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Commercial Construction Trends: Three Headlines That Won’t Die In 2019

HardHatChat

After nearly 10 years of publishing Hard Hat Chat (more to come on our blog’s 10 th anniversary later this year), we know there’s never a shortage of fresh topics and trends to discuss in the commercial construction industry. Here they are: the commercial construction headlines that just won’t die – and why: Labor Shortage Lingers On.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2023

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Manuel Klingenfuss Team Leader, Amstein + Walthert Bern AG Bern, Switzerland With Manuel's help, Amstein+Walthert has significantly advanced its approach to BIM. This approach established a strong partnership with the supply chain and led to the acquisition of new BIM projects.

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BIM and BuildingSMART… and The the Official Definition of BIM

Building Information Management

buildingSMART International – A neutral, international and unique not for profit organisation supporting open BIM through the life cycle. The BIM Evolution Continues with OPEN BIM Draft V8 20120131. What is BIM? What is OPEN BIM? OPEN BIM creates a common language for. buildingSMART Data model.

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Open BIM standards?

DebunkTheBIM

The need to have universal standards for working in BIM has been identified long time ago. Not having one has a detrimental effect on BIM’s ability to mature. The buildingSMART alliance claims to have developed the ‘basis for true information interoperability with AEC’. I am unconvinced. But, how would that happen?

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Building Energy Efficiency, LEAN, and Cloud Technology

Job Order Contracting

1] The United States is largest user of energy for commercial use. The fastest growing energy consumer is the commercial building sector. Examples of commercial sector buildings include retail stores, office buildings, government buildings, restaurants, hotels, schools, hospitals, and leisure and recreational facilities.

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Mitigate Design Risk: Supercharge Design & Constructability Reviews with Machine Learning

Autodesk Construction Cloud

They also found that unsuccessful projects (classified by profit margins) tend to have 50% more RFIs, with a root cause in Design & Engineering or documentation issues, than successful projects. . Tools to support design and constructability reviews are not entirely new to Autodesk Construction Cloud and BIM 360.

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CULTURE, TECHNOLOGY/SOCIAL MEDIA, & BIM

Building Information Management

BIM (Building Information Modeling), cloud computing, and social media are disruptive technologies which are altering the basic foundations of the AECOO sector (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owners, and Operations). BIM (Building Information Modeling), cloud computing, and social media are disruptive technologies which are.

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