Project Controls

CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS INSTITUTE, CSC RELEASE UNIFORMAT 2010 SYSTEM FOR ARRANGING CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION

This new edition harmonizes UniFormat with CSI's suite of standards and formats, including MasterFormat 2010 and the new PPDFormat.

SEVERAL GROUPS RELEASE REPORT ON IPD DELIVERY FOR PUBLIC & PRIVATE OWNERS

Groups releasing the publication include the Associated General Contractors of America, National Association of State Facilities Administrators, Construction Owners Association of America, Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers, and the American Institute of Architects.

AACE INTERNATIONAL SIGNS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY; AACE PRESIDENT-ELECT PROVIDES SEVERAL KEY DETAILS TO CPC/BIM

The strategic partnership established by the cooperative agreement creates the framework for the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International and the Defense Acquisition University to pursue "mutually beneficial" educational opportunities. For this article, AACE's president-elect has provided to CPC/BIM several key details about the agreement.

CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY DEVELOPMENTS EMERGE IN UNITED KINGDOM, SINGAPORE, AUSTRALIA

Increase in construction productivity in the U.K. reported, an International Panel of Experts convenes in Singapore, and engineering work "significantly boosts" productivity in Queensland, Australia.

DESIGN FIRMS RELUCTANT TO ADOPT COLLABORATIVE PROJECT METHODS: SURVEY

About three-quarters of respondents indicated that they have either tried or are considering integrated project delivery.

CIB, IAARC PLEDGE TO ENHANCE THEIR COOPERATION

Having signed a memorandum of understanding, the organizations aim to "support continuous improvement of the building and construction sector."

EDITOR'S NOTE

Although an official productivity statistic or index maintained by a government agency for the construction industry still does not exist, "we're getting closer to it," Paul Goodrum, associate professor for the University of Kentucky's Department of Civil Engineering, told attendees of the ENR-CURT Construction Business Forum June 15. Why does he feel this way? Find out in CPC/BIM's coverage of the event in this issue.

Also in this edition of CPC/BIM, the vice president of Marsh Risk Consulting offers advice on change-management issues involving construction projects, John Jurewicz gives Revit 2011 a test drive, Tammy McCuen examines the starting point for building information modeling implementation, Gordon Aronson addresses the use of InfoMaker with P6 schema, and don't forget Industry Updates.

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