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2. Construction - Wikipedia

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   Construction is a general term meaning the art and science of forming objects, systems, or organizations. [ 1] It comes from the Latin word constructio (from com- "together" and struere "to pile up") and Old French construction. [ 2] To 'construct' is a verb: the act of building, and the noun is construction: how something is built or the ...

3. Building information modeling - Wikipedia

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   Building information model of a mechanical room developed from lidar data. Building information modeling ( BIM) is a process involving the generation and management of digital representations of the physical and functional characteristics of buildings and other physical assets. BIM is supported by various tools, technologies and contracts.

4. Construction management - Wikipedia

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   Construction cost management is a fee-based service in which the construction manager (CM) is responsible exclusively to the owner, acting in the owner's interests at every stage of the project. The construction manager offers impartial advice on matters such as: Optimum use of available funds.

5. Project Labor Agreement - Wikipedia

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   A Project Labor Agreement ( PLA ), also known as a Community Workforce Agreement, [ 1] is a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement with one or more labor unions that establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction project. [ 2] Before any workers are hired on the project, construction unions have bargaining ...

6. Engineering, procurement, and construction - Wikipedia

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   The EPC contractor coordinates all design, procurement and construction work and ensures that the whole project is completed as required and in time. They may or may not undertake actual site work. EPC companies are often used in large-scale projects, such as power plants, refineries, chemical processing facilities, infrastructure projects, and ...

7. Punched card - Wikipedia

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   Punched card. A 12-row/80-column IBM punched card from the mid-twentieth century. A punched card (also punch card[ 1] or punched-card[ 2]) is a piece of card stock that stores digital data using punched holes. Punched cards were once common in data processing and the control of automated machines . Punched cards were widely used in the 20th ...