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Why It’s Time for Contractors to Adopt Collaborative BIM

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Building Information Modeling (BIM) isn’t a new concept in construction. The JBKnowledge 2017 Construction Technology Report , which covers topics such as software adoption and IT investment, reveals some interesting—and perhaps a little troubling—insights about BIM. Not all the news about BIM from this year’s report was problematic.

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AStrutTie 2017 – The powerful software for structural design

Construction Cost Estimating

HanGil IT develops AStrutTie 2017, a software that can be used for strut-tie model analysis and design for concrete members having disturbed stress region(s). The most accurate strut-tie models is developed based on the principal stress flows and/or evolutionary structural optimization (ESO) results.

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New Construction Technology Worth Contractors’ Attention

Viewpoint Construction Technology

According to the JBKnowledge 2017 Construction Technology Report , 62.2 In 2017, 37.8 They’re helping designers who need to survey an area and visualize structures, since images from drones can help with the creation of building information models (BIM). The Future Available Now. Drones in construction have multiple uses.

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Construction Project Management

Job Order Contracting

LEAN Construction Delivery Methodology, supported by Cloud Construction Project Management, allows all participants and stakeholders to progress beyond the “modeling” and “visualization” capabilities of BIM, to the real-time critical “information” sharing level throughout the life-cycle any form of physical infrastructure. Lemsys ). [1]

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Construction Document Information Management

Job Order Contracting

2017, Cholakis, P. A Construction Document Management System must allow the visualization of the most common files used in the construction industry such as detailed line item construction cost estimates, required forms, drawings and BIM models. Construction Document Information Management is central to productivity improvement.

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Comfort Systems Road Map: A Plug-and-Play Residential Duct System

Pro Builder

In fact, IBACOS used the “PEX model” when developing the system. “We From 2015 to 2017, IBACOS performed lab tests and modeling to validate the technology. Source: July 2017 report: "A Plug-and-Play Duct System Evaluation" / DOE Building America. “As An Innovative Business Model . LEARN MORE.

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The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Best Project Delivery Method

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In late 2017, rideshare giant, Lyft, released a brand campaign with the tagline “It matters how you get there.” No one model is perfect; all have benefits and drawbacks. Many methods of project delivery exist, but most are variations of the five models we’ll describe below. How do you want your campus and floorplan to flow?

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