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Writing your book: Your most effective (and challenging) marketing opportunity

Construction Marketing Ideas

I’ve rewritten the electronic edition of the 2009-2010 original Construction Marketing Ideas book. They are, in order: Books. So that takes us back to books — a topic on which I can write with some authority, as I’ve written a couple. My social media e-book. . Online video.

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Revit Beginners: Revit's Drafting Machine

Revit Beginners

Revits Drafting Machine. For those of you who remember using drafting machines mounted to a drafting table youll find a similar tool in Revit. Now any lines or walls that you draft will snap to the gridlines of your workplane. Marathon Drafting. Find Consultants. Revit Books Available. Design Reform.

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Closing the Gap Between Buyers and Builders

Pro Builder

For years, we as builders have been trained by industry consultants to think like manufacturers, create a process, and stick to it if we want to be profitable. These mistakes, aka errors & omissions, show up on our books as variances. . In fact, many consultants will advise you to budget 1 percent for slippage because it’s unavoidable.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

I can see why this movie and book have become so inspiring. Beane didn’t achieve success by drafting players based on his emotional judgments or media-based hype. In the February issue of CBO, FMI consultant Gregg Schoppman points out some important lessons every construction business owner can learn from Beane’s story.

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Revit Beginners: Imported Images and Sheets

Revit Beginners

The only solution is to place images in a drafting view (or legend view) first. Rescaling the image can also be easier from a drafting view once scale is established. Marathon Drafting. Find Consultants. Revit Books Available. then place the view on your sheet. Just change the scale of the view. BIMtroublemaker.

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Revit Beginners: The Revit Experiment II

Revit Beginners

Using Revits 2D Drafting tools: Because beginners are not completely familiar with all of Revits tools and because they are often faced with a deadline, beginners will likely rely on detail lines and filled regions to piece together plans, sections, and elevations for their first few projects. Marathon Drafting. Find Consultants.

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Revit Beginners: BIMtionary

Revit Beginners

Marathon Drafting. Find Consultants. Revit Books Available. BIMtroublemaker. Design Reform. Family Jewels. Green Revit. Inside the Factory. Knowing CAD. LabArchitect. Malleristic Revitation. Revit 24/7. Revit Affirmations. Revit Anonymous. Revit ArchCenter. Revit Bimmer. Revit Clinic. Revit Coaster. Revit Elemental. Thinkspace.

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