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

Autodesk Construction Cloud

We sat down with Mostafa Saber , BIM & Design Manager at Diamond Developers as he walked us through his career journey, the challenges he faces while modernising and his vision for the future of construction. I started my career as an architect in my home city, Cairo, Egypt in 2004. Check out our conversation below!

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AIA???s Updated Design-Build Documents Highlight Some Best Practices

Best Practices Construction Law

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently released seven updated documents in its design-build family. AIA Documents Overview. An AIA press release highlights the array of how AIA agreements seek to accommodate the various ways in which design build projects are delivered. Additional Changes.

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The AIA Releases Updated Design-Build Documents

Construction Superintendent Magazine

. -- The American Institute of Architects announced the release of seven updated documents in the AIA Contract Documents Design-Build family. These documents are among the most frequently used documents of the entire AIA portfolio and are preferred by the industry at large for use on commercial design-build projects.

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

GAO, 2009 The associated processes for developing a credible construction cost estimate are equally well documented. “Despite the fact that these basic characteristics have been published and known for decades, we find that many agencies still lack the ability to develop cost estimates that can satisfy them”. –

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LEAN Construction Framework – A Robust Solution fully supported by tools and services

Job Order Contracting

Defined workflows, stages/phases, documentation, approvals. designing to target cost”. Project team members are selected through value-based proposals and associated rankings/metrics. Written long-term multi-party agreement with integral operations manual/execution guide. Focus upon mutually beneficial outcomes. Swenson, D. Ballard, G.;

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Brief overview of Seismic designs for masonry building

Construction Cost Estimating

04 masonry design standard are two useful construction documents which facilitate the structural engineers to create design for masonry buildings toward seismic load effects. 04 seismic design provisions. Modifications in the seismic design provisions are described in Part 4 of the NBCC 2005 and CSA S304.1-04,

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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., Partnering process model for public-sector fasttrack design-build projects in Korea. 2000; Grajek et al., 2000; Gransberg et al.,