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Collaboration Facility Management Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 
Granger Construction
MAY 14, 2024
Granger Construction celebrates 65 years of collaborative project delivery with the Ottawa County Family Justice Center project in West Olive, MI. The project team achieved unparalleled success for the project and its stakeholders, including budget reliability and enhanced efficiencies.
Job Order Contracting
MAY 6, 2022
Consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects on time and on budget is possible using an integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery solution. Shared profit and risk and jointly developed project goals and values are keystones for team alignment for any project.
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Building Information Management
AUGUST 6, 2013
Providing the opportunity for the kind of collaboration that the construction industry so badly needs… Design-Build has a spectrum, ranging from almost as dysfunctional … all the way to almost as collaborative as Integrated Project Delivery. Shifting Design-Build toward IPD.
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 22, 2021
Introduction – 2021 Facilities Repair Renovation and New Construction Cost Management spans multiple principles, practices, domains, and more. All of the above are available within integrated project delivery (IPD) and LEAN job order contracting (LEAN JOC) frameworks and enabling solution sets.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 25, 2023
Embrace the next generation of Construction and Sustainable Lifecycle Facilities Management! Move all repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects forward with proactive, informed decisions. Manage IPD (integrated project delivery) and JOC (job order contracting) contracts and all activities.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 19, 2022
Productive construction and collaboration go hand in hand. The traits of collaboration include: co-location. Based upon the above, why would anyone be surprised by the lack of productivity and rampant economic and environmental waste endemic to public sector facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds? commitment.
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 17, 2012
Efficient ongoing life-cycle management of facilities is the key to sustainability. BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by technology… not pretty 3D pictures that don’t link to value knowledge domains. They are simply not being monitored maintained on a proactive life-cycle basis.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 6, 2020
Ensuring COLLABORATION from Planning, through Procurement, through Project Delivery, and Beyond for repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction requires an integrated outcome-focused process. All of the tools are services are readily available for any real property owner to tailor IPD to their organization.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 4, 2020
Integrated project delivery software and support services are now available for facilities operations and maintenance as well as new construction. Clearly defined mutually beneficial outcomes are easily supported within a robust and integrated evironment. Defined common data environment. Key performance indicators.
Building Information Management
MARCH 7, 2012
Project delivery methods set the tone and largely dictate the relative success of any facility construction, renovation, repair, or sustainability project. Project delivery methods must therefore be a component of BIM, a fact many/most 3D visualization software vendors appear to have ignored. So what is IPD?
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 18, 2020
There are multiple types of construction delivery methods that strive to achieve superior outcomes to traditional design-bid-build, design-build, CM@R, etc. These including alliance contracting/project alliancing, LEAN construction, integrated project delivery, LEAN job order contracting.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 27, 2020
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.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Sustainability and Facilities Management in the Public Sector are critical issues from both environmental and economic perspectives. These methods support project stakeholders in working according to a risk-and-reward sharing principle and boost performance-based process management.
Building Information Management
AUGUST 6, 2012
Efficient life-cycle management of the built environment comes down to analyzing large data sets— big data—from several knowledge domains. Next generation cloud-computing and knowledge-based solutions will enable new levels of innovation, productivity, collaboration, transparency, competition, and growth. Collaboration.
Building Information Management
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
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. As indicated above, the participating disciplines must trust the validity of the information provided by other collaborators. – NIBS.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 22, 2019
The common facilities management challenges can be mitigated using LEAN alternative construction planning, procurement, and project delivery. Common Facilities Management Challenges: Limited Budget Limited Resources & Staff Deferred Maintenance Prioritizing Projects Meeting Project Timelines.
Building Information Management
MAY 13, 2013
While articles and discussions continue about Facility Management and BIM, in reality they are virtual synonyms. Facility management is a profession that encompasses multiple disciplines to ensure functionality of the built environment by integrating people, place, process and technology. – NIBS.
Building Information Management
JUNE 29, 2016
Asset Competency Model & Efficient Facility Management #101. Until Owners understand and are capable of organizational wide deployment of ASSET COMPETENCY MODELS, productivity across the AEC and Facility Management sector will remain poor. Developing and Managing PEOPLE. Developing and Managing PEOPLE.
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
Construction cost knowledge management is a component of integrated LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery. Most real property owners have not yet recognized the importance of construction cost knowledge management and thus have not developed the capabilities needed to support it.
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 7, 2020
Collaborative construction cost estimating provides guidance to organizations seeking improved cost visibility and transparency for repair, renovation, maintains and new build projects as well as overall facilities and physical infrastructure management. Workflows, forms, sign offs, etc.
58 Job Order Contracting
MARCH 14, 2017
An integrated project delivery method is arguably required in order to achieve desired quality, satisfaction, timing, and cost for over 90% of renovation, repair, or new construction projects executed. Integrated project delivery method. An Example… CDE and LEAN JOC Construction Delivery.
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Sustainable Facilities Management will require a fundamental change in mindset. Why does it matter? – The application of system thinking to facilities management (FM) and the AECOO sector, and associated tools and support processes, can consistently ensure the delivery of quality, sustainable outcomes, on time and on budget.
Job Order Contracting
JUNE 8, 2023
This practice not only limits benefits possible from JOC negatively impacts cost management capabilities, and even sets the stage for potential fraud. #1 Owner planning, procurement, and project teams should be involved in every JOC activities. #2 Sustainable Facilities Management Reach out to learns more.
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. Predicting Outcomes of Investments in Maintenance and Repair for Federal Facilities. Facility risks to Organizational Mission.
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 11, 2015
Alternative Construction Delivery Methods (ACDM) is a term commonly applied to business processes beyond traditional design-bid-build – DBB. Forms of alternative construction delivery methods include: Integrated Project Delivery – IPD: Typically reserved for major new construction.
Building Information Management
JULY 30, 2012
BIM is the process of efficient life-cycle management supported by digital technology. 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.
Job Order Contracting
JUNE 7, 2023
Alliance Contracting in Construction provides a real opportunity for the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build project on time and on budget. Alliance participants commit to work together to achieve the successful delivery of the project throughout the duration of the contract.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Any organization can consistently assure best value outcomes for facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds. Collaboration is critical in achieving best value construction outcomes. Developing and maintaining a collaborative environment is relatively simple with appropriate levels of owner leadership and competency.
Building Information Management
MAY 29, 2012
BIM Collaboration – Fact or Fiction. As members of the AECOO 1 Community and stewards of the build environment, it is our obligation to collaboratively address our industry-specific productivity and business process issues as well as the our lack of significant progress relative to addressing environmental impacts.
Building Information Management
AUGUST 29, 2012
BIM is the life-cycle modeling and management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Note: I use the terms “facility” or “facilities” to include any built structure.). Note: I use the terms “facility” or “facilities” to include any built structure.).
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 6, 2014
The Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operations, Owner (AECOO) sector must engage in collaborative construction delivery methods in over achieve any measurable performance improvement in the life-cycle management of the built environment. Building Information Management, Model and Modeling. All working together.
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. Change management . Efficient construction delivery methods have been available and successfully practiced for decades. Collaboration and user participation.
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
It’s simple, collaboration and improved “cradle to cradle” facility life-cycle management approaches will be required for survival. Building Information Management Framework - BIMF. Architects, Engineers, and Contractors new motto will be “our best customer is a smart customer” Why?
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 29, 2024
That said, most JOC Programs are not designed, implemented, and managed properly. Job Order Contracting was created several decades ago as a means to help get projects started quickly. Collaborative focus upon long term mutually beneficial outcomes for all participants and stakeholders. It was simply a way to speed procurement.
Building Information Management
APRIL 10, 2012
Critical components of CONSTRUCTION PROJECT success include communication, collaboration, a defined mutually agreed upon operating relationship and an associated fully defined project scope of work… all of which are largely determined by the construction delivery method. Construction management is a process!
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 30, 2021
If you are Tired of Late, Over-Budget, and Just Plain LOUSY Facilities Repair & Renovation Outcomes, then do these 3 steps! The root cause causes behind poor outcomes, even more so than technical factor, is lack of competent teams working collaboratively toward mutually beneficial goals. Reshape your teams and raise transparency.
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 13, 2017
Facilities Lifecycle Management requires increased competency on the part of facilities owners and facilities management. The Top 10 List when considering BIG BIM and Facilities Lifecycle Management: 1. Appropriate level of technology to assure productivity, collaboration, security, audit trail.
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.
BDC Network
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Scott Martin, PE, LEED AP, DBIA Building Team Contractors Designers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Engineers Facility Managers Architects Building Owners Recently, I was asked to present to a group of aspiring engineers at the Florida A&M-Florida State University College of Engineering.
Building Information Management
JANUARY 3, 2014
BIM is not “rocket science”, but simply the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. What is needed is consistent, standardized terms, metrics, and cost information and life-cycle management business processes as well as collaborative construction delivery methods.
Building Information Management
APRIL 8, 2013
As they pass the emergent stage, BIM and cloud computing will continue to impact project delivery. Emergent disruptive technologies and construction delivery methods are altering both the culture and day-to-day practices of the construction, renovation, repair, and sustainability of the built environment.
Building Information Management
APRIL 22, 2016
Efficient life-cycle management of facilities and other physical infrastructure is impossible until real property owners are better educated and truly capable in their role as stewards of the built environment.
Building Information Management
APRIL 22, 2016
Efficient life-cycle management of facilities and other physical infrastructure is impossible until real property owners are better educated and truly capable in their role as stewards of the built environment.
Building Information Management
APRIL 28, 2016
While outsourcing Facility Management (FM) and/or portions of FM certainly has its place in real property operations, in general, outsourcing is not a BEST VALUE business practice. Facility management is not a commodity. 90%+ Project On-time & On-Budget. 90%+ Project On-time & On-Budget.
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