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Choosing by Advantages is a transparent, collaborative, and Lean framework for making sound decisions by focusing on the positive differences (advantages) between the alternatives. KPFF has been leveraging this framework to help owners, developers, and other stakeholders evaluate alternative structural systems and identify important attributes of mass timber systems that align with the owner's values. This process has allowed our teams to clarify what really matters to the client and has allowed mass timber systems to compete with other structural systems when comparing advantages.
What You’ll Learn:
- How to communicate the advantages of a mass timber system in terms of what the owner actually values.
- How to compare seemingly dissimilar structural systems—apples to oranges—using a rational, advantage-based framework, rather than defaulting to first cost or personal preference.
- How owners can look beyond initial construction cost to evaluate which system delivers the best overall value for the project.
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The Globeville Mixed-Use Development in Denver represents a convergence of community need, environmental equity, and structural innovation.
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