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Federal Construction Delivery – Time for LEAN

Building Information Management

Lean = Faster, Better, Cheaper, New Efficiencies, Teamwork, Time, Savings, Commitment, and Ownership. Lean streamlines supply chains and reliability in commitments to insure a continuous and predictable flow. ” – Alliance of Construction Excellence. Both are proven LEAN processes. Benefits include: 1.

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Minimizing Waste and Improving Construction Productivity

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On average 25-30%+ of construction project costs are due to inefficient processes. Reducing waste through the use of collaborative construction delivery methods, robust information and data architectures, metrics, and supporting technology is not “rocket science” and we can all make positive impacts beginning today. .

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Government-Owned Facilities and The Continued Lack of Stewardship

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To this day, many if not most most, Owners do not have a standardized method of deploying LEAN construction management practices across their organization. Common terms, definitions, and data architectures are not required, nor is BEST VALUE procurement the norm. contact-form]. We found that the $3.8 GSA has identified $4.6

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BIM and Collaborative Construction Delivery Methods Legislation Proposed

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It appears that Capitol Hill is beginning to recognize the linkage between BIM and efficient project delivery methods such as IPD (Integrated Project Delivery) and JOC (Job Order Contracting), the latter a version of IPD targeting facility renovation, repair, and sustainability construction projects.

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NIBS – Building Innovation 2012 – January 7th-11th, 2012, Washington, D.C.

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3: Building Innovation 2013 is the only place you’ll find the authentic event on federal construction: FEDCon® — The Annual Market Outlook on Federal Construction — where attendees will hear the most authoritative, up-to-date information on federal agency building and infrastructure budgets, construction forecasts and regulatory updates.

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Job Order Contracting – Integrated Project Delivery for Renovation, Repair, Sustainability, and Minor New Construction

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Job Order Contracting is a high performance delivery method that delivers superior quality, schedule, and cost results over other traditional design-bid-build. JOC is one of the few construction delivery methods to require joint “pre-construction”services by the Contractor and Owners. JOC alters the paradigm.

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Why BIM is failing.

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Until appropriate process and technologies are deployed BIM will not become mainstream and the architecture, engineering, construction, and building operations/facility management sectors will continue their trend of low productivity and waste. However, both JOC and IPD have failed to become mainstream. operations) sector. Bennett, J.