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How to design for adaptive reuse: Don’t reinvent the wheel

BD+C

Before you bring in the demo crew, have a team of structural engineers help you find opportunities to save time, money and headaches. The inventory requirements of big-box retail and malls make these facilities ideal structures for adaptive reuse. Take a multidiscipline approach. Don’t overlook what you have.

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10 Essential Types of Construction Documents

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Construction documents have several purposes, including covering daily information, keeping track of a project and documenting changes, inventory tracking, permit applications, and others. As an example, most commercial projects will need multiple permits, and those could cause delays. What are Construction Documents?