Oskar Valdimarsson

GSA – Foreign Visitor Exchange Program The purpose is to provide GSA employees and their counterparts from other countries with an opportunity to effectively share the knowledge and experience they have acquired To provide an opportunity to explore how other countries implement innovative ideas and procedures to improve efficiency and effectiveness in their asset management and sustainability efforts 2

GSA – Foreign Visitor Exchange Program A three months program In my case March till June 2011 My three focus areas: The structure of GSA as a public real estate agency Sustainability policy Building Information Modeling 3

GSA – Foreign Visitor Exchange Program First phase – One Constitution Square OGP - Structure of GSA High-Performing Green Buildings Second phase F Street Building Information Modeling Sustainability Art in Architecture Third phase - Chicago Regional Office Building Information Modeling 4

GSA – Foreign Visitor Exchange Program In addition to working with the GSA staff I got the opportunity to: Visit construction sites Participate in meetings with designers Attend Congressional hearings Attend a Summer program on BIM and FM Attend the 2011 USGBC Government Summit 5

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GSA – Foreign Visitor Exchange Program Comments: Extremely valuable Must not occupy the host to heavily Important to have focus areas Flexibility regarding duration Can bring out innovative ideas 7