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Tech Toys: MIT, Autodesk roll out new tools, BIM software advances

Construction Dive

InfraWorks rolled out updates, Vectorworks announced 2019 editions of its BIM and CAD software and facility managers can now give contractors and other stakeholders access to online insurance certificates.

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Essential BIM Terminology

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Level 0 : Level 0 entails basically no collaboration, and only 2D CAD drafting is used. Level 1 : Level 1 BIM is a combination of 3D CAD and 2D for drafting. It focuses on professional indemnity insurance issues. BIM levels are a universal understanding of what criteria are required to be BIM-compliant. CIC BIM Protocol.

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The accuracy fallacy

DebunkTheBIM

“I hate accuracy in CAD!” Over the recent times, often guided by PI insurers, design consultants have developed an almost pathological fear of dimensioning. In CAD/BIM world, dimensioning became an after-thought – if the CAD file was accurate, a somewhat automated afterthought.

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Labour Cost Estimation

Construction Cost Estimating

Labour cost estimation helps in understanding how much hiring and paying a labour influences the employer’s benefits costs, insurance premiums, payroll tax contributions and others. Estimating direct cost estimation includes various methods following which the entire procedure becomes much simpler.

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Over 275 Partners Now Integrate with Autodesk Construction Applications 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Billy streamlines the collection and verification of compliance documents, such as Certificates of Insurance, business licenses, and certified payroll. DataSeer allows construction professionals to identify, extract, and convert unstructured drawings and documents into standardized output formats, including CSV and CAD files automatically.

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4 tips to optimize hotel construction costs

The Korte Company

This software combines three-dimensional CAD capabilities with an exhaustive database of construction materials and their costs. Construction project insurance premiums. You’ll pour most your construction investment into these costs, so it pays to be thorough in the search for cost saving solutions. Survey costs and engineering fees.

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DebunkTheBIM: Remember Archie?

DebunkTheBIM

” You’d be hard pressed to know who is mocking whom, and get all the free publicity from people mis-pronouncing the name of the toolset forced onto them by their CAD department! “Insurance is all about risk management” There is some advantage to working in a stale indu. Remember Archie? To BIM train or not to.

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