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Do Not Drive: Ford 2006 Ranger Pickups

Construction Equipment

Following January's alert to 2,900 owners of model-year 2006 Ford Ranger pickup trucks to stop driving their vehicles immediately, Ford has released a new statement advising an additional 33,428 2006 Ford Rangers have been added to the Do Not Drive list.

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Green Building Code Proposed in Washington DC is a National Model

Green Building Law Update

The new Green Code is significant, not only for those constructing or renovating buildings within DC, but because it portends a new green regulatory scheme that may well be a national model. The Green Construction Code as currently proposed is available at this link.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Conceptual model of partnering and alliancing. Development of a practical model of partnering for construction. Application of ANP in process models: An example of strategic. Strategic alliances: a model for establishing long. R., & Hiscocks, E. Coventry Framework Partnership. Proceedings of the. Anvuur, A.

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

Job Order Contracting

Development of a conceptual model of construction partnering. Lean Construction: arenas of enactment, models of diffusion and the meaning of ‘leanness’. Sutter Health: Developing a contracting model to support lean project delivery Lean Construction Journal 2(1), 105-112. Design-Build Contracting Claims: Cumulative Supplement.

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Revit OpEd: Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models

Revit OpEd

Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models. When we have architecture and structure in separate Revit models we end up with somewhat clumsy graphics in wall sections. This is more pronounced if the structural slab is in the structure model only. The issue is the same when interior walls are linked into a shell model.

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Definition of BIM – Building Information Modeling – Defintions from Various Sources

Building Information Management

‘Building Information Modelling (BIM) is digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility creating a shared knowledge resource for information about it forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle, from earliest conception to demolition.” ” – RICS.

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Energy Efficient Commercial Building Tax Deduction 179D: What Owners Need to Know

Stok

The tax deduction has been around in various forms since 2006, but under recent changes from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the base deduction ranges from $0.50-$1.00 There are specific modeling guidelines that need to be followed and the model must include as-built conditions. per square foot. The applicable ASHRAE 90.1