BIM Basics

 

•BIM is a fundamentally different way of creating, using, and sharing building lifecycle data.

•Building Information Modeling is the process of generating and managing information about a building during its entire life cycle.

•The scope of Building Information Modeling (BIM) directly or indirectly affects all stakeholders supporting the capital facilities industry.

(Source: NIBS)

 

BIM Levels CRS Center, TAMU

Factors affecting BIM Adoption:

Organizational Issues

• Executive leadership support

• Human resources.

• Process & Information needs/capabilities

• Risk perception.

• Financial resources.

• Technology

Market Drivers

• Project delivery methods.

• Prices.

• Stakeholder demands.

• Client demands.

BIM Related Technology:

• Data standards/interoperability.

• Capabilities of the software.

• Software and hardware platforms.

• Availability of support.

 

Key Delivery Methods

IPD – Integrated Project Delivery

JOC – Job Order Contracting

 

LEAN Construction = IPD + JOC

 

(via 4Clicks Solutions, LLC, leading provider of software for efficient construction delivery – JOC, SABER, SATOC, MATOC, MACC, POCA, BOA …)

 

Construction Delivery Methods – Free WebCast February 3rd

Construction Delivery Methods are a critical component of BIM as well as Facility Management in general.

And no one enables JOC, and other construction delivery methods better than 4Clicks and RSMeans.

Please join us February 3rd for a free WebCast.

See how we help Owners …

• Manage multiple projects, contractors, bids and estimates, cost books, and users
• Track  construction progress, documents, milestones, modifications, inspections, warranties, and closeouts quickly, easily, and with greater accuracy.

Contractors and A/E’s also love working with our solutions as collaboration, communication, and longer term partnerships are enhanced for all parties.

JOC, SABER, IDIQ, & You

Software Technology to Improve Project Delivery

Presented by:

 

Join Michael Brown, Founder and President of 4Clicks Solutions, LLC, and Bob Gair, Principal, RSMeans for a discussion of a cost estimating, program management, and document management software specifically developed for Job Order Contracting, SABER, IDIQ, and similar project delivery methods.

 

In this FREE webinar, you will learn:

Why JOC is the most efficient construction project delivery method for facility repairs, renovation, and green/sustainability.

How JOC can shorten the traditional construction procurement timeline from 15 weeks to 5 weeks.

What a strategic partnership with RSMeans and a  complete 400,000+ detailed line item cost database can do for you.

How you can get away from spreadsheets or cumbersome, outdated software and nearly eliminate estimating errors, reduce project costs, and improve collaborative communications with internal and external project partners.

 

When:

Thursday, February 3, 2011
1:00 pm EST

What Architects and Engineers Can Learn from JOC … and from BIM , eventually.

Architects and engineers need to develop long term relationships with owners built upon trust and performance.

To accomplish this, it’s important that architects and engineers leverage efficient construction project delivery methods to the same degree as innovative contractors and owners.

There is a reason that the first place owners look to reduce cost is the construction delivery method used to obtain construction services.  Project delays, change orders, cost increases, and overall quality are directly linked to the construction project delivery method and associated management processes.

It will be beneficial for architects and engineering  professionals to better understand that traditional’contruction methods –  such as design-bid-build – are not well suited for many projects. For example, design-bid-build doesn’t allow for up-front discussion and understanding by all parties.  More time than not, this lack of upfront communication leads to  discontent, distrust, delays,  higher procurement costs, and  a long list of change orders – all combing to create severe inefficiencies in the construction sector, low productivity rates, and unjustifiably high total project costs.

For new construction, Design-Build and Construction Manager At Risk adoption rates are increasing due to their ability to improve overall project outcomes and reduce costs. However, Job Order Contracting and SABER provide better efficiency gains for AE’s, owners, and contractors for minor new construction, repair, renovation, and sustainability projects.

Relationships, communication, and collaboration affect overall project success or failure more than any other factors.  Since design professional take an owner’s vision and needs to create paper or electronic documents that will enable a contractor to build, repair, or renovate a building or space, it’s only logical that AE’s embrace more suitable construction delivery methods.

Everyone – architect, engineer, contarctor, owner - has a responsibility to their bottom line to help assure construction projects are completed on time, with the highest quality, safely, and at a fair and reasonable price.

Job Order Contracting – JOC : The Stimulus – Sustainability Ready Construction Delivery Method – Sponsored by RSMeans & 4Clicks

Below is a copy of the presentation ” Job Order Contracting:  The Stimulus – Ready Delivery Method.

Presenters:

Mark E. Baily, President & CEO, Centennial Contractors Enterprises

Allen Henderson, Consultant & Author

John R. Murray, Director, State of Missouri, Division of Facilities Management

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Speakers outline the JOB ORDER CONTRACTING construction delivery method and its benefits vs. Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build.

JOC is most similar to IPD (Integrated Project Delivery) and provides an efficient construction delivery method for facility repair, renovation, and sustainability.

Owners, contractors, and AE’s can enhance communication, collaboration, productivity, and quality with JOC.

Why DBB – Design Bid Build is Dead – Or Should Be!

Facilities ” Sustainability ”  must be viewed from two perspectives simultaneously – environmental and economic.

In higher education, just as an example, colleges and universities need to change there ” facilities business model” just to survive.   Colleges and universities must  reduce their carbon footprint to deal with global climate change, however, they also need to address total cost of ownership to survive financially.

Second to personnel/labor costs, facilities represent the second largest operating expenditure for this sector… and many, if not most, others.

To deal with facility renovation, repair, and sustainability an alternative to design-bid-build (DBB)  is required.

DBB is inefficient,  too costly and too slow and is not performance-based, nor does it encourage collaboration or quality.

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the building, not just construction costs including renovation, repair costs,  and associated modifications have to be factored over the next 10-20 years at a minimum, as well as life-time operations costs.

While IPD and BIM offer the promise of collaboration among owners, constractors and AE’s to a plan construct, or modify a building that meets long-term needs; otherwise not possible with design-bid-build; JOC / Job Order Contracting is a proven method deployable today for facility repair, renovation, and sustainability construction project that meets all criteria for collaborative, quality, time shortening, an a performance-based approach.

With a supporting software technology, the JOC process can be consistently deployed and critical domain information relative to project costing and management retained for future use.

Furthermore, from a “green” sustainability perspective, there isn’t a single larger (multi-building) portfolio owner that can meet future energy reduction requirement via new “LEED” or similar building alone.

Existing building retrofit will be the key, and JOC is well suited to the task of associated shell, HVAC, lighting, and other energy related projects.

BIM will certainly play a role, especially as 4D, 5D BIM becomes are reality.  That said, however, an efficient CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY METHOD MUST be integrated with any BIM strategy.  Again… JOC meets the performance requirements.

With 66% of facility owners primarly using  DBB / use design-bid-build yet only 23% believing it offers the best value, the accelerating adoption of JOC isn’t surprising.

It’s time for ALL facility owners to be rid of the status quo…. and bury DBB.

DBB,  RIP.

via http://www.4clicks.com

By Estimators For Estimators