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Elevator Shaft Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Details

Construction Cost Estimating

Elevator (lift) Shaft Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls detail is a CAD dwg drawing that contains “Π” shaped elevator shaft shear wall with primary and secondary column reinforcement. There are various details in this drawing which range from main and secondary column reinforcement rebars, stirrups, links details, shear reinforcement.

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The Future Of Construction – BIM

Lets Build

CAD drawings are used during Level 0, but there is no sharing of the generated information models. In a few words, BIM Level 1 is focusing on the transition from CAD to 2D and 3D pieces of information. The main focus of interest on this level is the way in which the information is shared across the various project members.

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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. Why are there no more efforts made to guide PDF users through thousands of drawings by the originators?

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Another example why it is better to stay out of BIM surveys…

DebunkTheBIM

First thing, first: “The survey asked a series of questions to establish current usage of both 2D and 3D CAD, as a precursor to determining likely future engagement with Building Information Modelling (BIM).” … actually, this was the question: “When producing CAD drawings, which of the following tools do you mainly use?”

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Foundation3D – A powerful construction tool for footing analysis and design

Construction Cost Estimating

MAIN FEATURES: • International Design Codes: Compatible with various international concrete design codes to finish the global projects successfully. Foundation3D facilitates to considerably enhance your productivity at each phase of your project ranging from equipment-specific automated load calculations to generating design sketches.

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When 3D + 2D = more than 5D!

DebunkTheBIM

Digital Platform based Shop-drawing assessment Construction Information Management has been an interest of mine for a good 30 years. Over this time I become a fairly competent BIM implementer and had been involved with some pretty large projects all over the world.

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To all the prima-donnas of the BIM world: Welcome to my Group!

DebunkTheBIM

It is extraordinary also, because it will not bow to the gods of ‘ordinary BIM’ that preach the forever-going on mantra of: ….LODs

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