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CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FAILURE FACTORS

Job Order Contracting

Contruction failure factors are have been fully documented. The real area of befuddlement is why real property owners have not changed the decades old legacy of rampant economic and environmental waste plaguing the AECCO sector (AECOO – Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owner, Operator). Construction project management.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Mostafa Saber, BIM & Design Manager at Diamond Developers

Autodesk Construction Cloud

I started my career as an architect in my home city, Cairo, Egypt in 2004. Within five years, I exclusively used Autodesk’s Revit to deliver all my architectural designs. Working on the more scientific aspects in design along with focusing on architecture is one of the best parts of the job.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

The benefits of strategic collaboration vs. traditional construction planning, procurement, and project delivery are well documented and partially listed below (Chan et al., 2004; Black et al., Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 19(4), 342-368. 2000; Grajek et al., 2000; Gransberg et al., Bayliss, R.,

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Revit OpEd: View Discipline

Revit OpEd

Daryl wrote on Monday that the concept of View Discipline isnt documented well. Software documentation tends to be a bit dry, too often a very literal, "Un-checking this turns the feature off". Daryl used plan views as his example of how the help documentation isnt accurate. They wont with Architecture. View Discipline.

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Revit OpEd: Egress Path Options

Revit OpEd

In 2006 I demonstrated (at Autodesk University) the then new line based family type by explaining how we could use it to document egress path requirements also known as exiting plans. Defining the requirements for documenting exiting are naturally going to affect the success of any solution we try to provide. ► 2004. (2).

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U.S. Construction – Improving Efficiency & Competitiveness

Building Information Management

Studies document 25 to 50 percent waste in coordinating construction labor and in managing, moving, and installing materials (Tulacz and Armistead, 2007); losses of $15.6 The importance in doing so lies in the facts that the construction sector has major impact upon our economy and our environment(2.).

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Revit OpEd: Building Design Suite Installation Readme

Revit OpEd

If you are preparing for installing the 2013 Revit products via the Building Design Suites then you might want to start with the System Requirements PDF documents for each version. Book - Introducing Revit Architecture. Introducing Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012 Now Shipping. ► 2004. (2). ► December 2004. (1).

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