Construction Specifier

JULY 16, 2020

Construction of wall, floor, and roof systems offsite has multiple advantages, including compressing the project schedules, reducing site labor and waste, improving consistency and quality control, and increasing safety for workers. However, all will have the structural skeleton of the frame.

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The Constructor

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

Other common causes of structural failure are: (5) lack of appropriate professional design and construction experience, especially when novel structures are needed. (6) 8) inadequate preparation and review of contract and shop drawings. (9) 7) unwarranted belief in calculations and in specified extreme loads and properties. (8)

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Concrete Foundation Engineering Design 177

DebunkTheBIM

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The structural engineer sizes the concrete column; the architect places it in the space. There is a code on the structural drawing that can be tracked to the schedule and the dimensions are noted. They both are confident to be following well established building-documenting practices.

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Structural Engineering CAD BIM Modeling 48

BIM & Beam

AUGUST 1, 2018

This is the third blog post in a series that discusses the advantages of working on concrete projects in a BIM process for structural engineers. Take, for example, a precast concrete wall. Revit-model-driven structural-analysis. The structural engineer creates the analytical model and structural system.

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Modeling BIM Concrete Design 75

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 6, 2022

High-trust firms are half as likely to have problems linked to slow data exchanges and twice as confident about meeting their budgets and project schedules. Now, architects and structural engineers are working side by side with the general contractor. Developing concrete tactics to foster collaboration and trust.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 27, 2023

Architects, MEP engineers, and structural engineers often independently create models during the design process. Workflow clash A workflow clash, known as a 4D clash, involves a scheduling conflict or project management misalignment. Clash detection has been around for some time.

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 13, 2017

ACF: Architectural Concrete Finish. ACI: American Concrete Institute. CB: Catch Basin, Concrete Block, Cast Brass, Coal Bin. CBL: Concrete Block. CMU: Concrete Masonry Unit. CMUP: Concrete Masonry Unit Painted. CONC: Concrete. CONCP: Concrete Painted. DWG: Drawing. DWGS: Drawings.

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Revit OpEd

APRIL 14, 2016

Occlusion Culling (2016R2) - The Graphics tab in the Options dialog offers the new setting: Draw visible elements only. Display of walls - Revit will regenerate walls only for those visible within the drawing area. The schedule Properties dialog has seen some cosmetic changes, note the new Combine Parameters button.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Whether you’re pouring concrete or tracking project costs, it’s a powerful thing when so many people can point to a single project and say, “we did that.” Yesenia Rivera Martinez , Largo Concrete, Inc. Giana started her career in civil and structural engineering, working on both domestic and international programs.

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Building Information Management

JULY 26, 2016

ACF: Architectural Concrete Finish. ACI: American Concrete Institute. CB: Catch Basin, Concrete Block, Cast Brass, Coal Bin. CBL: Concrete Block. CMU: Concrete Masonry Unit. CMUP: Concrete Masonry Unit Painted. CONC: Concrete. CONCP: Concrete Painted. DWG: Drawing. DWGS: Drawings.

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Building Information Management

JULY 26, 2016

ACF: Architectural Concrete Finish. ACI: American Concrete Institute. CB: Catch Basin, Concrete Block, Cast Brass, Coal Bin. CBL: Concrete Block. CMU: Concrete Masonry Unit. CMUP: Concrete Masonry Unit Painted. CONC: Concrete. CONCP: Concrete Painted. DWG: Drawing. DWGS: Drawings.

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Construction Concrete Electrical Fabrication 40