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Consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects on time and on budget is possible using an integrated planning, procurement, and projectdelivery solution. Shared profit and risk and jointly developed project goals and values are keystones for team alignment for any project.
Integrated design increasingly is recognized as a potential method to assure all performance criteria are considered and optimized in the design and construction of buildings. Oddly, IntegratedProjectDelivery and Job Order Contracting both offer proven collaborative process supported by digital technology, yet are decades old.
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.
Collaborative construction delivery methods such as IntegratedProjectDelivery, IPD, Job Order Contracting, JOC , and Public Private Partnerships ,PPP are fundamental requirements in resolving excessive and pervasive waste across the architecture, engineering, construction, and operations sector, AECO/AECOO.
Owners, Contractors, AE’s, Facility Managers… all stakeholders of the built environment ( facilities and infrastructure) will need to integrate multimedia and social media with dedicated digital tools/applications to manage all phases of collaborative facility life-cycle management, from concept thru deconstruction. Collaboration.
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From a required information standpoint, a locally researched detailed unit price book, organized by standards data architecture (i.e. All the tools and support services needed for any organization to consistently deliver quality projects on time and on budget are readily available.
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As such it is a process of collaboration, continuous improvement, transparency, and integration. Ad-hoc business practices, traditional construction delivery methods, and legacy software must be cast aside. IPD, Job Order Contracting/JOC).
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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.
A process is needed that integrates internal and external teams on an early and ongoing basis throughout the Planning, Procurement, and ProjectDelivery phases and beyond. Should be scalable across project types, sizes, locations, and teams. contact-form] What’s needed for LEAN IPD or LEAN JOC?
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Open standard technology (cloud computing, GIS, CPMS, CAFM, Cost Estimating, ProjectDelivery, BAS, Visualization) that embeds and supports life-cycle management processes. in order to define the scope, schedule, cost/budget (initial and life-cycle) budget, performance, value of a project or potential project.
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Some us actually are cursed to love the associated challenges and thrive on the unknown facing each new renovation, repair, or new construction project. The construction projectdelivery method/process is the single most important aspect that impacts the tone and ultimate success/failure. be minimized? Absolutely!
Some us actually are cursed to love the associated challenges and thrive on the unknown facing each new renovation, repair, or new construction project. The construction projectdelivery method/process is the single most important aspect that impacts the tone and ultimate success/failure. be minimized? Absolutely!
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Construction productivity remains low, if not in decline ( with the exception of an uptick due to the multi-billion dollar federal government “shovel ready” investments of 2007/8) due to the continued use of archaic, antagonistic, and counterproductive construction delivery methods such as design-bid-build. Your thoughts?
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Powerful cost estimating software, integrated with visual estimating, contract management, project management, and document management is the new standard. Furthermore with an integration of an exclusively enhanced 400,000+ line item RSMeans database (or an IDIQ, or custom database), transparency and consistency are virtually assured.
5S for LEAN Construction / Job Order Contracting / IPD. Standardize – Use common terms, definitions, & data architectures. Stewardship – Practice best value life-cycle management of the built environment. Sustain – Practice environmentally sound strategies.
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.” While BIM can be applied to any situation, the focus of this discussion is upon – multi-facility portfolios, with extensive capital reinvestment, renovation, repair, maintenance, and sustainability requirements/projects. Proprietary (e.g.,
where BIM has stagnated due to an unfortunate focus upon 3D visualization versus building awareness and competency with respect to LEAN collaborative AEC/construction delivery methods. The barriers to positive change across the Real Property Owner and AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) sector remain strong.
where BIM has stagnated due to an unfortunate focus upon 3D visualization versus building awareness and competency with respect to LEAN collaborative AEC/construction delivery methods. The barriers to positive change across the Real Property Owner and AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) sector remain strong.
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