By Kenneth Sullivan, Brian Lines, Brian Stone, Brian Stewart, Hugh Warren, Brian Lines, Brian Stewart, Brian Stone, Hugh Warren, Kenneth Sullivan September 2012 Abstract Ever increasing competition in the global market has caused organizations in all industries strive towards greater effectiveness. Although individual...
By Dean Kashiwagi, Jacob Kashiwagi, Abraham Kashiwagi, Kenneth Sullivan June 2013 Abstract This paper analyzes what changed the Dutch construction industry from a heavy owner regulated and controlled to a culture of minimum control and oversight. It is a movement from a top...
By Dean Kashiwagi, Isaac Kashiwagi December 2014 Abstract The IT industry has struggled with performance in the last 10 years. Tools, processes, and techniques have been developed in attempts to improve performance. Three of the most recent proposed solutions which have shown previous...
The Alpha Program is a professional certification program which is operated by The International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) W117 working commission. The Alpha Program has been collecting, inspecting and documenting the performance of roofing...
Introduction In 2017 a Middle Eastern Company began implementing the Best Value Approach (BVA) in the outsourcing of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) program to replace their manual and semi-automated business processes with a single system. The project has completed the...
Date of Work: 2009 – 2016 Background: The State of Oklahoma started implementing PIPS/PIRMS in 2009. The State was introduced to it at a NIGP meeting, where the State's architect, John Morrison, heard Dr. Kashiwagi. The State's construction and properties (CAP) division, a part of...
In 2014, a United States state agency began implementing the Best Value Approach (BVA) in their Waste Quality Department as a replacement to their traditional approach of procuring and managing projects. ...
Date of Work: 2006 - 2013 Background: Ray Jensen, the Associate Vice President for University Business Services at Arizona State University, was introduced to the PIPS process in 1996. At the time Ray Jensen and ASU decided that their process would not benefit from the...
Date of Work: 1997 - 2012 Background: PBSRG has worked with the following United States federal government organizations: U.S. Coast Guard (2003-2005.)U.S. Corps of Engineers (2007-2009.)U.S. Air Force (2007-2009.)Federal Aviation Administration (1997-1999, 2003-2005.)U.S. Army Medical Command (2004-2012.)General Services Administration (2009-2011.) Federal government agencies objective is to...
The article goes over the work that was done with the Best Value Approach during the Olympics when they were hosted in Utah. The results were staggering but not enough to continue ...