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International M&A deal

PSMJ Resources

International engineering consultancy Beca, headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, announced earlier today that it had acquired MBK South Coast Pty Ltd., a civil and structural engineering firm based in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

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When is a discrepancy not really a discrepancy?

DebunkTheBIM

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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Behind the Build: Interview with Mostafa Saber, BIM & Design Manager at Diamond Developers

Autodesk Construction Cloud

I learned a great deal about the whole BIM process there. We have our sustainability consultants who open our eyes to sustainable ways of design that architects usually overlook. Within five years, I exclusively used Autodesk’s Revit to deliver all my architectural designs. From then, there was no looking back.

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Your Garage Remodel: How to Make It a (Re)Model of Efficiency

Contractor Connection

Many of the decisions that go into a home remodel or addition are not just design choices; they are structural engineering problems to solve. There is likely a great deal of space going unused. To ensure you hire a company that is fully capable and trustworthy, consult Contractor Connection. Know The Cost.

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The global perspective

PSMJ Resources

Stantec, the 9,000-person Edmonton-Alberta based firm that offers design and consulting services in planning, engineering, architecture, surveying, economics, and project management, added a mining practice to its service offering when it acquired McIntosh Engineering. Montreal-based engineering giant SNC-Lavalin Inc.

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IHP wins £100m Derbyshire mental health projects

Construction Enquirer

Integrated Health Projects has signed off a £100m deal with Derbyshire Healthcare Trust to design and build two 54-bed mental health facilities. Ryder Architecture designed the units along with Curtins Consulting as the structural engineer and CAD 21 as building services designer.

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Finish Floors and Doors

Revit OpEd

It''s a fairly common practice to create separate floors for structure and finishes. 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).