Construction Business Owner

MAY 10, 2012

The model of the app, particularly as delivered by Apple, is a widget that you load onto a portable device such as a smart phone or tablet and that you use on the run (or sitting – at the airport, the hotel, the DMV, etc.). December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008. August 2009.

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BD+C

JULY 11, 2023

Conversely, drawing in tenants from outlying low and midrise office space would fortify the ideal of downtown as a strong urban commercial core while providing a plethora of desirable lower-density residential space. It is only possible if owners and bankers give up on their old model, and their old valuation.”

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Revit OpEd

JANUARY 13, 2011

I did write a post in January 2008 to describe a neat technique that the Introducing Revit Architecture 2008 book showed in a couple images. Again not necessarily the napkin-sketch-look but at least the idea that we can draw something without being too hung up (at first) with accuracy, exact dimensions or precise wall types.

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Revit OpEd

JUNE 13, 2012

These divisions, while relevant to the architectural model, are ruining the possibilities of creating gbXML files without extensive work on the part of the engineer to remove the room separation lines, and then repair the damage done to the room names and numbers. Joe - in the examples he offered it isn't "poor" modeling.

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

who currently are not "in the model", they certainly could benefit from better access to the model, and LT could potentially do that. It's not uncommon for those type of consultants to have one person doing the drawings. ► 2008. ► December 2008. (16). ► November 2008. (17).

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Do

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

As anyone who has used Revit to model geometry knows it does not really seem to care about "normals", which if youre familiar with most other 3D modeling software you know exactly what Normals are, even in Sketch-Up! To achieve the result in the third image its is all about how you draw the arc that creates the sphere.

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

As Ive written before , just make it easy to "draw on paper". As I wrote in my reply there, RTN is sleight of hand while RPN is really altering the entire model and related views to change orientation. ► 2008. ► December 2008. (16). ► November 2008. (17). ► October 2008. (35).

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Revit OpEd

JUNE 14, 2012

For example Ive tried to draw squares and cubes, even circles and spheres to test the extremes and predict the trigger of the error messages Ive written about before. Turned out that somehow there was a Room Tag 69,000,000 feet from the model. ► 2008. ► December 2008. (16). ► November 2008. (17).

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Building Information Management

AUGUST 20, 2012

The entire design and construction industry needs to rethink Lean in terms of overhauling entire project delivery models. They never make it out of this stage and the technology is abandoned or replaced (Fenn and Raskino 2008). The Trough of Disillusionment also explains why technologies often fail.

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Revit OpEd

APRIL 17, 2012

Over here on the MEP side, we will take an hour to make, say, an air handling unit per the 2-D selection drawings from the vendor, add the necessary connectors, then 'load into project' We will then save it as a stand-alone family, with a useful file name, in a server folder with the vendor's name. ► 2008.

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Construction Dive

MARCH 4, 2009

Over the years it has accumulated a fairly complex object model for handling the many kinds of forms a financial aid department has to generate and process. It’s not the most elegant and well-factored model in the world, but it gets the job done. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

OCTOBER 7, 2013

The report , which was developed in collaboration with the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, focuses on Philadelphia’s innovative Green City, Clean Waters program as a model for stimulating investment in natural infrastructure. 68 million from 2008-2013. billion over 20 years. 78 million.

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Revit Beginners

JANUARY 20, 2010

Some food for thought: Could it (read that as "it will") be better to let the walls be modeled as they will be built (with dead spaces in between), rather than using in-place walls that simply mimic old methodologies, like CAD or Hand drawn lines filled with poche or hatching? It is more suited to a model that is about graphics.

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Do

MAY 13, 2010

Ive now seen this error show up in three different models, two from 2009 and one from 2010. At first I wrote it off, as the first two models were not 100% familiar to me, and I assumed it was some type of error related to the files, and something the user(s) had done. ► 2008. (26). ► November. (2). ► October.

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Building Information Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Building information modeling (BIM) is beginning to fundamentally change the building industry in a very positive way. He is also FM Global’s representative to the buildingSMART alliance (serving as chairman since 2008) and The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Monday and Tuesday: Board, Council and Committee Meetings.

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DebunkTheBIM

JUNE 29, 2012

I consider myself to be a model-based construction information practitioner (shortened to a ‘BIM- meddler’) rather than an ‘expert’ or even ‘specialist’ Friday, June 29, 2012. No one seems capable (in the olde tymes we estimated hours per drawing sheet - quite simple and elegant really.)

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Building Information Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Building information modeling (BIM) is beginning to fundamentally change the building industry in a very positive way. He is also FM Global’s representative to the buildingSMART alliance (serving as chairman since 2008) and The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Monday and Tuesday: Board, Council and Committee Meetings.

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Do

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Coming in a few days for all Revit products: Shortcuts for draw commands. Convert lines (model/drafting). ► 2008. (26). Autodesk is releasing a "Subscription Advantage Pack" which will basically wrap a bunch of things that were released by themselves for subscription members, plus add new things like New Features.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 12, 2013

The new report, which was developed in collaboration with the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, focuses on Philadelphia’s innovative Green City, Clean Waters program as a model for stimulating investment in natural infrastructure. Portland, OR: $68 million from 2008-2013. 78 million.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

The rebuilding, with a consultant’s guidance, took us into the world of conventional business practices, with adaptations for our own systems and business models. The growth plans, alas, ran straight headlong into the rather severe 2008-09 recession and another crisis.

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 20, 2009

you can draw a simple building and link in a simple building (by shared coordinates) and move these two icons around a bit (clipped and unclipped) to see how the two models react or. ► 2008. (7). here is the simplest way I can put it: 1. There are now 3 coordinate systems in Revit. Clipping the Project Base Point.

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Revit Beginners

AUGUST 19, 2009

We have one model that was started in Revit before we knew any of the limitations of Revit. To add to the complexity, the as-built drawings we had on file were not accurate to the true construction of the existing structure because the original architect had improvised the design during construction. ► 2008. (7).

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Do

MAY 17, 2010

We actually think that our two courses, combined with what the BIM Troublemaker and David Fano have submitted would make a really awesome mini-powertrack dedicated to the Core Modeling (Conceptual Design) tools. Revit Autopsies: Structured Model Examination and Assessment Techniques – 2hr Lecture. ► 2008. (26).

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Do

APRIL 10, 2010

This is a great way to "freeze" a drawing, without having to export to CAD, and it keeps everything in the model. One presumes that this is all part of the new "Analysis Styles" view framework meant to make it easier to graphically convey and save analysis data in the model. ► 2008. (26). ► November. (2).

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Construction Dive

MARCH 21, 2012

Join Date: Apr 2008. Join Date: Apr 2008. the only adequate way to get at least somehow accurate measures is my case, not having a real ARM device, while running either in a simulator or a VM, was to see what happens when x86 handles optimized software floating point and draw some conclusions from that. Join Date: Apr 2008.

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Revit Beginners

MARCH 23, 2007

In an Architectural Record article " Getting on Board with Building Information Modeling " Larry Flynn describes a Data Manager as someone "responsible for coordinating the various computer files and models that are integrated into a BIM." In our office Data Managers are starting to inspect models for proper construction.

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Revit Beginners

AUGUST 21, 2006

This isnt necessarily a bad habit as long as they are using detail lines and not model lines (detail lines are view specific but model lines will show up everywhere). The Revit 3D model is just a place to start. Even advanced users use detail lines, filled regions, and detail components to refine their drawings.

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Natural Building

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Natural Building Colloquium, 2008. December 10, 2008. As a model for a broader approach to incorporating sustainable codes into all land use issues, David suggests looking at what is being done at the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute ( www.law.du.edu ). . View my complete profile. Shaping Buildings for the Humid Tropics.

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Do

JULY 26, 2011

Outside of being clumsy, the other issue with some of these tools is cost, Codebook for example doesnt work as a business model for small projects, unless youve got the big project(s) to cut your teeth on it and standardize it. This also helps in lessening the issue of maintaining two models simultaneously. ► 2008. (26).

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Building Information Management

JULY 2, 2012

HVACie extends the existing Industry Foundation Class Coordination View including equipment and system information streamlining construction shop drawing and fabrication. From a technical point of view HVACie is an extention of the IFC Coordination Model View Definition. . Model View Definition. Model View Definition.

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Building Information Management

JULY 2, 2012

HVACie extends the existing Industry Foundation Class Coordination View including equipment and system information streamlining construction shop drawing and fabrication. From a technical point of view HVACie is an extention of the IFC Coordination Model View Definition. . Model View Definition. Model View Definition.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

The GPEC chief added that he expects the Apple development in Mesa to draw other high-tech enterprises to the region. “Locating this Innovation Center in [the Atlanta area] makes good business sense because we can draw from a deep pool of local talent,” said Randy Mott, GM’s chief information officer. production of a Lexus.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Veev, which originally launched in 2008 as Dragonfly Group, doesn’t use wood. So, what if through machines or by design I can just draw or texture walls that look like tile or create the right architectural values without tile? Further, many analysts have assessed Katerra’s model and concluded that they did “too much too fast.”

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 20, 2014

A new model of economic development involving public-private partnerships is helping drive economic revitalization, create jobs and transform aging central cities into vibrant, livable hubs of activity that attract new business, private investment and people. This economic development model has been fruitful for the region.

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Cassell Construction Estimating

DECEMBER 14, 2008

Despite last year’s residential meltdown (-35%), industrial construction recorded strong growth in 2008, and commercial largely held its own, with gains in niches such as the hospitality and office sectors. I also built an Estimating Model, to combine the multiple systems on a project into a single, easy to follow Takeoff Sequence.

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Do

APRIL 2, 2011

This family is a little more complicated, you could model your actual furniture here, but my suggestion is to load a family built from the standard template(s). Also possible, things like drawing a "path" to array items along curves etc, rather then being stuck with straight line. ► 2008. (26). ► October.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 12, 2016

Even Utah’s international airport is on top of its consistency game: last year Travel+Leisure ranked Salt Lake City International Airport the most punctual airport in America, the fifth such ranking for the airport since 2008. A University of Utah student shows off the 3D-printed models of sculptures created by other students.

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