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Building Construction Illustrated, 5th Edition – An exclusive e-book for construction professionals

Construction Cost Estimating

Ching, the well-known Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of Washington in Seattle, has written an exclusive book alias Building Construction Illustrated, 5th Edition. Francis D. This construction book is available in paperback and ebook.

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Seattle Mechanical Contractor Adds Facilities Management to Its In.

ENR Construction

Material Trends. Seattle Mechanical Contractor Adds Facilities Management to Its In-House Services. Here, team members install a mechanical unit of the roof of a Seattle-area data center. Employees at Seattle-based McKinstry Co. . --> Companies. Project Delivery. Ethics & Corruption. Economic Stimulus. -->.

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What’s the Right Way for an A/E Firm to Use Instagram?

PSMJ Resources

Do your employees periodically take trips to factories or materials suppliers as part of the professional development? Verge Architecture (Seattle) - @vergead Does your architecture or engineering firm have an Instagram account? Field trips. Take pictures of those trips and post them. Office parties.

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

BD+C

The architectural layout of a residential unit is unlikely to align with the office framing concept. A structural engineer can help account for those materials upfront, to avoid surprises and extra costs later. Seattle, Wash., If the units aren’t aligned with the structure the job will be more complex. Portland, Ore.

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don't think: Do Revit: RTC NA wrap up, final thoughts

Do

My journal of work in Revit as part of a 600+ member architecture firm. Might I suggest you consider flying into Seattle and renting a car (3 hr drive). As a bit of a teaser for the material you missed out on, this is a short supplementary video I put together for the lab. skip to main | skip to sidebar. dont think: Do Revit.

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Designing a new frontier in Seattle’s urban core

BD+C

Designing a new frontier in Seattle’s urban core 0 qpurcell Fri, 02/23/2024 - 08:50 High-rise Construction Graphite Design Group shares the design for Frontier, a 540,000-sf tower in a five-block master plan for Seattle-based tech leader Amazon.

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Cracking the code of affordable housing

BD+C

A lot of care went into the finishes and the colors and the materials that convey that this is quality housing and not ‘affordable housing.’” Mission Driven” A successful example of this approach is in Seattle, Wash., Cedar Crossing opened last year in the Roosevelt neighborhood of Seattle.

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