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Drones take site assessments to new heights

BD+C

discusses strategies for using visualization and reality capture. While photos and drawings can offer a small glimpse of an overall site, it can be challenging to visualize and understand how all elements relate to one another. Our presentation, “ Enhanced Visualization & Reality Capture from a Bird’s Eye View ” will be at 4 p.m.

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BIM and the Estimator

Cassell Construction Estimating

I’ve been asked by one of my industry software provider friends to write a piece on the current state of Building Information Modeling (BIM), as it relates to estimating in the here and now. The 3-D model can be rotated and viewed from any angle, including virtual walk-through capability. So how does this relate to estimating?

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Construction Cost Estimating Blog: Civil 3D Quantity Takeoff

Construction Cost Estimating

Construction Cost Estimating Blog. Quantity takeoff is an activity performed by General Contractors, Subcontractors, Cost Consultants, and Quantity Surveyors as part of the construction process. Quantity takeoffs within civil 3D allow the designer to easily create quantity takeoffs based on the design model. Estimating Vidoe.

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Construction project management 101 – Checklist

Lets Build

Contractors and subcontractors give project owners their cost estimates for the project to be completed. The business models, though, are of two forms — it’s either design, bid, build where the project owner chooses a contractor after the design phase or design-build where both design and construction phases are done by one contractor.

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Overheard in the Big Room: The Future of BIM Across the Lifecycle   

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Building information modeling (BIM) is set to change all that, its revolutionary goal since the 1970s when it was first proposed. It allows every stakeholder to visualize the product throughout installation and later when it is in use. How can universal access to model viewing change the process? BIM in Real Life . SCPL-ASIA)

BIM 105
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Achieving Safer School Design with Secure Entry Vestibules

BD+C

PASS has developed a white paper that outlines common layouts , but it is encouraged that project stakeholders consult with a security expert to determine which design is best suited for the school. No matter the layout, PASS recommends having a staff member or authorized volunteer visually monitor the vestibule’s intermediate space.

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Virtual Construction Monitoring with NavVis

Construction Cost Estimating

So to fulfill all these demands using a tool is important which will be a big discovery in the construction industry in recent times which can provide lots of advantages to all the parties in the project such as project owners, investors, consultants, contractors, vendors or end users.