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Design for Manufacturing and Assembly is a methodology that is often overlooked in construction, but it has the power to transform the industry. In this video, we chat with Bob Hennessy, a Co-Founder at Aligned Equity with 43 years of experience under his belt, to break down what DFMA is and why it is so revolutionary.  

Colonnade is a new collection of expert-led classes focusing on the most powerful concepts for managing and operating the built environment. The virtual courses can be purchased and completed from anywhere in the world.

The life of a business analyst can be stressful. You start early and work late stitching together and cleaning up data. Your organization depends on you to make swift decisions, but there’s so much manual work involved as you pull data from various systems, spreadsheets, and e-mails and try to make it fit together. It is only with the miracle of caffeine that you can get your reports done on time. The data you’re responsible for is tough to get, tough to transform in a way that’s useful, tough to clean and reconcile, and tough to visualize for decision making.

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When information is inaccurate, it’s already dead. When it arrives late, it might as well be. Mission-critical systems (e.g., for managing budgets, projects, or bids) are supposed to give you the power to adapt to a competitive environment.

Machine learning is a little bit like yoga: we all know what it is, we all know it’s good for us, but few of us understand how to actually do it. There’s a mystery surrounding machine learning that (even if our colleagues won’t admit) leaves many people in the built environment overwhelmed. Still, machine learning is more than just an industry buzzword at this point; it’s a necessity.

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We’re pleased to report that the American Society for Health Care Engineering and the American Hospital Association awarded Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) the prestigious Excellence in Health Care Facility Management Award for their work on digital transformation. The digital transformation initiative they are being honored for, called “FaciliNet,” was successfully completed in partnership with Enstoa.

Data standardization project at Yale New Haven Health builds a foundation for better operations

It certainly did not require the COVID-19 crisis for health care facilities management professionals to appreciate the value of good data. COVID-19 did, however, demonstrate to the larger health care community that chronic underinvestment in managing building data comes at a price.