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Building Information Modeling (BIM) Facility Management Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 
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.
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.
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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.
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. 3D visualization software products currently promoted as BIM (Building Information Modeling) are not solutions for this task. Evidence-based Management. Granularity.
Building Information Management
AUGUST 15, 2013
If you can’t see the whole picture… you can’t appreciate BIM. Hard to believe…perhaps to some… but many /most of us in the Architecture, Construction, Owners, Operations sector still don’t know how to define BIM. QTO, and an exclusively enhanced 400,000 line itme RSMeans Cost database.
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 16, 2012
Cloud-computing will have a much more significant impact upon how the built environment is managed than 3D visualization. Information drives cost savings and higher efficiency. BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment support by digital technology. Poor life-cycle management knowledge transfer.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 19, 2022
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? Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery System Performance is CRITICAL to Improving Productivity. Baiden, B.
Building Information Management
AUGUST 29, 2012
BIM is the life-cycle modeling and management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Forget the 3D visualization distraction for a moment and let’s focus on the important component of the BIM acronym; the “I” for information. BIM’s SLOW START. INTRODUCTION.
Building Information Management
JANUARY 17, 2012
BIM and the Cloud – SAME 2012 – 4Clicks Solutions LLC – PDF. BIM - CLOUD COMPUTING. . 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
FEBRUARY 14, 2014
Citation – Some excepts and content from: Computer Integrated Construction Research Program. BIM Planning Guide for Facility Owners”. Building Information Management, Model and Modeling. B IM / BIM 3. From a BIM planning perspective there are multiple levels to be considered: .
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.
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
Construction cost knowledge management is a component of integrated LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery. It is required in order to consistently achieve best value repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build outcomes.
Job Order Contracting
MAY 5, 2017
Building Information Modelling BIM in the Construction Industry – Technical Report TR-1405A. The National BIM Standard Definition from 2007, NBIMS states that a BIM is a: “… digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility. contact-form].
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.
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. What is an ASSET COMPETENCY MODEL?
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.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Any organization can consistently assure best value outcomes for facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds. The success of any repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build project is dependent upon early and ongoing collaboration among key parties. Collaborative Construction Environment.
Building Information Management
DECEMBER 14, 2012
BIM, the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology, requires a fundamental change in how the construction (Architects, Contractors, Engineers) and facility management (Owners, Service Providers, Building Product Manufactures, Oversight Groups, Building Users) sectors operate on a day-to-day basis. .
Building Information Management
JUNE 27, 2012
Link built environment to organizational mission and efficiently manage all physical and functional aspects. Key Considerations for a Successful BIM Strategy. Phasing – Impossible to Implement BIM all a once. Ongoing Management and Reassessment – Continuous Improvement / LEAN. Organizational Resources.
Building Information Management
MAY 16, 2013
Building Information Modeling, BIM, is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. As such, the core requirements of BIM include collaboration, standardized information, multiple domain competencies, and several supporting interoperable technologies.
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 13, 2014
BIM, EVM, TCO (or TCM – Total Cost Management) are all inter-related . BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technologies. . 82R-13 EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT (EVM) OVERVIEW AND RECOMMENDED PRACTICES CONSISTENT WITH ANSI EIA-748). So, what is needed?
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. It’s amazing how many in our industry are not even aware of NIBS or Smart Building Alliance. Building Information Management Framework - BIMF.
Building Information Management
APRIL 26, 2013
Published in the March 2013 issue of Today’s Facility Manager. 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. By Peter Cholakis.
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.
Building Information Management
JANUARY 14, 2013
The focus upon the 3D component of BIM is, in many ways, an unfortunate distraction. The cost to capture, store, and process information is falling to near zero… mass storage (terabytes) for everyone, and an increasingly plentiful supply of powerful cloud-computing based applications available as plug-ins.
Building Information Management
MARCH 20, 2013
Robust, collaborative construction delivery methods – IPD, Integrated Project Delivery, JOC – Job Order Contracting, et al. Life-cycle perspective and management techniques/processes… vs. a “first cost mentality” 5. current focus upon 3D modeling. Benchmarks, metrics.
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 1, 2012
BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. I am “mad as hell” at how 3D visualization vendors have marketed BIM. Collaboration and longer term relationships are primary components of JOC an will be required of BIM.
Building Information Management
MAY 15, 2012
First and foremost BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. While the industry is currently fixated upon 3D visualization tools, aka Revit, Archicad, Bentely… they only represent components of a BIM solution. Metrics and Benchmarks – Time, Accuracy, Cost.
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
Life-cycle Management 101. Discrepancies in construction delivery methods and contracts lead to the failure of BIM, or many/most facility renovation, repair projects. It is time to rethink the contractual context for efficient construction project delivery. BIM/ BIM EXECUTION PLAN.
Building Information Management
DECEMBER 14, 2012
BIM, the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology, requires a fundamental change in how the construction (Architects, Contractors, Engineers) and facility management (Owners, Service Providers, Building Product Manufactures, Oversight Groups, Building Users) sectors operate on a day-to-day basis. .
Building Information Management
APRIL 28, 2014
Technology is not the primary obstacle to efficient life-cycle management of the built environment! Refusal to adopt collaborative construction delivery methods such as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) for new construction, Job Order Contracting (JOC) for repair, renovation, sustainability, and minor new construction projects.
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 13, 2017
Facilities Lifecycle Management requires increased competency on the part of facilities owners and facilities management. See asset life-cycle model… A total cost of ownership perspective is also required as opposed to the more prevalent practice of first-cost dominance. contact-form].
Building Information Management
APRIL 11, 2013
While at first perhaps a bit intimidating… illustrating the life-cycle management within a BIM context is relatively straightforward. An operating model provides a high level view of how processes, people and systems interact to support the built environment in concert with organizational needs. 800×600.
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 12, 2016
Collaborative Construction Contracts Drive BIM, not Technology. BIM, the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technologies, holds promise, yet remains elusive to many. and a shared set of goals, as well as risk/reward among project participants. Understanding BIM. Introduction.
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 29, 2013
BIM, the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology is all about the integration of PEOPLE and PROCESSES and INFORMATION. The following are MANDATORY on any BIM implementation checklist. CMMS – Computerized Maintenance Management Systems.
Building Information Management
JULY 8, 2016
BIM & LEAN / COLLABORATIVE CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY – If only we could get there! BEYOND DESIGN, BIM BEGINS WITH 10 STEPS… Owner competency & leadership. Life-cycle asset management philosophy. Collaborative construction delivery methods (IPD, JOC, …). Best value procurement.
Building Information Management
JUNE 27, 2013
The construction industry (architecture, engineering, construction, operations/facility management, business product manufacturers, oversight and regulatory groups), like most other sectors, is in a state of rapid change. How built environment stakeholders share information and work together will continue to evolve.
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
How can multiple cost estimators share information on a project, or communicate with Owners, Contractors, AE’s, Subs, etc… if they aren’t speaking the same language? The AECOO sector can’t even begin a discussion about achieving higher levels of interoperability, exchanging BIM models and data, etc.,
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
In order to efficiently manage the life-cycle of the build environment, robust process, terms, and decision support tools are required that deal with physical and functional conditions, costs, priorities, risks, etc. Inter-agency Federal Asset Classification Team (IFACT). Results to Date.
Job Order Contracting
JUNE 26, 2017
Facilities Operations & Maintenance Management considerations span several areas. LEAN Business Models and Methods. Facilities Operations & Maintenance Management. A comprehensive written facilities management operations and maintenance manual and/or execution guide is a fundamental requirement.
Building Information Management
JANUARY 14, 2013
Is focus upon the 3D component of BIM an unfortunate distraction? The advent of Cloud Computing, combined with the cost to capture, store, and process information falling to near zero, is enabling new capabilities for secure, real-time collaboration. The altered world landscape relative to the built environment is upon us all.
Building Information Management
JULY 28, 2015
” This statement is fundamentally flawed and representative of the prevalent lack of education and awareness within the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Facility Management Sectors. . Yet again, our industry attempts to “reinvent the wheel” versus adopting proven best management practices.
Building Information Management
JUNE 8, 2015
BIM (Building Information Modeling), cloud computing, and social media are disruptive technologies which are altering the basic foundations of the AECOO sector (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owners, and Operations). delivery methods. delivery methods. project with a reasonable profit margin.
Building Information Management
DECEMBER 2, 2012
The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. Efficient construction delivery methods (IPD – integrated project delivery, JOC – job order contracting), cloud computing, and BIM are all integral components.
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