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Make It Resilient 2024 Student Contest Encourages New Ways to Build for Extreme Environments

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Scholarship prizes total $50,000 and will support educational expenses such as tuition, books, room and board, transportation, and childcare. In addition, Autodesk is also offering students who who are continuing their education in the building trades $50,000 worth of microgrants *. Of course, it isn’t a contest without prizes!

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CAD Shack: AUGI World May Issue is out

CAD Shack

Wicked Education: Teaching IPD, BIM, and Lean Business Processes – James Salmon continues his Wicked Series for the BUILT industry with issues related to implementing an effective IPD, BIM, and lean process education program. CAD Employee Hiring 101 – The fundamentals of hiring CAD employees are often overlooked.

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How Prevalent is BIM Use among Contractors?

Construction Dive

Even though a recent McGraw-Hill Construction survey indicated that more contractors (by percentage) are using BIM than architects, some comments that Dee Cramer BIM/CAD Manager Steve Hunt recently made at the Building Innovation 2013 Conference call into question just how deeply BIM has penetrated the contracting community.

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Construction Thought Leaders on LinkedIn

Carol Hagen

Now there are many other talented people that serve and are dedicated to the construction industry that are authors, bloggers, business leaders, educators and innovators that often share their wisdom. Suggest Topics for Thought Leaders in the Construction Industry. Here are areas I’d like your suggestions for: BIM. LEAN Construction.

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iPhone and iPad Applications Best Suited for Construction Professionals

Construction Cost Estimating

FingerCAD : FingerCAD is a CAD application for technical drawing with fingers assisted by computer. construction cost estimating construction cost estimating books construction cost index construction data construction education program construction estimating apps'

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The Power of Augmented Reality (AR) in Construction

Autodesk Construction Cloud

When it comes to teaching people on how to use complex equipment or heavy machinery, AR can assist educators through life-like demos, so workers can see equipment in action before heading to the site. VisualLive offers a range of applications that “bring the power of CAD/BIM out onto the jobsite.” Construction training.

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U.K. National BIM Survey Released 2012 – BIM in UK as Confusing as in the US?

Building Information Management

Organizational Use of CAD. Use of CAD. CAD Tools Used. A large part of BIM success and a potential industry shift will be down to education and training, ensuring that new entrants to the. Over 200 RIBA members were among the participants, making sure the views of the membership came across. Highlights: BIM Awareness.

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