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Michael G. Smith Writes about the Value of Cob

Natural Building

I attended my first natural building workshop in Oregon in 1993. After completing a degree in Environmental Engineering, I had spent two years in Costa Rican rainforest, volunteering for a sustainable forest management project. That’s where hands-on building workshops come in.

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Digicon India: Enhancing the Workforce’s Capability Seen as Greatest Priority by Indian Construction Leaders

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The event focused on the challenges, opportunities and the benefit associated with adopting digital construction and project management technologies in Indian real estate industry. Technology came in as a second priority. A formal report was prepared and will be shared with participants.

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Tips for Bidding a Job Order Contract

Building Information Management

If you don’t have any prior JOC experience, consider teaming agreement and/or acting as a subcontractor on a JOC. Attend training/workshops on line item unit price estimating using unit price guides. Document your past performance history.

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Cooperative Living in the UK

Natural Building

Nearby, Chapeltown Cohousing plans to build build an eco-community of up to 30 households, that will share kitchen, laundry, workshops, meeting space, guest rooms and gardens. Such co-operatives are based on the principle of collective control and management of property.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. The topics include the use of BIM in: student projects, interdisciplinary collaboration in studios, scheduling and estimating classes, IPD projects and facilities management. buildingSMART alliance Conference.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. The topics include the use of BIM in: student projects, interdisciplinary collaboration in studios, scheduling and estimating classes, IPD projects and facilities management. buildingSMART alliance Conference.

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LOCATION FOCUS: The Heartland of America Beats Strong

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Plans are underway for a series of informational workshops to educate area manufacturers about high performance computing applications that can accelerate design, optimization and commercialization of new products and processes. Rendering of the latest 20,000 square-foot corporate hangar coming to the Villiage of Whelling in 2013.

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