champ & Rosewarne, 2009).

Lean Construction 65

Lean Construction Building Products Distribution Project Management Construction Management 65

Extranet Evolution

APRIL 13, 2023

An interoperability code of practice for technologies in the built and managed environment is set to be launched on Monday 17 April in London. to a typical project budget ”. Addressing poor interoperability However, change was afoot. Fast forward 10 years and the picture was no rosier.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) 69

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Collaboration Government Works Surveying 69

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 27, 2020

How real property owners and facilities management professionals traditionally plan, procure, and deliver projects is the most significant barrier to improving capital reinvestment performance outcomes. In fact, less than 20% of all projects are delivered on-time and on-budget, or per stakeholder requirements.

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 104

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Maintenance Lean Construction Quality Assurance 104

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JULY 10, 2023

Construction is all about the shared goal of getting a project done. Tim Kelleher , Operational Standards & Innovation Manager at Brinkman Construction , is all about knowing where those parts are. Equipping people with the right tools to keep them on track to achieve their common goal of project completion is key.

Building Standards 52

Building Standards Construction Management Building Performance Measurement Project Management 52

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The net result is that without verifiable, current, and local detailed cost data, contracting offices and facilities sustainment and/or management teams are at a significant disadvantage. Estimating the right project cost is should not be a challenge if appropriate source information and tools are used.

Estimating 105

Estimating Government Works Cost Control Contracts 105

DRB Development Solutions

JANUARY 24, 2022

My estimating background has trained me to look for indicators that will predict the future cost for the design and construction of a construction project. This process enabled my firm to adjust local data basis’s around the world and successfully and accurately forecast project construction costs in more than 65 countries.

Project Management Consulting 52

Project Management Consulting Project Management Estimating Construction Management 52

Building Information Management

AUGUST 26, 2020

Best value construction requires the integration of planning, procurement, and project delivery people, processes, information, and technology. Best Value Construction delivery is dependent on collaboration and teamwork among all project participants. Poor collaboration is the most primary cause of construction project failure.

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 59

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Lean Construction Quality Assurance Collaboration 59

CCR Magazine

MARCH 6, 2024

The Most Prominent Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin: A Pioneer Bitcoin, often referred to as digital gold, was created in 2009 by an anonymous entity known as Satoshi Nakamoto. It requires a deep dive into the project’s whitepaper and a thorough understanding of its goals and objectives.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Landscaping Change Management Project Management 52

UK Construction Blog

JULY 11, 2023

Long-term initiatives, public financing, and government-led projects have helped the civil engineering business outperform. Investment cuts are projected to slow this expansion. The seasonally adjusted S&P Global/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 48.9 in June, down from 51.6 fell the most.

Building Resilience 52

Building Resilience Building Materials Building Optimization Government Works 52

BDC Network

JUNE 5, 2023

Rachel Vedder, RA, LEED AP, Senior Architect Healthcare Facilities Hospital Design Trends Contractors Designers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Engineers Facility Managers Architects Building Owners Emergency Departments frequently handle the intake of patients with mental health care needs.

Facility Management 52

Facility Management Building Design Change Management Building Controls 52

Viewpoint Construction Technology

MARCH 20, 2018

The country implemented the Level 2 mandate in 2016, which requires BIM be used on taxpayer-funded construction projects. did so because thanks to BIM, the country saved 15 to 20 percent on construction costs from 2009 to 2015. BIM helps everyone working on the project stay on the same page. Local BIM in the US.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) 92

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Public Works Government Works Building Standards 92

Plant & Civil Engineer

APRIL 24, 2023

With up to 5200 machines in its fleet, the plant hire expert is continuing with this project and is now planning to roll-out the technology to the rest of its equipment over the next three years. For example, a machine could detect that a person has encroached into the dedicated ‘red zone’ around fifty times at around three o’clock each day.

Contracts 52

Contracts Zoning Site Planning Change Management 52

Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Judd Fuoto , Construction Technologies Manager at Southland Industries , sat down with us to discuss his role there, what it takes to lay a strong foundation for getting innovative technology off the ground, and how to work together effectively in the process. After that, I went into facilities management and operations.

Construction Management 52

Construction Management Building Commissioning Facility Management Change Management 52

Construction Specifier

JANUARY 31, 2022

The easement required any proposed changes to the exterior of the building and landscape to conform to nationally recognized preservation standards.2. At the building owner’s request, the author’s company expedited the coating project, operating with up to 16 technicians at a time to complete the work in five months.

Painting/finishing 98

Painting/finishing Historic Preservation Wall Systems Quality Assurance 98

Best Practices Construction Law

JUNE 27, 2012

I posted about the new technology by ConsensusDOCS that offered around the clock access, easy editing, easy collaboration, ability to convert, compare and track changes, as well as new legal commentary and user guides. A232–2009, General Conditions of the Contract for Construction, Construction Manager as Adviser Edition.

Contracts 48

Contracts Project Management Consulting General Contracting Building Standards 48

HardHatChat

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Bill Di Santo, president of Englewood Construction (second from right), and the Englewood accounting team receiving recognition from the Chicago Chapter of the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) for participating in their 2014 Accounting Intern Program. Between 2007-2009, the construction industry lost 2.3

Construction Management 123

Construction Management General Contracting Project Management Change Management 123

Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The first button is effectively acknowledging the changed family but preserving values that we may have entered or altered in the project, they may be different from the original family. Said another way the project is correct (the project version of the family). Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming.

Project Management Consulting 63

Project Management Consulting Change Management Architecture Project Management 63

Construction Dive

JUNE 7, 2012

December 2009. November 2009. October 2009. September 2009. April 2009. March 2009. February 2009. Working on something: Project Management within WordPress. Only needs to be added once (unless you change your username). February 2011. January 2011. December 2010. September 2010.

Building Codes 168

Building Codes Building Controls Change Management Project Management 168

Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Changing a Username. Youll have to manually change it if necessary. There should never be any identical usernames working on a workset project. You can change your username before you open a local file but not after. You cant change your username until you close that file. Revit OpEd. Monday, September 03, 2012.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) 72

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Project Management Consulting Change Management Architecture 72

Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Note: Locked dimensions and their associated parameters cannot be changed in the drawing area. Use the Lock column in the Family Types dialog to change them.". I find that this part isnt true: "Note: Locked dimensions and their associated parameters cannot be changed in the drawing area. Changing a Username. ► 2009.

Project Management Consulting 66

Project Management Consulting Change Management Architecture Project Management 66

Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. Ive always stressed that people should start a project without being concerned about site alignment immediately. A recent post at RevitForum.org underscores that bias when it asked if the two project orientation tools seem to work differently? Thursday, September 06, 2012.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) 60

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Project Management Consulting Project Management Architecture 60

UK Construction Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

Fairgrove Homes managing director Steve Midgley says, “It’s tough out there.” “In the last few years we’ve been selling plots at a very early build stage and in some cases before they were started, and that has been a real shift change.” We still have demand,” Midgley says.

Building Materials Manufacturing 52

Building Materials Manufacturing Building Materials Green Building Building Design 52

Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. Changing a Username. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16). ► November 2009. (23). ► October 2009. (29). ► September 2009. (42). ► August 2009. (29).

Project Management Consulting 78

Project Management Consulting Architecture Change Management Structural Systems 78

Building Information Management

AUGUST 30, 2013

The study centered upon the development of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the UK construction industry and its pontential affect on the role of the client’s construction manager (CM). Potential impacts to the CM range from increased efficiencies on site, to loss of project control and increased legislation.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) 65

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Change Management Building Controls Cost Control 65

Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

When Mechanical is assigned Revit changes the nature of what plan and reflected plan mean. This subtle change occurs because the notion of a plan and reflected plan view means slightly different things to architects and engineers. They were there but the discipline change altered how Revit calculates the display of the elements.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) 55

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Site Planning Project Management Consulting HVAC Systems 55

Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. Changing a Username. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16). ► November 2009. (23). ► October 2009. (29). ► September 2009. (42). ► August 2009. (29).

Project Management Consulting 80

Project Management Consulting Architecture Schedule Management Change Management 80

Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Id never tried to move either the Survey or Project Base Point symbols "up" before so it took me by surprise that it could be done. Labels: Project Base Point , Survey Point , Troubleshooting. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. Changing a Username.

Surveying 61

Surveying Project Management Consulting Architecture Project Management 61

Construction Dive

MAY 19, 2009

Project News. 05/19/2009 Deleting … Approving … I do this regularly so let me offer help. 05/19/2009 Deleting … Approving … Hi Shannon, Yes indeed, Scott has it exactly right for how you can customize the navigation widget to add a tag. (Not logged on) | Register | Log On. Global Moxie. Big Medium.

Approvals 120

Approvals Site Planning Project Management Consulting Change Management 120

Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

The essence of the warning is that something has changed in a way that Revit cant transfer the dimension reference to the new object. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. Changing a Username. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16).

Project Management Consulting 68

Project Management Consulting Architecture Change Management Schedule Management 68

Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Posts from 2009. 2009) The Order of Parameters - Revisited. 2009) Titleblock Parameters. 2009) Which Group? 2009) Revit Family Style Guide. 2009) Titleblock Parameters. 2009) Dept. 2009) Back to Basics: Mark and Type Mark. 2009) Dept. 2009) Revit Family Style Guide. 2009) Dept.

Project Management Consulting 63

Project Management Consulting Architecture Change Management Structural Systems 63

Revit OpEd

APRIL 9, 2012

Change the scale of the view to make it easier to constrain, select geometry. Dont define materials in families, define material parameters instead (or possibly sub-categories) as much as possible so materials can be assigned in a project, where they really matter. Shared families can only pass (forward) instance based parameters.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) 72

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Project Management Consulting Change Management Wall Systems 72

Revit OpEd

MAY 15, 2012

Further, views can be tied to view templates and have changes to a view template take effect immediately in a view or many views. We can apply a view template like before, just to make a change or we can assign a view template to the view so that it will alter the view without the past extra step of applying the view template.

Site Planning 58

Site Planning Project Management Consulting Change Management Architecture 58

Revit OpEd

MARCH 30, 2012

Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Kiwi Codes - Project Browser for 2013. Can't Change a Parameter from Type to Instance. Revit Level Elevations Project and Shared. Project Browser Interferes with Plotting and Expor. ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16). ► July 2009.

Project Management Consulting 65

Project Management Consulting Schedule Management Architecture Property Management 65

Revit OpEd

MAY 16, 2012

Then again I could just select multiple views in the project browser and apply them. With Revit 2013 my view templates will adjust all those details as soon as I change the template, or at least they can if I set it up that way. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Should I Use Revit for this Project?

Project Management Consulting 65

Project Management Consulting Architecture Ceiling Systems Risk Management 65