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Behind the Build: Interview with Trever White, Group Manager at Toyota Motor North America

Autodesk Construction Cloud

We recently had the chance to interview Trever White , Group Manager - Digital Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering at Toyota Motor North America. Right now, I'm the group manager responsible for a team within our Toyota North America Production Engineering division called Digital Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering, or DIME for short.

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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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The Rise of the Modern Estimator

Autodesk Construction Cloud

What we in America call Estimators, and what the rest of the world calls Surveyors, have been around for thousands of years. They are constantly collaborating, and they are no longer just reacting to updates to design documents. Today, estimators are the unsung heroes of a project team. The Estimator of 2022 .

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Advancing our time-honored traditions through technological innovation

The Korte Company

We helped spearhead the development of the Design-Build Institute of America and the Design-Build method itself. With the rise of our internal Design-Build division in 1977, we also pioneered Tilt-Up construction and won key projects for the USPS and distribution centers across America. Just another day at the office. No huge emails.

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BIM Pioneers: From 2D to 3D with Rodio Swissboring

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In Central America, a BIM implementation team led by Oliver Contreras, Regional Construction Director for Central America and Ernesto Calzia, General Manager and Digital Transformation Co-ordinator for the Iberoamerican region, paved the way for pioneering the use of BIM.

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A Long Time Coming - A Comprehensive Study and Critique of the MCAA Labor Productivity Factors

Construction Dive

By Paul Levin, PSP The Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) has published over the years a series of factors that affect labor productivity resulting from various situational job conditions, such as stacking of trades, weather, overtime and learning curve. This is an excellent paper and is very informative.

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don't think: Do Revit: RTC North America 2012! Oh & Revit 2013

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RTC North America 2012! That said Im very excited by the changes to View Templates and View Types, I view this as critical to help maintain a graphically consistent document set in your model, particularly when working on large projects with big teams. RTC North America 2012! skip to main | skip to sidebar. Blog Archive.

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