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Seven Finalist Cities Chosen For Smart City Challenge

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The finalists are: Austin, TX; Columbus, OH; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR; and San Francisco, CA. USDOT developed the Smart City Challenge as a response to the trends identified in the Beyond Traffic draft report. Source: USDOT.

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15 the best construction Apps for construction professional

Construction Cost Estimating

Viewpoint for Mobile : Viewpoint Construction Software, of Portland, Ore has launched its Viewpoint for Mobile, its mainly a Mobile Field Manager. BIMx : BIMx acts like a interactive 3-D communication and presentation tool for architectural designs. It has similarity with BuildCalc. It was selected as the product-of-the-year in 2012.

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List of Common Construction Abbreviations

Job Order Contracting

ACF: Architectural Concrete Finish. ADAAG: Americans with Disabilities Act Architectural Guidelines. ARCH: Architect, Architectural. CAD: Cadmium, Computer-Aided Drafting. PCPL: Portland Cement Plaster. Use same abbreviations for singular or plural. O’Connell, Interior Graphic and Design Standards, S.C.

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Construction Abbreviations – A Decent List

Building Information Management

ACF: Architectural Concrete Finish. ADAAG: Americans with Disabilities Act Architectural Guidelines. ARCH: Architect, Architectural. CAD: Cadmium, Computer-Aided Drafting. PCPL: Portland Cement Plaster. ACC: Access. ACFL: Access Floor. ACI: American Concrete Institute. ACL: Across the Line. ACOUST: Acoustical.

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Construction Abbreviations – A Decent List

Building Information Management

ACF: Architectural Concrete Finish. ADAAG: Americans with Disabilities Act Architectural Guidelines. ARCH: Architect, Architectural. CAD: Cadmium, Computer-Aided Drafting. PCPL: Portland Cement Plaster. ACC: Access. ACFL: Access Floor. ACI: American Concrete Institute. ACL: Across the Line. ACOUST: Acoustical.

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A Primer on MasterFormat & Improving Construction Project Collaboration

Building Information Management

It remains the leading standardized data architecture for organizing line item construction cost data, construction specifications, and similar information. 03 03 33 Conservation Treatment for Period Architectural Concrete. 03 11 16 Architectural Cast-in Place Concrete Forming. 03 33 00 Architectural Concrete. Conditions.

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A Primer on MasterFormat & Improving Construction Project Collaboration

Building Information Management

It remains the leading standardized data architecture for organizing line item construction cost data, construction specifications, and similar information. 03 03 33 Conservation Treatment for Period Architectural Concrete. 03 11 16 Architectural Cast-in Place Concrete Forming. 03 33 00 Architectural Concrete. Conditions.