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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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BIM is dead, please do not resuscitate!

DebunkTheBIM

The new generation of 20 somethings (and younger) in training or about to enter the AEC, are taught that documenting building is about creating drawings. A good modeller will have plenty of opportunities to model, but rule number one is, that the ‘drawings’ are priority, what consultancies get paid for. Don’t worry.

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#117:  Building Information Modeling

NH Construction Law

This is not your father’s CAD system. Whether a BIM model is considered a Contract Document required to be followed is a matter for agreement among the project participants.

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PDFs and BIM: A trilogy of posts investigating what the PDF format’s role may be in strategies transitioning the industry to BIM? First part: PDFs within current AEC – Important yet neglected?

DebunkTheBIM

This approach is somewhat surprising considering that in most contemporary construction contracts PDF’s as the digital representations of drawings have often higher standing than model files or even DWGs. One would presume a chunky market to be there for developers of PDF focused tools.

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How To Prepare A Construction Plan

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The document is typically composed of the following: A narrative or written document outlining how the various components will be approached Drawings and illustrations indicating temporary construction and phasing Photographs and images A detailed or milestone construction schedule. Include a drawing of your site safety plan.

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AEC Architects/Engineers: What IS your MRT?

DebunkTheBIM

There are traditional, contract-regulated response-requirements set for many actions needed to be performed by various AEC-project participants (comments, approvals, claims, RFIs etc.) – yet no form of an MRT comes up ever as something architects would boast about. It gets similarly defined in medicine and military industries too.

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DebunkTheBIM: The clandestine practice of consultants modelling.

DebunkTheBIM

For more than a decade I’ve held the belief that an undeclared game was going on between consultants and contractors that was based on and revolved around ‘drawings for construction’ It went on a bit like this: Consultants would prepare drawings to tender. The Abu Dhabi Municipality is asking for CAD files.A