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The Utah Preconstruction Lien Process Explained

Levelset

This includes services such as land surveying, preparing drawings and specifications, and more. In Utah, a preconstruction lien is a form of payment protection for those that provide certain services before the construction phase of a project begins. Preconstruction liens v. construction liens.

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Finish Floors and Doors

Revit OpEd

The structural "layer" of a floor may actually be modeled by the structural consultant, assuming the structural engineer we are working with uses Revit and isn''t working directly in the same model with us (architecture bias in this post). Filled and Masking Regions can be assigned to a Reference Plane; Model and Symbolic lines too.

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BIM IP

Building Information Management

For some reason BIM authors (architects, engineers, etc) think that because they create the initial BIM information they have the right to full control and to charge for the BIM model throughout the life of the building. The architect doesn’t model ductwork, they use the mechanical engineer’s model.

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Severin Doctrine: It's Another Name for "Pass-Through-Plus" Claims

Best Practices Construction Law

United States , the plaintiff-contractor agreed with the defendant-federal government to build a post office in which plaster column models and ornamental work were to be supplied by the government. The subcontractor prepared an additional 70 shop drawings for total of 1,650 additional hours for which it sought additional compensation.

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DebunkTheBIM: You need to be smarter to document buildings in.

DebunkTheBIM

I consider myself to be a model-based construction information practitioner (shortened to a ‘BIM- meddler’) rather than an ‘expert’ or even ‘specialist’ Wednesday, November 30, 2011. Breaking down the doors to construction modelling. It DOES matter what modeller you use!!! Wash your hands! (or

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The Importance of Valves in Green Building

Constructonomics

Along with her undying gratitude was the pledge of compensation when she returned. Valves can be used to retrofit existing plumbing fixtures as well as both manual and automatic flush models. She assured me that the dog would not be any trouble. I was naturally nervous—with so many rumors about the fickle nature of “wolf-dogs”.

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20 construction industry trends to watch in 2020

Building Radar

Furthermore, forecast models calculate realistic time constraints for project control. BIM: Solving problems proactively and reducing costs Efficient digital planning, design, construction and management of buildings: Building Information Modeling (BIM) significantly reduces costs and risks in planning and construction processes.