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Facility Management Quality Assurance Risk Management 
Civil + Structural Engineer
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Owners building complex industrial projects face a wide range of risks in delivering their projects as quickly and as cost-effectively as possible. For owners facing this scenario, integrated services like the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management (EPCM) delivery method may be the best option for your project.
iField Smart
APRIL 2, 2024
The Role of As-Built Drawings in Quality Assurance and Quality Control As-built drawings are accurate and exhaustive construction documents that portray the final state of construction. This leads to greater quality assurance and control for construction projects.
Civil + Structural Engineer
JUNE 10, 2024
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.
Civil + Structural Engineer
JUNE 1, 2023
underscore a widespread reality: water resources management in the West has reached a critical juncture, and profound change is on the horizon. Our climate is changing, demand for water is growing, facilities are aging, and societal expectations of water resource management are evolving. In some areas of the Western U.S.,
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. appeared first on 4BT.
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. The results are… Excessive maintenance costs. Learn more about… Lean Construction. Available Tools and Services.
Building Information Management
AUGUST 10, 2015
While I an not an “ISO fan”, common terms, definitions, and linkages (ontology) are requirements for facility and/or asset management. ISO 55000: Asset Management – Overview of Asset Management , Principles and Terminology. managed risk. managed risk. demonstrated compliance.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 28, 2017
Job Order Contracting Life-cycle Facilities Value Management and improving AECOO outcomes for all participants and stakeholders. Job Order Contracting Life-cycle Facilities Value Management enables the efficient use of available funds targeted for executing renovation, repair, maintenance, and minor new construction projects.
OmTrak
APRIL 23, 2024
Data Centres are the backbone of the digital world, playing a critical role in enabling businesses to manage, process, and store vast amounts of data. These highly complex facilities require meticulous planning, operation, and management to ensure consistent, reliable, and secure services.
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Underperforming Public Sector Facilities Renovation Repair and New Builds – Time for Change. Whether a Federal, State, County, or Local Government, most public sector organizations underperform when it comes to planning, procuring, and executing facilities repair, renovation, or new builds. Introduction. Leverage technology.
Building Information Management
AUGUST 10, 2015
While I an not an “ISO fan”, common terms, definitions, and linkages (ontology) are requirements for facility and/or asset management. ISO 55000: Asset Management – Overview of Asset Management , Principles and Terminology. managed risk. managed risk. demonstrated compliance.
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 28, 2021
Today, there are integrated construction planning, procurement, and construction delivery methods that assure consistent positive outcomes as well as supporting tools and services. Selecting the proper construction delivery method is the single most important decision any real property owner or facilities management professional can make.
OmTrak
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Understanding Project Governance Project governance refers to the framework of processes and policies that guide project decisions, ensuring that projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. It should focus on the delivery of an ‘operating asset,’ not just a construction project.
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Autodesk Construction Cloud
JANUARY 17, 2022
Owners and clients expect a seamless handover, which is the key to efficient facility management and operations. As a quality assurance test, it starts in design and continues through operations. Commissioning is especially important for energy management. In construction, last impressions matter.
Job Order Contracting
JUNE 14, 2021
Owner leadership and commitment remain the only solution to rampant facilities repair, renovation, and new build waste. If you are a public sector facilities management professional, it’s your choice whether to implement significant improvement, or continue to make the mistakes of the many. Shared risk/reward.
Job Order Contracting
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Improving facilities sustainment outcomes is critical to meeting mission, environment, and financial requirements. What is facilities sustainment? Sustainment includes all maintenance and repair activities necessary to keep an inventory of facilities in good working order. Learn more?
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
Fortunately there are proven processes to better manage construction costs, schedules, and quality. The fundamental reason for poor outcomes is the failure to implement and properly manage robust and integrated LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery processes. Better Manage Construction Costs.
Autodesk Construction Cloud
JULY 31, 2023
In the race to meet surging construction demand and reduce risk, the industry is turning to innovative solutions such as prefabrication and modular construction to increase productivity and protect margins. Material and resource logistics and management There are so many logistical factors involved in prefabrication.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 4, 2022
The risk of change is high, however, not pursuing fundamental change is potentially catastrophic. Robust tools and processes have existing for decades that can assure quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds are consistent delivered on-time and on-budget. . Here’s opportunity to do something different.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 17, 2021
Reliable construction cost estimating is important to real property owners, facilities management professions, architects, and engineers. Streamlines Communications: Using detailed line time cost data that is l ocally researched and presents in common industry terms assures all participants have a shared view of requirements.
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Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Improving facilities and maintenance outcomes begins with a strategic review of objectives and alignment with integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery processes. Unfortunately facilities/physical infrastructure goals and objectives are rarely well defined and documented in quantitative form.
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Job Order Contracting
MARCH 6, 2021
Understanding core requirements is critical for real property owners and facilities management professionals. A robust processes assures answers to the following questions are known. Principles, Culture, and Robust Workflows should be the primary focus of any facilities management professional.
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CCR Magazine
APRIL 10, 2024
Swinerton Energy , a leading provider of Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) services for Biogas and RNG industrial clients nationwide, proudly announces the appointment of Christina Hartsuiker as Operations Manager. <p>The post Swinerton Energy Names New Operations Manager first appeared on CCR-Mag.com.</p>
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
OpenJOC – Job Order Contracting requirements, specifications , guidelines, and characteristics that can be used to assure consistency, limit variation, and enable optimal efficiency with respect to material, products, processes and services fit for facilities management… renovation, repair, maintenance, and construction.
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KCM Group
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
One of the first employees of the company from those days, Senior Project Manager Bridget Black, is still an important part of KCM Group’s leadership team. The company has developed a strong track record of delivering for their clients by identifying cost savings, streamlining processes, and ensuring a high-quality finished product. “I
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Traditional construction procurement methods can endanger building safety, while an integrated, less adversarial approach can consistently improve safety and quality, while significantly reducing cost and delivery time. Are there adequate means of compliance assurance, and redress for non-compliance?
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GCP Applied Technologies
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Pacific First Center , also in Seattle, achieved a similar strength of 14,000 psi, with hyper focus on quality assurance, like its Two Union Square neighbor. Learn more about VERIFI® in-transit concrete management. . Quality assurance. Incorporating an in-transit concrete management system into the QA.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Minimize disruption through effective risk management. Assure quality through common language and common data environment (CDE). Fully Defined Mutual Risks & Opportunities. LEAN Facilities Management and Construction Processes. Change Management and Control. Tailored to Your Organization.
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Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Underperforming Public Sector Facilities Renovation Repair and New Builds Time for Change Introduction Whether a Federal, State, County, or Local Government, most public sector organizations underperform when it comes to planning, procuring, and executing facilities repair, renovation, or new builds. Leverage technology.
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 20, 2017
LEAN construction delivery – project and program management. The OpenJOC Job Order Contracting Framework enables centralized management and consistent deployment of best value and compliant processes, methods, and technologies to drive optimal renovation, repair, and construction outcomes. Attacking variation reduces risk.
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Job Order Contracting
MAY 9, 2017
As a real proper owner, facilities management professional, or construction contractor, is important to review internal policies, procedures and controls with respect to your JOC Program and Estimating Construction Costs for Job Order Contracts : Are there areas of risk and/or compliance issues? Higher construction quality.
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Construction Specifier
OCTOBER 1, 2024
This may begin as soon as schematic design or design development and can provide the design team greater assurance that the architectural vision and technical performance requirements can be successfully achieved within the project budget and schedule. Figure 1: Collaboration is the key to design-assist success.
104 Building Information Management
MARCH 27, 2015
With an emphasis on partnering and team work between Owners and Contractors, JOC provides the methodology to execute a wide variety of indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity – IDIQ fixed-price, multiple simultaneous orders for renovation, rehabilitation and repair work for facility and infrastructure portfolios.
Building Information Management
JULY 15, 2015
More than any other element or factor, it is the construction delivery method that sets the tone, establishes the responsibilities, assures proper definition of scope, defines risk/reward, and ultimately directly impacts the success or failure of a renovation, repair, maintenance, or major new construction project. Robust Ontology.
Wrench
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
With many design and construction companies these days looking to EDMS solutions to help them manage their data, it needs to be acknowledged that not all EDMS are created equal. Compare this to an EDMS that was designed and developed specifically for engineering document workflow management on current capital projects.
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CCR Magazine
MARCH 14, 2024
How to manage capital projects more efficiently | McKinsey. Louis Fed (stlouisfed.org) ], the demand for construction services combined with fewer participants in the industry (contractors and individuals), created a higher likelihood of delays resulting from contractor, professional management and skilled labor shortages.
UK Construction Blog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
This property made it an attractive option for construction projects, including educational facilities like nursery schools and other public buildings. Its popularity can be attributed to its versatility, as it was employed in various applications, ranging from educational facilities to medical centers and substantial residential complexes.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
The consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction projects on-time, on-budget, and to everyone’s satisfaction is routine for facilities management professionals with appropriate leadership skills and competency. Shared risk/reward. LEAN processes and workflows.
Job Order Contracting
JULY 1, 2019
Simplifying a System to Meet Actual Facilities Needs. Any real property owner can develop and deploy a robust Framework for Integrated Facilities Planning, Procurement, and LEAN Project Delivery. Furthermore, a locally researched UPB virtually assures a detailed scope of work for each work requirement.
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Building Information Management
JULY 30, 2015
Most larger real property owners manage their assets in an ‘ad hoc’ manner and have little true visibility into requirements, costs, or levels of productivity. In use, since the late 1980’s, job order contracting, has proven to meet the needs for the timely delivery of quality work. Introduction.
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Maximizing dollars and other resources to support facilities and other physical infrastructure has proved a challenge to real property owners. Job Order Contracting, JOC is a proven, effective means to accomplish construction work on existing or new facilities. Shared risk/reward. Joint site visit.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 15, 2019
These solutions can consistently assure that quality renovation, repair, and new construction projects are delivered on-time and on-budget. It’s important to understand the role of technology with respect to collaboration and change management. Technology is an enabler and should not be a goal in itself.
Job Order Contracting
JULY 25, 2018
While the construction sector is notorious for its low productivity and waste, any facilities management team can consistently deliver project on-demand, on-time, on-budget, and to the satisfaction of all participants and stakeholders. This is greatly aided by a cloud-based program/project/estimate/document management systems.
Job Order Contracting
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
Poor quality assurance or quality control. Real property owners and facility managers/operates must communicate: What they want in terms of outcomes and deliverables (including information), How they want it, When they want it, How much they will pay for it, and. Inaccurate cost estimate. … (long list).
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