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Construction Collaboration: PDF Secrets Part 1 – Estimating Takeoff

Carol Hagen

Even with the Microsoft Office 2010 release that gives you the ability to convert documents to PDF built-in, it’s lacking when it comes to collaboration for the AEC Industry. What PDFs do best is share documents in a format that everyone can access.

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How Architectural and Engineering Firms Convert Thousands of Files to PDF Quickly

Carol Hagen

If you create in AutoCAD, Solidworks or Microsoft Office you may need to publish your documents to PDF for distribution purposes. This can be a full time job if you generate 1000′s of documents monthly. Why not let Bluebeam Q streamline your processes.

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Construction PDFs: How General Contractors Streamline Processes

Carol Hagen

When it comes to sharing documents, the Portable Document Format (PDF) is the standard. Looking at how construction teams collaborate on plans, revise project designs and work in the field, documents must be easily accessed and kept up to date as they are referenced frequently for a variety of tasks.

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PDF Editing, Sharepoint and ECM for the AEC Industry

Carol Hagen

Everyday PDFs are instrumental in the construction conversation to show mark ups on Microsoft Office documents, interactively draw on tablet PCs and then share these PDFs on Servers. It then sets a pointer to the document in the ECM where the original document resided. What’s the benefit to doing this?

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Construction Collaboration: PDF Secrets Part 3 – Large Format Drawings and Markups

Carol Hagen

Architects and engineers spend countless hours in AutoCad then share their drawings with the General Contractor. Most smaller GCs have a license of AutoCad just to open these files and make a few annotations. But not everyone on the construction team is fluent in AutoCad nor has a licensed copy.

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Dropbox Syncs Up With Project Management Software Suites

ENR Construction

Building on a late 2017 partnership with Autodesk to support file transfers within AutoCAD, cloud-based data storage company Dropbox now is adding document format support and software integration for the Aconex, BulldozAIR, Fieldwire and PlanGrid project data management systems as well.

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Now hiring: BIM/CADD Technician

The Korte Company

The candidate must be a self-motivated, highly organized, integrated team player capable of developing accurate technical 3D building models and construction documents utilizing Revit and construction documents utilizing AutoCad. Flexibility to handle multiple projects, programs and deadlines is essential.

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