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Advance Steel in Autodesk AEC Collection

BIM & Beam

Structural engineers, detailers and fabricators struggle with siloed teams, disconnected workflows, and varying software platforms that do not integrate seamlessly. This requires manual processes to bridge gaps which can lead to expensive errors and fabrication waste. Accurate BOM procures only needed quantity.

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Tyco Opens “Smart Building” Global HQ in Ireland

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The location delivers several processes for Tyco’s businesses, including sourcing and procurement, customer service, research and development, information technology and finance. Oliver. “The center is already producing strong results and has woven into the fabric of the Cork community. Related articles across the web.

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BIM at LOD400: Why Level of Development 400 matters for design and virtual construction

BD+C

By broadening design to anticipate construction issues and delivering a fabrication-ready model, engineers can create more certainty in cost, schedule, and design intent. This article will discuss a method to improve the shape of the influence curve. It is clear the definition LOD400 represents elements that are fabrication ready.

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Demystifying fire-retardant treated wood specifications

Construction Specifier

This article contains a strong, generic model specification in standard CSI format for FRTW that will help specifiers: • Identify the critical code requirements for FRTW; and. • A more detailed explanation of these standards appears later in this article. This model specification covers the treatment, handling, and fabrication of FRTW.

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Top 10 Construction Companies in the USA

CivilJungle

In this article, you will get to know about the Top 10 construction companies in the USA and the major projects which are executed by these companies and their annual Revenue. It is a multinational engineering procurement construction and installation company. The gorgon phase 2 Subsea manifolds fabrication project.

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OMNICLASS vs. UNICLASS / UNICLASS2 – BIM Ontology

Building Information Management

Uniclass articles corresponding to this one include Reclassification and The new Uniclass Work sections table. For a review of OmniClass in general, refer to the separate article OmniClass: a critique. Division 00 Procurement and contracting requirements + Division 01 General requirements. Fabric example. See Table 5. *.

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Construction 4.0—What it Is and How to Get Ready

ProcurementExpress.com

Procurement teams will need to consider pre-fabrication and 3D printing along with traditional sourcing methods. According to that same McKinsey report, procurement and supply chain management are still relatively cumbersome, mostly manual processes. 3D Printing and Procurement. Supply Chain Optimization.