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What to Look for in Construction Design Software

Lets Build

Vectorworks Architect is a 2D drawing and 3D CAD construction design software that offers fast rendering speeds, easy-to-use features, and high drawing efficiency. CAD Pro: Best affordable construction design software. CAD Pro is the best cost-effective construction design software for professionals.

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CAD Shack: AUGI World May Issue is out

CAD Shack

CAD Employee Hiring 101 – The fundamentals of hiring CAD employees are often overlooked. CAD Shack VIPs. CAD Shack Blog Buddies. RobiNZ CAD Blog. The MEP CAD Engineer. Knowing What You Dont Know About CAD. Walt Sparling examines why even the simplest HR practices are critical. Popular Posts.

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Level Up Design and Coordination Workflows with Accessible Reality Capture 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Picture this: your construction firm is looking to bid on a project to renovate an old factory into a new office building. For starters, you’re dealing with an old structure without CAD files and limited documentation. It’s an exciting project, but it also comes with a host of challenges.

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BIM for FM

Job Order Contracting

Examples such as integrated project delivery and job order contracting (JOC) deliver over 90% of renovation, repair, and new construction project on-time, on-budget, and to the satisfaction of all participants and stakeholders. [2]. Operation and Maintenance are now part of an overall integrated service delivery approach.

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The “I” in BIM, OMNICLASS, and the Criticality of Getting it RIGHT…. Now!

Building Information Management

Progress towards compiling new abbreviations to submit to the United States National CAD Standard® consensus process. Future Applications – Enhancements to OmniClass and the United States National CAD Standard® will allow a higher degree of data integration for all related software solutions and facility management systems.

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Where will BIM / Efficient Life-cycle Management Supported by Digital Technology Be in Five Years

Building Information Management

We need to stop talking less about “the model” and more about “the data” “One participant noted a recent US comparative diagram mapping CAD adoption in the 1980s and recent BIM adoption. ”, and both IPD and JOC enforce this behavior.

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How to plan your warehouse layout

The Korte Company

Owners have plenty of lenses through which they consider the cost of a new or expanded or renovated warehouse. The Korte Company sets the standard for successful construction, expansion and renovation of warehouses and distribution centers. The bottom line usually speaks the loudest, and the only word it knows is tradeoff.

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