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Drones take site assessments to new heights

BD+C

discusses strategies for using visualization and reality capture. While photos and drawings can offer a small glimpse of an overall site, it can be challenging to visualize and understand how all elements relate to one another. Our presentation, “ Enhanced Visualization & Reality Capture from a Bird’s Eye View ” will be at 4 p.m.

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AIA Version of IPD anti-architect?

Building Information Management

The problem with the AIA approach to IPD is it is inherently anti-architect. While the AIA implementation of Integrated Project Delivery may or may not be flawed, the concept of involving Owners, Architects, and Contractors as early in the design/construction project as possible is certainly not “anti-architect”. .

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AIA Version of IPD anti-architect?

Building Information Management

The problem with the AIA approach to IPD is it is inherently anti-architect. While the AIA implementation of Integrated Project Delivery may or may not be flawed, the concept of involving Owners, Architects, and Contractors as early in the design/construction project as possible is certainly not “anti-architect”. .

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The growing demand for transparency in buildings

Construction Specifier

This includes building controls, lighting, electrical and digital infrastructure, audio/visual (A/V), and other aspects of the structure. As buildings become more complex and connected, the demand for BUILDING materials supporting high-performance facilities has also increased.

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Building Construction: Principles, Materials and Systems” – An exclusive construction book for civil engineering students

Construction Cost Estimating

Scarborough, CSI, SCIP, AIA, is Vice President and Regional Manager for Hall Building Information Group, LLC. Point up to a visual approach to learning, it comprises over 1,400 original examples and an additional large trim size (9” x 12”) that offers an open and inviting layout for engineering students. Madan Mehta, B.Arch.,

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Moving from Design-Build, DB, to Integrated Project Delivery, IPD

Building Information Management

She is the founder of California Women in Design + Construction (“CWDC”), a member of the AIA Center for Integrated Practice and the AIA California Counsel IPD Steering Committee, and a LEED AP. Oscia Wilson, AIA, MBA is the founder of Boiled Architecture. She serves on the AIA California Council’s committee on IPD.

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Housing, Industrialized: Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction

Pro Builder

The vision for the IC Road Map is a comprehensive guide through a builder’s operation, including visual cues to navigate it depending on where a company is and where it wants to go next. Assembly on-site, he says, can be done in a day, and the shell weatherproofed within four days—an estimated reduction in overall cycle time by a full month.

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