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The Tradeline BLOG is an online exchange of quick bits of breaking information, intelligent “briefs”, promising technologies, emerging trends, HOT concepts “overheard” at Tradeline conferences, and some rare, practical stats that will help you keep tuned to the capital projects and facility management profession.
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Make investing in data quality and data integrity a formal management
initiative (If only 66% of your data is good , you
don't know which 66% so that none of it is useful for decision-making)
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Process integrity and automation.
Automating bad processes won't deliver good results. Start business
improvement initiatives with process streamlining - automation comes
last. ...
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Use applicable comparisons for your project.
For large capital projects, third-party and peer reviews should be done
only with people who have done similar projects. ...
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The transition from CAD to BIM.
The next big thing in visualization is the transition from CAD to Building
Information Modeling (BIM), which is intelligent 3-D modeling linked to
specifications, schedules, estimating and contracts. BIM is where CAD
was 10-15 years ago. To learn ...
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A tool for measurement.
Consider using the Construction Industry Institute PDRI (Project
Definition Readiness Index) as a metric for measuring how ready you
are to launch a project. ...
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Wisdom from Tradeline's Management Models for Capital Projects and Facilities Management conference. Your big cost savings will come from space avoidance. Consolidate,
shed, or build less to save facilities management costs. Challenge the
need for all proposals for new construction or space acquisitions....
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A more effective metric.
Consider "heads served" as the driver and planning basis for your
service model. Top management is "heads-oriented" (sales/head,
shipments/head, capital investment/head). ...
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An essential part of the project management process.
Make risk management a standard part of your project development
and management process. (Few organizations actually do this.) Copy
risk management forms from Lawrence Livermonre National Lab.
Make risk mitigation a formal part of the project sc...
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The necessity of trained backups.
In your service contracts, require the service contractor to provide
trained backups....
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Testing is essential.
Test your security system, don't just assume it works . Try walking in
without a badge. Set off smoke bombs. Also, use security guards to deliver supplies....
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A source for updated information.
Check out the Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate (OSCRE) to
see what is happening with interoperability between CRE and FM
software systems and data. Basis is XML (Extensible Markup
Language).
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Make the integrity of your data a management initiative.
Make investing in data quality and data integrity a formal management initiative. If only 66% of your data is good (you can do an audit) you don't know which 66% is the quality data, resulting in none of it being useful for decision-making.
- From Trade...
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The Necessity of Service Definitions
New usage of the term "out-task" emphasizes the need to clearly define terms when discussing management programs with others. Typically "outsourcing" means turning a very large chunk, if not all, of the FM function over to a fully integrated contractor. ...
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