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AASHTO – American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
www.aashto.org
News and Issues provides past and current issues of the AASHTO Journal, meeting topics and schedule information. Users can subscribe to free 30-day trial of Daily Transportation Update. Bookstore offers for sale reference materials and specifications related to transportation issues, such as bridges and structures, construction, maintenance, design, traffic, planning, environment; "AASHTO Reference Book," with contact information for all state highway department officials and other transportation officials (free to members and for sale to visitors). Lists meetings, conventions, conferences, events related to AASHTO or transportation. AASHTO Innovative Highway Technologies provides information about highway design and maintenance technologies; contains Tests and Trials database and Transportation Research Board's TRIS Research in Progress Database. National Transportation Product Evaluation Program provides information about research in the areas of traffic safety, construction, maintenance materials.
American Public Works Association
www.apwa.net
Provides regulatory, legislative updates and position papers. Contains chapter directory. Lists jobs in engineering, public works, utilities and related fields. Resource Center provides government and public works links for engineering and technology, public works administration and management, transportation, water resources. Includes information about continuing education programs and workshops. Bookstore offers continuing education programs; contract documents; publications on construction, engineering and technology, transportation planning and design, water and environment, infrastructure. Institutes and Special Interest Groups provides information about MicroPAVER pavement maintenance software developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory. Can view research report on airport pavement management systems worldwide. Resource Center, Online Buyers Guide lists service, consulting, manufacturing companies serving the public works industry in alphabetical order or by category, including bridges, construction, engineering, demolition, environmental, pipe, pavement, roads, safety, trenches, underground damage prevention. Federally Funded Projects includes Environmental Management Systems handbooks and guides. Links includes Recommended Marking Guidelines and color codes for excavation.
American Water Works Association
www.awwa.org
Provides events schedule; technical forums; government, legislative and regulatory information; seminars and technical courses; offers for sale downloadable standards, manuals and conference papers. Buyers Guide lists service, consulting firms serving the water and wastewater industry in alphabetical order or by category. Career Center lists jobs openings for engineers and technical professionals in the water industry.
Associated Owners and Developers
www.constructionchannel.net
Provides organizational information; articles and newsletters; list of seminars; links to construction and related associations; lists college programs in architecture, engineering, construction management.
Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers
www.appa.org
Provides information for facilities officers and physical
plant administrators at colleges, universities and other
educational institutions. "General Administration and
Management," "Maintenance and Operations,"
"Energy and Utilities" and "Planning, Design
and Construction" categories contain RFPs for corresponding
services and include school name, project title and full
text of the RFP. Provides links to facilities
management departments at colleges and universities; articles
and links on K-12 facilities planning. Contains full text of current and archival (1996-) issues of Facilities Manager. Buyer's Guide lists product and service
providers by category, including facilities inspection,
athletic facilities construction, building systems, consulting,
building accessories, building services and environmental.
Bookstore offers books for sale online on educational facility
planning, design and construction; administration and management;
and maintenance and operations.
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Building Owners and Managers Association
www.boma.org
Provides information about BOMA's position and activities related
to building codes and standards. Includes code-related position
papers, talking points, news releases and links; standards
available for sale; technical and regulatory publications
about construction, ADA, facilities management, standards
available for sale online; research and statistical reports
available for sale or download; topical discussion forums
for registered users; listing of conferences. Offers online
seminars and training packages for building owners and managers;
lists training opportunities and events. Energy Resource Center provides articles,
FAQs and links. Buyer's Guide links to member
building products and services suppliers.
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Center for Integrated Facility Engineering at Stanford University
www.stanford.edu/group/CIFE/
Program of the Departments of Civil Engineering and Computer Science within the School of Engineering at Stanford University. Research offers index of past (1993-) and present research projects arranged by date or focus area, with topics, dates and abstracts. Lists technical reports, working papers and other publications available for sale or online download; can search publications database; members can access CIFE Bulletin. Membership lists examples of technology transfer projects from CIFE research to industry members.
Construction Industry Institute
construction-institute.org
Includes
newsletters and news updates; publications and products
catalog organized by best practice or technical topic; downloadable
"E-Commerce Applications in Construction" research
summary; conference proceedings; and "Technology Implementation
Cycle" resource. Research lists research
programs and universities involved in CII research. Lists
best practices, with links to knowledge areas and related
products for sale; educational materials and resources;
courses and conferences. Provides link to Benchmarking and
Metrics program and to Process Industry Practices program.
Construction Management Association of America
www.cmaanet.org
Contains “Choosing The Best Delivery Method for Your Facility Project”; “Owners Guide to Construction Management”; directory of construction and project managers; schedule specification; sample RFP; offers construction management publications for sale.
Construction Owners Association of America
www.coaa.org
Contains
information about the organization, member list, membership
application form, information about upcoming events, newsletter
issues, and links to newsgroups related to the construction
industry.
Construction Users Roundtable
www.curt.org/
Provides
information about workforce development, industrial relations,
and owner and constructor safety award programs; news. Lists
upcoming events and conferences; cost effectiveness and
other publications available for order or for free download;
member companies. Provides directory of local user roundtables.
Construction Users Roundtable, Local User Councils
These
regional councils of plant and facility owners are concerned
with improving the construction and maintenance process.
They focus on improving efficiency, productivity, safety,
quality, work practices; assuring the availability of skilled
construction workers; training; construction management;
wages and benefits; and public policy issues involving construction
and maintenance costs. Their Web sites typically provide
event and training calendars; member lists; statistics;
study results. Many of the councils formerly were affiliated
with the Business Roundtable's Construction Committee as
Local User Councils. Click
here for a list of Local User Councils,
with contact information and links to their Web sites.
Council of Educational Facility Planners, International
www.cefpi.org
Lists
conferences and workshops; Recognized Educational Facility
Professionals by state. Provides state educational facility
guideline information; links to state school facility agencies;
Educational Facility Planner feature articles and article
abstract database; catalog of design publications for sale
online; school design consultant directory; and job openings
in educational facility design and planning. Provides chapter
links.
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Excellence in Facility Management: Five Federal Case Studies
www.nibs.org/casestdy.pdf
Study of five buildings performed by the National Institute of Building Sciences' Facility Maintenance and Operations Committee shows how planning, designing, constructing and operating buildings -- with an emphasis on what they will cost over their entire life cycle, including costs for energy, cleaning, maintenance and repair -- results in less expensive and improved buildings.
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Federal Facilities Council
www7.nationalacademies.org/ffc/
Develops
and advances technologies, processes and management practices
that improve the performance of federal facilities over
their life cycle. Operates under the auspices of the Board
on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (BICE)
of the National Research Council, the principal operating
agency of the National Academies and the National Academy
of Engineering. Lists events and workshops, ongoing and
planned studies, committees, and reports available for sale.
FIATECH
www.fiatech.org
Non-profit consortium focused on development of technologies to improve design, engineering, building and maintenance of capital projects and facilities. Can view Capital Projects Technology Roadmap and profiles of active, proposed, completed projects. Industry Research includes “Best Practices Guide to Selecting Construction Software,” "Interoperability in the Construction Industry," "Cost Analysis of Inadequate Interoperability in the U.S. Capital Facilities Industry," "Preconstruction Management Software Trends and Strategy," “Capital Facilities Information Handover Guide,” other BIM and interoperability reports. Includes “Building Information Modeling for Precast Concrete” report. Data Standards Clearinghouse links to standards for commercial buildings and structures, industrial processing facilities, geospatial technology.
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International Facilities Management Association
www.ifma.org
Provides information about certification, professional development courses. Buyer’s Directory lists facilities management products. Tools and Resources includes articles on emergency preparedness; briefings on automated external defibrillators, smoking in office buildings, terrorism insurance, Brownfields, building mold, forced building access, ADA, electric utility deregulation, telecommunications demarcation points, indoor air quality and other issues. Bookstore offers facilities management publications for sale. JOBnet provides searchable job openings and resume database; offers online resume posting and job alerts.
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National Contract Management Association
www.ncmahq.org
Provides information about NCMA certification and training; lists contracting and legal publications. Lists local chapters; links to Internet contracting and small business resources. Provides conference schedules for NCMA and other organizations.
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Qualifications-Based Selection Information
www.iaengr.org/qbsinfo.htm
Can download "Qualifications-Based Selection: A Guide for Selecting an Architect or Engineer For Public Owners."
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Service Channel
www.servicechannel.com
Web-based
service for the facilities management industry that allows property owners, facility
managers and service contractors to manage and store facilities' maintenance and
repair information, such as work orders, invoices and job status reports. Visitors
can view product demo.
Skire
www.skire.com
Web-based applications enable users to manage the entire lifecycle of a facility, from pre-project planning to post-construction operations and maintenance. Project team members can use the Unifier to manage all data and business processes in one centralized system. Functions include Cost Manager, Schedule Manager, Program Manager, uDesigner. Can request product demo online.
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Urban Land Institute
www.uli.org
Provides case studies of projects in development and on
smart growth; information on winners of awards for excellence.
Includes real estate data; list of information packets available
for sale; organizational and continuing education information;
and online forum. Bookstore offers real estate development and finance
publications for sale; workshops on real estate development
financing, multifamily housing development and other subjects.
Current, past issues of Urban Land, Land Use Digest and
Finance Trends, other publications; industry directories; and Buyers' Guide
are available to members only. Discover ULI, Marketplace lists RFPs/RFQs for development opportunities. Meetings and Education lists study tours, training programs, district council meetings, national meetings.
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WebPE.com
www.webpe.com
WebPE Property
Manager offers online management of property data, including data, photos and
maps.
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