PSMJ Resources

JANUARY 16, 2012

8 tips for Better Strategic Planning in 2012. If you are considering a strategic planning meeting, follow these eight tips to get much more out of your meeting: 1. PSMJ recommends that the planning team be between seven and 15 people. Seldom can a planning retreat be held effectively in your offices. Go off-site.

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Resource Plans Drafting ACEC 43

Natural Building

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.

Architecture 56

Architecture Sustainability Green Permits 56

HardHatChat

JANUARY 18, 2011

Bill Di Santo (right) overseeing a design-build project for Englewood Construction. Working with design-build GCs is a good resolution for 2011. I’m sure some of you don’t have the time to draft a list of resolutions, so I’ve done it for you – you can thank me later. Or better yet, hire a design-build general contractor.

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Commercial Bidding Negotiation Construction 263

PSMJ Resources

JANUARY 12, 2012

Architecture Firms Rebound in November. The American Institute Architects’ Architecture Billings Index reported substantial gains for the month of November - the strongest since the fourth quarter of 2010. Any drafting work done in-house is completed by contract draftsmen rather than permanent staff. Architectural Record.

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Resource Architecture Commercial Residential 49

Autodesk Construction Cloud

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Through our Make It Real program, we encourage young people to engage with their communities by applying the design thinking process to real problems related to construction and the built environment. What inspired you to enter the design challenge? . What inspired me to get involved in the design challenge was the challenge itself.

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Innovation Industrial Construction Massachusetts 105

Pro Builder

JUNE 1, 2020

Third-party contractors: Research + design + renderings + plan stamp/liability. Software: Home plan creation/management + option database + architecture modification tools + purchasing/estimating tools + sales/marketing tools + document storage + project management.

Documentation 59

Documentation Software Software Profitability 59

CivilJungle

AUGUST 5, 2022

How to Draw a House Plan Step by Step? You should know the right process to draw a house plan before you start drawing a plan on paper. So before you start bringing out the design of your desired home you should read it carefully. Drawing a house plan takes much more effort and patience than doing other things.

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Drawings Plans Housing Drafting 52

Building Information Management

MARCH 20, 2013

Capital planning and management systems (CPMS) – physical and functional condition monitoring and associated capital reinvestment planning. Computer-Aid Facility Managements Systems (CAFM) – space planning, move management, space utilization. traditionally dealing with expenditures in excess of $10,000.

BIM 55

BIM Life Cycle Organization Management 55

C-School

FEBRUARY 3, 2007

According to an article at Clemson University’s Tiger News Website , Clemson’s student design build team won first place in the regional ASC competition in Charlotte, NC. Only 12 hours were allowed for planning and drafting the written plan which must have been promptly submitted to the judges by 8 p.m.

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Charlotte Design Georgia AGC 40

Construction Lawyer

MARCH 15, 2007

He is also a licensed architect, having practiced architecture for a number of years prior to establishing his law practice in 1981. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Illinois and his JD from Chicago-Kent College of Law. He is currently on the Illinois Architecture Licensing Board. Sabo & Zahn.

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AIA Plans Illinois Drafting 40

Pro Builder

JUNE 14, 2021

Design Trends Survey: What's in Store for Housing's Look and Feel. A recent survey of architects and design-minded home builders reveals what's in store for the look and feel of housing during the next three to five years. Mon, 06/14/2021 - 08:00. Caroline Broderick, Associate Editor. . Home Styles on the Horizon: More Modern.

Housing 111

Housing Design Materials Architecture 111

Revit Beginners

JULY 22, 2006

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Stepped Foundation Plans. We often have split level projects and weve had a lot of trouble isolating the stem walls and footings from the rest of the model for use in a foundation plan. Go to your foundation floor plan and type VG. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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Revit Foundation Plans CAD 40

CivilJungle

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Windows are often arranged, also for the purposes of architectural decoration. It can be a decorative architectural element or a combined ornamented structural item. The stairs are a series of steps which are designed to facilitate the ways of landing and takeoff between both the floors as well as the landings.

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Foundation Construction Drawings Housing 52

Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Surveys and Site Plans. Now lets say youve developed your site plan (with linked survey) and you want to export the data (including survey) back to DWG format. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. Design Reform. Manage Links.

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Revit Site Plans CAD 40

Revit Beginners

JULY 1, 2009

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. The only solution is to place images in a drafting view (or legend view) first. Rescaling the image can also be easier from a drafting view once scale is established. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. Design Reform.

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Revit CAD BIM nemetschek AllPlan 40

Construction Cost Estimating

AUGUST 10, 2015

Fieldwire : Fieldwire is a planning app that provides huge benefits to the foremen, project managers and superintendents to coordinate with each other when they are in the jobsite. The staffs can find the most updated set of plans and allocate vital information containing photos and punch lists through this organizational app.

Construction 40

Construction Mobility Viewpoint Estimating 40

Revit Beginners

JUNE 24, 2010

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. On top of which, your client might change the design of the component dozens of times. A placeholder is a family that has just enough geometry to illustrate the component in your plans, elevations, and sections. We design traditional, high-end residential work.

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Revit CAD BIM nemetschek AllPlan 58

Construction Marketing

JULY 6, 2010

Given that construction decisions are made by hundreds of thousands of businesses, nonprofit institutions, and government organizations, it is extremely difficult to get comprehensive information on building plans. The AIA Work-on-the-Boards Survey and the Architectural Billings Index. Constructing the Architectural Billings Index.

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Architecture Construction Commercial AIA 224

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 14, 2016

The credits, support, and collaboration will help the winning city design and build a truly Smart City on the AWS Cloud. Autodesk will provide InfraWorks 360 and finalists will get access to (and training on) Infraworks 360, a modeling platform that uses 3-D visualizations and real-world data to plan major engineering projects.

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San Francisco Kansas City Transportation Columbus 40

Revit Beginners

APRIL 16, 2009

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. and you might notice that Revit has a new slope annotation that works in plan and elevation view. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Design Reform. Marathon Drafting.

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Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan BIM 40

Construction Specifier

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

MIES When Grover Cleveland High School was constructed in 1961, the facility was specifically designed to cater to the educational needs of the existing 1,500 students. The architectural concept employed for the original campus reflected the prevailing mid-century style, characterized by its distinctive features and functionality.

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Cleveland Los Angeles Education Architecture 57

Revit Beginners

APRIL 16, 2007

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Here is a list of some of the new and perhaps less obvious features in Revit Architecture 2008: Plan Regions are now always visible and easier to find. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. Design Reform. Marathon Drafting.

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Revit CAD BIM nemetschek AllPlan 40

Revit Beginners

AUGUST 21, 2006

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Design Reform. Marathon Drafting. USG Design Studio. Design Reform Videos. Architectural Desktop. Revit Beginners.

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Revit CAD BIM nemetschek AllPlan 40

Lets Build

APRIL 1, 2020

Draft contracts. The construction project manager not only needs to plan his work but also lay out the tasks for his team. As the project manager, you need to keep the money in mind while planning the whole project and work. What are the responsibilities of a project manager in construction? Hire, fire and supervise.

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Project Management Management Construction Drafting 173

Revit OpEd

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Yet another way to manage this issue (in a project) is to have a master User Keynote legend (drafting or legend view). Place an array of a small detail component (not grouped and associated though) and apply each User Keynote to them so you end up with one keynote for each unique one you plan to use throughout the project.

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Revit Deals Drafting Management 61

Revit Beginners

OCTOBER 21, 2006

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. While in plan view draw a floor plan callout. and select your floor plan callout from the list of views. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Design Reform.

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Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan ArchiCAD 40

Revit Beginners

OCTOBER 26, 2006

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Edward Borg of Precision Drafting LLC has a dedicated FTP site for sharing cool Revit Project Templates and Families. I’ve tried using split regions to show these areas in plan and internal elevations as well as adding another wall or floor of tiles. David Duarte.

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Revit CAD BIM ArchiCAD 40

Revit Beginners

JULY 11, 2006

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Interior elevation tags from the first floor plan were mysteriously showing up on the second floor plan. Interior elevation tags from the first floor plan were mysteriously showing up on the second floor plan. Design Reform. Marathon Drafting.

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Revit CAD BIM nemetschek AllPlan 40

Revit Beginners

JUNE 19, 2006

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Youll notice you can select a Floor Plan or Detail View callout. Select Detail View and draw a callout in plan view. Now place a building section in plan view that intersects the callout region. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara.

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Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan nemetschek Vectorworks 40

Revit Beginners

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Go to a floor plan view and add four new elevations looking in all directions. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Design Reform. Marathon Drafting. USG Design Studio.

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Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan BIM 40

Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. You might notice that when you move the endpoint of a gridline in plan A it moves in plan B as well. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Design Reform. 2D vs 3D Datum.

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Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan BIM 40

Revit Beginners

DECEMBER 5, 2006

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. For instance you can combine custom room schedules with color fill plans (drafting. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Design Reform. Marathon Drafting.

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Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan BIM 40

Building Information Management

JUNE 6, 2013

We can begin to specify at a much earlier stage in the process’ Specifications were once undertaken by the specification expert, often once the detail design was completed. All BIM objects have properties, and most also have geometries (although some do not, for example a paint finish). . cubicle, partition, door and signage systems).

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BIM nemetschek Vectorworks Life Cycle Estimating 51

Revit Beginners

AUGUST 23, 2006

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. If you want to estimate the total cost of the project per square foot then setup an Area Plan scheme and Area schedule: 1. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Design Reform.

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Revit Estimating CAD Schedule 61

Revit Beginners

JUNE 7, 2006

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Draw a wall in plan view. Select the wall in plan view. This tool works in Plan, Section, and RCP views. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Design Reform.

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Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan BIM 40

Revit Beginners

AUGUST 3, 2010

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Once an as-built model is done you might want to archive a copy of the model just incase the design scope changes and you have to start all over again with a clean as-built. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. Revit Beginners.

Remodeling 49

Remodeling Revit BIM CAD 49

Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 20, 2006

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Lets say you have an office standard for how doors and windows should appear in plan view and you want to incorporate this or any other standard as part of your door and window templates. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. Design Reform.

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Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan BIM 40