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Bluebeam Revu Tip: Complementing CAD

Carol Hagen

While many Architectural, Engineering and Construction firms use Bluebeam Revu to convert CAD to PDF, there’s an often overlooked capability that is as plain as the nose on your face. “Nowadays, I draw in Bluebeam equal amounts to sketching or CAD.” It’s sketching and creating floorplan illustrations.

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5 Helpful Resources for Designing & Building with Engineered Wood

BD+C

APA – THE ENGINEERED WOOD ASSOCIATION Multifamily Housing Engineered wood’s combination of benefits—from beauty and versatility to sustainability and strength—has made it a popular material for commercial projects such as mixed-use buildings, low-rise office structures and even eight-story mass-timber high rises.

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Living Off-Grid on a Mountain Top

Natural Building

This man built a beautiful off-grid cabin with the help of friends for $65,000 CAD including the cost of the land. He lives in the tiny house with his girlfriend and enjoys the simple lifestyle and the challenge of living sustainably. The cabin can collect and store 3,000 litres of rainwater from the roof.

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6 Barriers to BIM Adoption in the Housing Industry

Pro Builder

6 Barriers to BIM Adoption in the Housing Industry. Building information modeling has the potential to modernize the housing industry, but residential and low-rise multifamily housing developers face barriers to its adoption. What’s Standing in the Way of BIM Modernizing the Housing Industry? Tue, 12/20/2022 - 08:59.

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Myths, Misperceptions, and Prospects for Modular Construction

Autodesk Construction Cloud

But during the pandemic, when traditional construction methods were out of reach, modular construction proved indispensable for meeting the urgent needs to produce healthcare facilities and affordable housing. Today’s CAD programs allow architects to design, refine, and tinker with modules from the macro level to each tiny detail.

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Arrogance or ignorance?

DebunkTheBIM

Can you relate to the sentence:" we'll give you CAD files so that SHOULD reduce your work by half"? Savy CAD managers learned to deal with these issues and many company manuals had systems and processes in place. Even the majority of marketing people knew not to make frivolous delivery promises based on existing CAD data.

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New York Build 2016 Conference

Construction Marketing

CAD / 3D Visualiser. Investors, project finance and finance houses. Find out about the latest construction projects. Network with industry peers. Ensure you stay at the top of your field. Types of companies that will be visiting: Architects. Building Managers. Civil Estimators. Commercial & Home. Construction Managers. Consultants.

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