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A new risk landscape is reshaping owner-contractor relationships

Civil + Structural Engineer

Concerns around labor shortages, stagnation and recession, and the political climate all featured prominently among the biggest construction industry challenges in InEight’s recent Global Capital Projects Outlook survey. Soaring inflation and interest rates are increasing project costs and affecting capital project cost estimates.

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LEAN Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Solution

Job Order Contracting

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.

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What’s Really Needed to Make BIM Work.

Building Information Management

Building Information Management (that’s right forget the “modeling” distraction), BIM, is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Progress measurement analysis and control is continuous, as are decision-making and decision-support activities. Simple right?

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Collaborative Project Delivery Increases Efficiency and Cuts Design/Construction Costs

Job Order Contracting

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.

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Improving Construction Productivity – Collaboration and Lessons Learned

Building Information Management

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. Collaborative construction delivery methods. Life-cycle management and approach vs. our current “first-cost mentality”. How do you measure success?

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A Primer on LEAN Construction Delivery Methods

Building Information Management

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. Collaborative “LEAN” collaborative construction delivery methods actually predate the term LEAN!

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A Primer on LEAN Construction Delivery Methods

Building Information Management

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. Collaborative “LEAN” collaborative construction delivery methods actually predate the term LEAN!