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Three Easy Steps to Building a Commercial Building

Wolgast Corporation

Three-Phases to Design-Build Construction: Preliminary Design and Estimating Detailed Construction Drawings and Bidding Construction Step One/Phase I – Preliminary Design and Estimating In this First Step or Phase our Architect develops plans based on a needs analysis meeting with the building owner and representatives for a nominal fee.

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Project Foundation Pt. 2: Building the Master Budget

Stok

The foundation for any successful project is a detailed schedule and budget. Now on the financial side, the Project Manager should work closely with the Client on the conceptual budget at project inception. Don’t forget these critical items for consideration when putting together your project’s Master Budget: 1.

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4 Foundations of a Successful House Build

Constructonomics

Read on for the four foundations of any successful house build; foundations you will need to have in place to take your dream home from concept to reality. Unless you are lucky enough to have unlimited cash to fuel your project, budget will be one of the biggest considerations during your build. Inspiration.

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Project Foundation Pt. 1: Building the Master Schedule

Stok

After a successful project kick-off , a solid foundation is required to bring your project into “flow state”. That foundation is a detailed schedule and budget, created and owned by the Project Manager, with input from consultants and contractors, and approved by the Client. Up next, tips to create the Master Budget!

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Construction blueprints 101: What you need to know

Lets Build

Construction blueprints (also known as construction plans or construction drawings) are two-dimensional drawings that contain all the details that are needed for a project. Historically, blueprints were literally blueprints and were made to reproduce technical drawings through a contact print process on light-sensitive paper.

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Frugal Mom Builds Family Home with Recycled Materials

Natural Building

The stay-at-home mom on a tight budget designed open rooms and decorated in a timeless, spare Scandinavian style. Energy-saving radiant heat rises from the foundation through oversized, gray porcelain floor tiles from Italy. Vera Kirkpatrick built a home in Ashland, Oregon using century-old posts and beams.

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Civil Engineering Software | List of Civil Engineering Software | List of Engineering Software

CivilJungle

Software Required for Drafting or Drawing. Software Required for Drafting or Drawing: The types of Software Required for Drafting or Drawing are as follows. #1a. Used for exhumation, facile foundation & fathomless foundation design, stability analysis & settlement analysis. #3c. Primavera P6. Autodesk Maya.