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Building Performance Measurement Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Lean Construction 
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 3, 2020
Consistent on-time, on-budget delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects is possible only when owners have the requisite levels of leadership and competency. Robust LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery tools and services are readily available.
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 24, 2021
Facilities management professionals… here is an introduction to a LEAN Implementation ROADMAP for CONSTRUCTION, including all the processes, tools, and support services you need to consistently drive quality, on-time, and on-budget repair, renovation, and new builds. LEAN is a philosophy dating back as far as Henry Ford.
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Breaking Ground on Better Payment Processes: Strategies for Construction Pros
Avoiding Lease Accounting Pitfalls in 2025: Lessons Learned from Spreadsheet Errors
Building Information Management
AUGUST 16, 2013
Efficient, collaborative, transparent, and continuously improving business processes, associated metrics and supporting technologies are the path to higher productivity within the construction sector. So their performance is merely the summation of each group member’s individual contribution. Selecting Members of Functional Teams.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 2, 2017
IPD LEAN Construction JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – all are interrelated and all can lead to measurably improved outcomes for all participants. LEAN CONSTRUCTION – A way to design production systems to minimize waste of materials, time, and effort in order to generate the maximum possible amount of value.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 4, 2022
Unlock Public Sector Construction Productivity[1] with Proven Strategies: A White Paper. It has done virtually nothing to measurably impact the repair, renovation, maintenance, and construction of the built environment. Two of these solutions are Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Job Order Contracting (JOC).
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Any organization can consistently assure best value outcomes for facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds. Robust processes have been proven and available for decades and have now evolved into full solution frameworks for improving construction productivity. Collaborative Construction Environment.
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 28, 2020
This abstract provides initial insight into Collaborative Construction Performance, Enablers, & Requirements. Maximizing benefits required collaboration planing, procurement, and project delivery. LEAN Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Tools and Services.
Building Information Management
JULY 26, 2016
While LEAN principles, as defined for production systems, originated from the Japanese manufacturing industry, LEAN construction delivery methods have evolved to meet the requirements of real property owners and the AEC sector. Continuous monitoring – use of key performance indicators, KPIs. Waste reduction.
Building Information Management
JULY 26, 2016
While LEAN principles, as defined for production systems, originated from the Japanese manufacturing industry, LEAN construction delivery methods have evolved to meet the requirements of real property owners and the AEC sector. Continuous monitoring – use of key performance indicators, KPIs. Waste reduction.
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
Rewiring the construction industry, and the overall AECOO sector (architects, engineers, construction contractors, owners, and operators) have been proven to be the only viable solution to the legacy of rampant economic and environmental waste. ” The answer comes down to three elements, education, education, and education.
Autodesk Construction Cloud
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Now that we’ve laid the foundation for the four P’s of construction improvement (performance, predictability, planet, and people), let’s add some framework around performance. Particularly, the way performance impacts one of our most coveted metrics of measure—productivity. The end goal?
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
The LEAN Integrated Construction Project Delivery Method. . It did so in response to a growing need for increasing and unsupportable demands for construction throughout Europe. It was designed to shorten procurement and overall project delivery times while also maintaining quality.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 15, 2019
Proven collaborative construction delivery methods have existed for decades. These solutions can consistently assure that quality renovation, repair, and new construction projects are delivered on-time and on-budget. See… Simple Guide to LEAN Construction. ). robust LEAN processes and workflows, 3.)
Building Information Management
JULY 21, 2016
The fundamental problem with the UK’s BIM Strategy is found within the following quotation “digital technology is changing the way we plan, build, maintain and use our social and economic infrastructure.”(Source: ”(Source: 2015, Level 3 Building Information Modelling – Strategic Plan, HM Government).
Building Information Management
JULY 21, 2016
The fundamental problem with the UK’s BIM Strategy is found within the following quotation “digital technology is changing the way we plan, build, maintain and use our social and economic infrastructure.”(Source: ”(Source: 2015, Level 3 Building Information Modelling – Strategic Plan, HM Government).
Building Information Management
JUNE 29, 2016
In include all aspects, including people, processes, and technology, throughout all phases from conceptualization/planning, construction project delivery, renovation/repair/maintenance, to deconstruction/recycling. Building RELATIONSHIPS. They must COLLABORATE with the building users, services providers (ie.
Building Information Management
AUGUST 29, 2012
” 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. INTRODUCTION. Proprietary (e.g.,
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
A Fresh Approach to Efficient Construction Delivery. The capture of integrated knowledge in an organized way should drive planning. . Revamp talent recruitment and development with a focus upon building collaboration, leadership, and overall life-cycle management competencies. Management is only possible with measurement.
Building Information Management
JANUARY 17, 2012
BIM (Building Information Technology) and THE CLOUD (Cloud Computing) are disruptive technologies converging to significantly alter traditional construction and facility management practices. Building Information Management (BIM) is the life-cycle management of facilities [1] supported by digital technology.
Building Information Management
JULY 25, 2016
Optimize Facility Renovation, Repair, and Construction Delivery with Robust Business Processes. Real Property Owners, Contractors, Architects, and Engineers are under tremendous pressure to innovate, accelerate project delivery times, and minimize costs. Many AEC organizations find these objectives difficult to achieve.
Building Information Management
JULY 25, 2016
Optimize Facility Renovation, Repair, and Construction Delivery with Robust Business Processes. Real Property Owners, Contractors, Architects, and Engineers are under tremendous pressure to innovate, accelerate project delivery times, and minimize costs. Many AEC organizations find these objectives difficult to achieve.
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 1, 2012
BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. The integration of several knowledge domains / competencies and technologies is required as well as the collaboration of all professionals and stakeholders.
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
The efficient renovation, repair, maintenance and new construction of facilities and infrastructure has proven an insurmountable challenge for most real property Owners. Efficient construction delivery methods have been available and successfully practiced for decades. Change management .
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. The “how” of measuring investment successes. You can’t manage what you don’t measure. Communication strategies.
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 14, 2019
Any real property owner and their service providers can leverage collaborative project delivery to increase efficiency and reduce design, construction, and life-cycle costs. The surest path to measurably achieving this goal is to change the construction project procurement and delivery method.
Building Information Management
JUNE 3, 2016
Eight Steps Toward Improving Construction Productivity. Partnering and collaboration must be a key performance metric by which real property owners and facility management professionals are measured. Until this occurs, there is little hope for construction sector productivity improvement. Mandatory Partnering.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 27, 2018
The reason, unfortunately is the lack of understanding of basic LEAN construction delivery principles, and their potential relative to performance. In short, how do you know how well you are doing, if you don’t have something to measure against? Clearly all service providers must act in the same manner.
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 9, 2019
Construction Cost Control Speed Procurement, Limit Waste, Mitigate Risk. Capital costs associated with repairing, renovating, and constructing buildings and other forms of physical infrastructure are out of control for many, if not most real property owners. Costs vary widely by location and remain hard to predict.
40 Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 7, 2019
LEAN, Quality, On-Time, On-Budget Construction Delivery Shouldn’t be this hard! . Last Planner(Registered Trademark of the Lean Construction Institute), Black Belts, Senseis, Six-sigma… the list of acronyms, philosophies, consultants, books, goes on and on.
Building Information Management
JUNE 2, 2016
Poor productivity in the construction sector is a well known and persistent issue. The solution to delivery renovation, repair, and new construction project on-time, on-budget, and to the satisfaction of all participants is remarkably simple. Consider this: Contractors are the construction experts.
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Even though tools and services are readily available to consistently deliver quality, on time and on budget repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build outcomes, real property owners and facilities management professionals have yet to adopt system thinking. Sustainable Facilities Management will require a fundamental change in mindset.
Building Information Management
JUNE 27, 2012
Cultural Fit – Collaboration, Communication, and Transparency are REQUIRED, Involve all Shareholders (Owners (senior management, FM, capital planning, procurement, building users…), AE’s, Contractors, BPMs (business product manufacturers), Oversight Groups, Community …). Economic Fit.
Building Information Management
JULY 15, 2015
When discussing facilities or vertical infrastructure, the implementation of cost-effective strategies that address total cost of ownership versus first-cost independently requires the integration of multiple professional competencies, technologies, and business processes (ICTB). A Framework for Success. Robust Ontology.
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 17, 2019
Construction services procurement best management practices focus upon collaboration and change management. These relationship are DIRECTLY between service providers and owners, without intermediate “consultants” (Consultant or integrators do have a role in terms of training, auditing, supplying tools, structured data, etc.).
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Job Order Contracting
JULY 21, 2019
Job order contracting is neither difficult to understand, nor costly to practice, yet is virtually it assures the consistent delivery of quality, on-time, on-budget repair, renovation, and new construction projects…if the JOC Program is designed, deployed, and managed correctly. Typical JOC Project Workflow – CIty.
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Job Order Contracting
JUNE 26, 2017
LEAN Business Models and Methods. Metrics/Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). It should be written with LEAN process fundamentals in mind that focus upon BEST VALUE outline measurable desired OUTCOMES. LEAN Business Models and Methods. A partial list is shown below: Organizational Strategy, Goals, Required Outcomes.
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 6, 2016
Few experts would disagree that there is a lot of room for improvement with respect to the renovation, repair, sustainability, and construction of the built environment(1.). The importance in doing so lies in the facts that the construction sector has major impact upon our economy and our environment(2.).
Building Information Management
JUNE 16, 2016
Facilities operations involving multiple sites and building types/ages can be efficiently managed with the right mix of global oversight and local execution as well as consistent application of LEAN best management practices. Significant reductions in costs can also be achieved, in the range of 15% to 50%.
40 Building Information Management
JANUARY 29, 2013
Reusing existing buildings achieves a 15%+ higher return on investment and 20% reduction in greenhouse gases. It is less costly and more sustainable to reuse existing buildings. DoD Building Treatment Terms. This study compares the costs and GHG of modernization with new construction. Demolition and New Construction.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 19, 2016
The way to deliver 96%+ of renovation, repair, and maintenance projects on-time, on-budget, and at the appropriate level of quality is to enable collaboration with contractors and other expert service providers. – 2016, Arizona State University – Job Order Contracting Performance Survey-2015.
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Job Order Contracting
JULY 21, 2019
Job order contracting is neither difficult to understand, nor costly to practice, yet is virtually assures the consistent delivery of quality, on-time, on-budget repair, renovation, and new construction projects…if designed, deployed, and managed correctly. Typical JOC Project Workflow – CIty.
46 Job Order Contracting
MARCH 27, 2019
Repair, Renovation, & Construction Project Cost Management. Prioritize and Budget Requirements Every real property owner is face with aligning organizational requirements with facilities repair, renovation, and construction needs as well as available current and projected multi-year resources.
40 Job Order Contracting
APRIL 24, 2018
Creating a “best value chain” for renovation, repair, and construction must be a common focus for all participants and stakeholders. Current methods used to address the ongoing numerous repair, renovation, and minor new construction projects facing real property owners don’t work.
Job Order Contracting
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
Making construction efficient is not rocket science. You might assume that real property owners are demonstrating competence and leadership and using proven collaborative construction delivery methods, tools, and information to drive improved outcomes. architecture, engineering, construction, owner, operator/operation). #1
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