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What’s new in Advance Steel 2019

BIM & Beam

This enhanced workflow helps steel detailers and fabricators to take better advantage of the steel model designed in Revit. 3 – New tool for fabricated anchors. Advance Steel 2019 comes with a new dedicated “Bolt cage” tool (available in the Connection Vault) to insert customized fabricated anchors to your base plates.

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Selecting anchor clips for metal cladding

Construction Specifier

Given this, screen walls and unitized architectural assemblies require careful design and material selection (to avoid corrosion risk), so they perform adequately to resist design loads, and to permit the management of varying tolerances in terms of structural and architectural alignment. Proper material selection.

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Digital Builder Ep 55: Sparking a Passion for Construction in Younger Generations 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In this episode they share interesting (and, in many ways, surprising) insights into how youth view the construction sector and how we can encourage them to join the fold.  From inside an Autodesk Technology Center Another cool thing about this episode was that it was filmed in the Autodesk Technology Center in Boston.

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Lessons learned from 70 years of building cities

BD+C

The urban fabric pulls the corners of the building outward, orienting views as the building also gestures to surrounding locations: the harbor, the developing Seaport and Congress Street, as well as the Boston Convention Center. From buildings and interiors, innovative ideas can transform the fabric of cities.

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10 Construction Sessions You Might Have Missed at Autodesk University

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The introduction of BIM, cloud based takeoff tools, AI, and bidding platforms have all shaken up the way estimating and preconstruction management operates. . Together, they’ve researched the best use cases for Spot, a robotic dog that was designed by Boston Dynamics. . Technology for preconstruction has come a long way.

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2023 Construction Trends: 23+ Experts Share Insight

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In addition to helping better manage the environmental impact of construction, modular construction methods will improve project productivity, deliver construction outputs more quickly, better manage scarce resources, and improve site safety.” – Jim Lynch, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Autodesk Construction Solutions.

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Top 10 Construction Companies in the U.S.

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The Rhode Island-based firm constructed a state-of-the-art engineering lab and academic facility for students at the Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Breaking out the challenge, PCL’s estimators and managers were adept at reviewing 2D drawings and managing the preconstruction process.