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Construction Collaboration: PDF Secrets Part 1 – Estimating Takeoff

Carol Hagen

Print to PDF gets the document out of that technical construction software package (AutoCAD, Revit, etc) and serves it up for every construction team member, without needing the same software. Realize this is just one secret to Bluebeam Revu and is built-in to every version Standard, CAD and eXtreme.

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SHOP DRAWING creates maximum benefits for construction companies

Construction Cost Estimating

The shop drawing is a drawing or collection of set of drawings, diagrams, illustrations, schedules, and other data or information specifically generated or assembled by the contractor, supplier, manufacturer, subcontractor, or fabricator to demonstrate some portion of the work for the approval of architect or engineer.

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The case for architects with no hands – or why can’t the young of the AEC industry be successful without wanting to hand-sketch?

DebunkTheBIM

Sure, I loved drawing by hand – I still do – but the process of developing designs via sketch paper and getting them documented onto tracing paper required a lot of wasted paper, scratching (with blades) and redrawing time. These were the middle – to late nineteen eighties.

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DebunkTheBIM: ?Explain yourself!?

DebunkTheBIM

“The first step of the plan was to demonstrate the value of BIM with an apples-to-apples project analysis, comparing a just-finished renovation using CAD with a second one using BIM.” No one seems capable (in the olde tymes we estimated hours per drawing sheet - quite simple and elegant really.) Your thoughts?

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Facilities Maintenance Checklist and Procedures

Job Order Contracting

Note all deteriorated areas on the roof plan for comparison later on the roof. Defragment the hard drive using the Windows defragmentation utility or third party software on the workstation or server. Perform disk cleanup Windows disk cleanup utility or third party software on the workstation or server 3. Laptop Workstations.