Contractor Magazine

JUNE 20, 2016

LoopCAD 2016 MJ8 Edition is stand-alone CAD software for creating professional quality circuit layout drawings for radiant heating and snowmelt systems. read more.

Software 41

Software Software CAD Management 41

DebunkTheBIM

APRIL 20, 2011

Specifically: how your building data is managed, no matter if drawing, flat-model or 3D model based. Having a CAD manager does not ensure you are safe, neither is an IT department. Having a CAD manager does not ensure you are safe, neither is an IT department. Don’t be smug.

CAD 48

CAD Drawings Modeling Management 48

CAD Shack

DECEMBER 10, 2010

East Coast CAD Kicks it up a Notch. East Coast CAD has had Fabrication for AutoCAD MEP software for years, but it added MEP Fabrication Version 1.0 See East Coast CAD announcement here. 25th at 1PM EST. There is a sign up link from the EastCoast CAD/CAM home page. CAD Shack VIPs. CAD Shack Blog Buddies.

CAD 40

CAD AutoCAD Revit Fabrication 40

DebunkTheBIM

JANUARY 18, 2012

I am a manager of construction information, tools and people. The Abu Dhabi Municipality is asking for CAD files from applicants of building permits. So, I’ve been reading with some interest the specification that CAD files provided as part of future building permits and as-built drawings will need to comply with.

CAD 53

CAD BIM Permits Consulting 53

Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Over 220 of these integrations now work with Autodesk Build, our comprehensive field and project management solution. Project managers can add the alwaysAI Partner Card to their Autodesk Build Insights or BIM 360 Project Home dashboards for real-time insights into productivity, operations, and safety.

Autodesk 118

Autodesk BIM Visualization Construction 118

DebunkTheBIM

APRIL 9, 2012

I am a manager of construction information, tools and people. How well can you tell? (…If the drawings in front-of you have been produced via 2D or 3D methods?). The moment you are exposed to drawings (hard or soft copies) you become extremely vulnerable to them. Reconstructing drawing-sets and the case of the 'G.

Drawings 48

Drawings Documentation BIM Modeling 48

CAD Shack

JULY 30, 2011

The idea is to draw a generic annotation shaped like a lasso and add a leader to it, but set the leader arrowhead to none. Draw a line centered on the intersection of the reference planes then an arc above and another arc below. CAD Shack VIPs. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog. The MEP CAD Engineer.

CAD 40

CAD Revit AutoCAD Autodesk 40

CAD Shack

AUGUST 24, 2011

Melinda Heavrin’s article “ Collaboration with Autodesk Design Review ” elaborates on how drawing markups can become an easy, streamlined operation. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. CAD Shack VIPs. BIM Manager.

CAD 40

CAD AutoCAD Revit Autodesk 40

CAD Shack

APRIL 21, 2011

The Draw MEP Hidden Lines box is checked in the Electrical Setting s dialog. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. CAD Shack VIPs. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog. The MEP CAD Engineer. BIM Manager.

CAD 40

CAD AutoCAD Revit Autodesk 40

CAD Shack

MAY 25, 2012

CAD Employee Hiring 101 – The fundamentals of hiring CAD employees are often overlooked. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. CAD Shack VIPs. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog. The MEP CAD Engineer.

CAD 40

CAD AutoCAD Revit Autodesk 40

CAD Shack

JULY 16, 2010

If you are coming to Revit MEP from AutoCAD or AutoCAD MEP, you may be very used to specifying a duct system when you draw duct. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. CAD Shack VIPs. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog.

CAD 40

CAD AutoCAD Revit Autodesk 40

DebunkTheBIM

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Ask others that have managed to stay away from it and depending on their status and position will have similarly rosy-coloured stories to say. (‘on 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. May I call them BIM-doom-deniers?

BIM 68

BIM Drawings Modeling Industrial 68

cnstrctr

APRIL 7, 2019

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.

Plans 74

Plans Construction Drawings Documentation 74

CAD Shack

DECEMBER 24, 2009

It shows up fine in my drawing and I can change its length, offset and location. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine. CAD Shack VIPs. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog. The MEP CAD Engineer. BIM Manager.

CAD 40

CAD Revit AutoCAD Autodesk 40

Carol Hagen

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Everyday PDFs are instrumental in the construction conversation to show mark ups on Microsoft Office documents, interactively draw on tablet PCs and then share these PDFs on Servers. Create PDFs from any CAD or Windows file.” PDF editing streamlines and helps clearly conveys changes, clarifications and improvements.

Industrial 142

Industrial Documentation CAD Estimating 142

DebunkTheBIM

JULY 26, 2014

PDF as a digital file-format is generally frowned upon by those in charge of creation and management of project information within the AEC industry. Some sophisticated Cloud Document Management systems claim to have solved the issue by focusing on the even bigger issue with PDFs that is managing the quantities they tend to be coming in.

BIM 59

BIM ArchiCAD Drawings CAD 59

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JULY 31, 2023

Material and resource logistics and management There are so many logistical factors involved in prefabrication. All this to say that effective material and resource logistics and management are integral to prefab construction success—so you’ll need a workforce prepared to meet these challenges.

Autodesk 98

Autodesk BIM Innovation Materials 98

DebunkTheBIM

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Digital Platform based Shop-drawing assessment Construction Information Management has been an interest of mine for a good 30 years. While BIM is all about the ‘I’ of the Information, BIM or no BIM, when it comes to Construction Information Management, one issue keeps failing to get enough attention.

Drawings 48

Drawings BIM Modeling Management 48

DebunkTheBIM

FEBRUARY 14, 2015

Should documentation that is based on a coordinated 3D digital model be charged at a higher price than straight CAD-ed one is? Even though the time taken to prepare and the outputs would have been the same (supposedly), i.e. 2D drawings. Not to talk about if the practice (2D based 2D) should still exist, at all.

CAD 48

CAD BIM Drawings Consulting 48

DebunkTheBIM

AUGUST 30, 2012

I am a manager of construction information, tools and people. There’s a gentleman I know of, who went from being ‘just’ a CAD manager in a public company to becoming the Head of Information Services of a large entity, and getting charged with writing the BIM specification for a huge project. DebunkTheBIM.

CAD 53

CAD BIM Sketchup Management 53

FDR Safety

APRIL 1, 2013

Design methods for implementing PtD, including things like policy, standards, processes and procedures, management of change, etc. Once the bid is awarded, engineering and safety can demand CAD drawings or equivalent of the safeguards just like the base machine, sub assemblies and components.

Design 120

Design Bidding Safety Feasibility 120

Building Information Management

AUGUST 20, 2012

Source of Quotations: Dawn Naney, Clay Goser and Marcelo Azambuja – “ Accelerating the Adoption of Lean Thinking in the Construction Industry ” on the topic of adopting lean management theory within the construction industry. Key influencers must champion new ideas and have a message that is simple and compelling.

BIM 55

BIM Management Modeling Contract 55

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 27, 2022

Founded in 1935, Khansaheb is one of the leading construction and facilities management companies in the United Arab Emirates. In 2018, Eoin Nield joined as the company’s first BIM Manager, with the remit of supporting the transition from traditional CAD design to integrated delivery methods. “My

Autodesk 59

Autodesk Site BIM Management 59

DebunkTheBIM

JULY 31, 2011

Can you relate to the sentence:" we'll give you CAD files so that SHOULD reduce your work by half"? It used to be present when flatCAD drawings were the norm. Savy CAD managers learned to deal with these issues and many company manuals had systems and processes in place. a few more booby traps. By and large.

CAD 48

CAD Modeling Autodesk Drawings 48

Construction Cost Estimating

JANUARY 14, 2014

Mentioned below is a list of some of the popular IPhone/IPod and IPad apps that are highly recommended for quick access: SmartBidNet : SmartBidNet consists of bid management systems that allow creating as well as tracking bid process with subcontractors and companies.

iPad 45

iPad CAD ProCore Construction 45

DebunkTheBIM

JANUARY 7, 2011

Last time building owners took an interest in who called the shots was when ‘project managers’ got established in a central role, independent from design consultants. I have a lot of respect for PMs in construction. It takes a great amount of skills to do what they do. Tomorrow, I’ll post an example how I wrestle flatcad.

Drawings 48

Drawings Documentation CAD Drafting 48

Revit Beginners

MARCH 23, 2007

The Data Manager. Some people refer to these individuals as Data Managers or Data Leaders. In an Architectural Record article " Getting on Board with Building Information Modeling " Larry Flynn describes a Data Manager as someone "responsible for coordinating the various computer files and models that are integrated into a BIM."

Revit 40

Revit Management CAD BIM 40

Construction Cost Estimating

MARCH 17, 2016

SmartBidNet This construction app offers efficient bid management systems. FingerCAD This construction app can be used to generate technical drawing by applying your fingers through computer. The app facilitates the users to create designs with CAD at the jobsite or at your preferred location. It can also be printed.

Construction 40

Construction Drawings Concrete Bidding 40

DebunkTheBIM

JANUARY 26, 2011

From all participants working in construction, steel manufacturers have managed to mimic manufacturing processes to highest degree. On the other hand, am concerned.

BIM 48

BIM Drawings CAD Visualization 48

BIM & Beam

AUGUST 13, 2015

Most engineers still produce classic 2D reinforcement drawings using programs such as AutoCAD ® combined with CADS RC. MSJ started using SOFiSTiK software in 2013 as a replacement for their prior method of doing reinforcement drawings in 2D, using Autodesk AutoCAD.

Revit 40

Revit Autodesk AutoCAD Drawings 40

DebunkTheBIM

JANUARY 11, 2012

I am a manager of construction information, tools and people. 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.

Consulting 50

Consulting Modeling Documentation CAD 50

DebunkTheBIM

OCTOBER 24, 2012

As recently as yesterday, a consultant looked at me genuinely surprised that I expected from him rapidly coordinated architectural and structural drawings following client initiated changes to numerous floor levels within the project. In the current AEC markets there is no place for sluggish, lethargic players.

Engineering 62

Engineering Travel Drawings CAD 62

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 2, 2023

This is where Building Information Modeling (BIM) comes into play, and BIM managers are the ones tasked with connecting teams and improving coordination between them. As the BIM Manager for Metromont , Matthew Keck plays a vital role in the company’s evolution, bringing the latest technology and innovation to the construction process.

BIM 98

BIM Management Autodesk Modeling 98

DebunkTheBIM

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

3/ information management tool providers (unlike in manual drafting days) got given an unprecedented opening to influence a globally active industry. So finally, it is crystal clear for me, what my problem is with Autodesk and to large extents with all of the other current, mainstream AEC information management tool-and-system providers.

Autodesk 62

Autodesk AutoCAD CAD Revit 62

Revit OpEd

AUGUST 18, 2015

A good many of us in the AEC business are familiar with the concept of using keynotes on drawings. Regardless, for us it is a system to reduce clutter on drawings by placing symbols that either carry numbers or letters or both to identify different conditions that we should look to a separate place to read more information.

Drawings 40

Drawings Schedule CAD Drafting 40

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JULY 26, 2022

In the past, many staff, especially those from the management tier, would have spent less time using the technology hands-on, and more on continued use of traditional workflows such as the manual mark up of drawings. For team leaders this is very useful as they can view models and drawings in real time after each one is published.

Autodesk 52

Autodesk BIM Design Innovation 52

DebunkTheBIM

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Same goes for an engineer, a CAD-die, a construction manager, QS, almost anyone working in the AEC. You’ll be cursed for crappy looking shop drawings and incorrect line-weights till you beat someone up. You’ll dream of ‘change management’ strategies and learn to speak very sloooowly. Or a CAD-die, QS or engineer.

BIM 80

BIM CAD Modeling Revit 80