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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Performance-centric reward system. Reduced project related cost growth per change order. All the tools and support services are readily available to enable strategic collaboration and efficient delivery of any type or size of repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build activity. management. Management, 6(3), 159-168.

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Designing for recovery: The role of flooring in healthcare facilities

Construction Specifier

Additionally, the government allocates reimbursements based on results, so the survey directly impacts a hospital’s financial performance. When specifying interior finishes such as flooring, building professionals should take the utmost care to ensure all materials help advance these overarching quality measurement components.

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Exterior cavity fireblocking: Exceeding fire performance

Construction Specifier

and Steven Gaynor, MBA Photo courtesy Tenmat New York City recently became the first jurisdiction in the country to reject and rewrite major sections of the International Building Code’s ( IBC ’s) language around fire protection in exterior facades. For decades, buildings have relied on intumescent materials for fire control.

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Zweig Group’s 2024 Rising Stars In the AEC Industry

Civil + Structural Engineer

The 2024 Class of Rising Stars in the AEC Industry Jeremy Mano Architect/Project Manager ARRIVE Architecture Group Bedford, TX Jeremy Mano is a bright architectural professional who stands out not only for his innovative designs but also for his commitment to teaching, research, public service, leadership, and exemplary time management.

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You are what you measure… and/or … You can’t manage what you don’t measure

Building Information Management

You are what you measure. Collaboration and consensus processes are not the “wave of the future”, but requirement for survival within our changing Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operations, and Owner sector(so). What we valued and what we measured for 2013: 1. True North Indicators… what a great term.

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Public Sector Real Property Management – Quality Construction Cost Estimating – Earned Value Management

Building Information Management

To meet their responsibilities as stakeholders of the built environment ( facilities and other built structures ), public sector owners need to have the ability to determine the number, total cost, and measure the performance of renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, and construction projects.

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Improving Construction Productivity – Collaboration and Lessons Learned

Building Information Management

Posted on March 3, 2014 by pcholakis. We prefer to sue each other, write up change orders, and hoard information vs. collaborate from day one throughout the life-cycle of a project and/or built structure. So why don’t we change? The “culture” of our sector is embedded our minds and it will take a major event to enable change.