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John Rapaport

John Rapaport

John A. Rapaport is general manager and general counsel of Component Assembly Systems, and a principal of the C/F Data Systems LLC, a software company serving contractors.

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Information Technology

Why You Should Join the Building Smart Alliance in Washington, D.C. Next Week

Billions of dollars are wasted each year due to a lack of interoperability
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John Rapaport
January 5, 2017
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By participating in the BuildingSmart Alliance you’ll engage with other practitioners and add your voice to the future interoperability standards.
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Project Management

The Measured Mile: The Ultimate Arbiter of Construction Production

Why I like this method and why you should use it, too
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John Rapaport
August 24, 2016
Measure the Mile in building construction through data based reporting.
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How to Unstick Vital Project Data

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John Rapaport
April 8, 2015
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Construction in New York City is being left behind in the data revolution. If subcontractors don't shed their resistance to providing data and stop keeping it in separate public-agency silos, we will never advance, and we will never be able to understand our businesses. We can't measure what we don't have and can't see.Further, the current state of industry databases makes it impossible to cross-reference related work histories and other relevant information on payroll records, work experience, and crucial-task and work-area data. Baseline task reporting, with attached area reporting, enables project-managing agencies to track the actual hours needed to frame
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What N.Y. Doesn't Need: More 'Stuck' Contractor Data that Can't be Measured, Compared

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John Rapaport
March 4, 2015
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From beginning to end, we need to measure correctly in a unified way to make the industry "understandable" for Owners.
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Component Assembly Systems: 50 Years and Counting!

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John Rapaport
December 22, 2014
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We made it to 50 years in business.  Starting with a $2,000 investment, here we are today with billions and billions of dollars of work in place.  How did this happen?  Read on!
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WALLie is not a movie, it's a real Wall Information Exchange

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John Rapaport
April 1, 2014
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 The Brotherhood and Sisterhood of Carpenters (both union and non union) would be proud.
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DB (Design-build) is not DB (database) ready: a critique

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John Rapaport
December 17, 2013
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Unlike the way it is often portrayed, design-build is no Shangri-la or panacea. Here's a New Way Forward.
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Schedule Schmedule: What Subs Need to Demand from General Contractors

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John Rapaport
November 6, 2013
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Schedules are fabrications of reality used as swords not planning tools.
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A Chance to Revise and Extend My Remarks on Risk and the Role of Subcontractors

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John Rapaport
September 5, 2013
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It was a great day at the ENR Risk Summit
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President O-BIM-A, Where Are You? And Others Who Get Few Points for the State of Construction

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John Rapaport
July 10, 2013
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We need a leader to understand and promote open standards otherwise this will take years to emerge right.
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