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How to design for adaptive reuse: Don’t reinvent the wheel

BD+C

Before you bring in the demo crew, have a team of structural engineers help you find opportunities to save time, money and headaches. Your structural engineers may find that the existing bones present you with a lot of opportunities. Updating lighting supports both brand and security.

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Milwaukee Wood Skyscraper Wants to Reach Even Higher

Construction Cost Estimating

The city of Milwaukee Plan Commission and the Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee have consistently affirmed changes to New Land Enterprises' Ascent private project that will include height, parking space and private units to the tall wood project. Thornton Tomasetti is the structural engineer.

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8 strategies for multifamily passive house design projects

BD+C

Thus, site selection, site orientation, climate zone, and building orientation are key on passive house projects. So, we worked together with our structural engineer, sustainability consultants, and contractor to confirm the detail would satisfy the structural requirements and work in the field.

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REPAIR OF POST CONCRETING DEFECTS IN STRUCTURES

The Constructor

The concrete repair is then cured by placing some plastic sheeting over it and securing it with adhesive tape. Structural repairs post concreting: If the honeycombing is deep or as occasionally happens, passes through a section, the concrete will need to be removed and the whole section recast. Anyway good job.

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Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVAC) – A Important Standard? – HVAC information exchange – HVACie

Building Information Management

Life-cycle information exchanges have previously been identified in the structural steel domain—an analysis model, a design model, and a detailed model. The analysis model reflects the needs of structural engineers to evaluate the requirements of the building and size the system to meet the facility’s requirements.

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Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVAC) – A Important Standard? – HVAC information exchange – HVACie

Building Information Management

Life-cycle information exchanges have previously been identified in the structural steel domain—an analysis model, a design model, and a detailed model. The analysis model reflects the needs of structural engineers to evaluate the requirements of the building and size the system to meet the facility’s requirements.

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BIM Clash Detection: A Quick Guide 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

These conflicts, or “clashes,” arise when different design components, such as structural elements, HVAC systems, or electrical conduits, intersect or interfere with the buffer zone of another object. Architects, MEP engineers, and structural engineers often independently create models during the design process.

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