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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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What is Engineering Drawing | Types of Drawings Instruments

CivilJungle

Importance of Engineering Drawing. A subcategory of technical drawings is an engineering drawing. Standardized language and symbols are used in engineering drawings. This simplifies the interpretation of the drawings and eliminates the possibility of personal interpretation. What is Engineering Drawing?

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New Asset Features to Boost Progress Tracking on 2D Drawings

Autodesk Construction Cloud

With these new capabilities, you can visually markup 2D sheets and track asset progress to keep office teams updated while empowering folks in the field to forecast their productivity and quickly adjust to scheduling changes. Multiple assets can also be made quickly when drawing on a sheet.

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New Asset Features to Boost Progress Tracking on 2D Drawings

Autodesk Construction Cloud

With these new capabilities, you can visually markup 2D sheets and track asset progress to keep office teams updated while empowering folks in the field to forecast their productivity and quickly adjust to scheduling changes. Multiple assets can also be made quickly when drawing on a sheet.

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Classes for Field Teams at AU 2023

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Beyond that, field teams must collaborate closely with folks in the office to ensure the seamless flow of information. By staying in sync with office teams, those in the field can minimize errors and ensure projects stay on track. Come and see Baker Concrete Construction, Inc.

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Construction blueprints 101: What you need to know

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Construction blueprints (also known as construction plans or construction drawings) are two-dimensional drawings that contain all the details that are needed for a project. Historically, blueprints were literally blueprints and were made to reproduce technical drawings through a contact print process on light-sensitive paper.

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Rainscreen walls: An updated definition for today’s construction environment

Construction Specifier

In 1990, Madeleine Rousseau, a well-respected research officer at National Research Council Canada (NRC) described a controversy over the difference between a drained cavity wall and a rainscreen wall (read “Facts and Fictions of Rain Screen Walls” by Madeleine Z. cast concrete air barrier behind each compartment.