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Expert Reports ‘Exciting' News Regarding Building Information Modeling Levels of Development

Construction Dive

There is some “exciting” news emerging that involves building information modeling (BIM) levels of development (LOD), Rebecca McWilliams, an architect Donavan Hatem LLP, told professionals attending a webinar that WPL Publishing held last month. Read more.'

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Software for Home Builders: Why It Isn’t Working

Pro Builder

It can computerize options and selections for buyers, publish schedules, generate purchase orders (POs) and variance purchase orders (VPOs), provide site-specific 3D plans, calculate estimates and take-off quantities, track warranty work and costs to the type and visit, and communicate with customers, suppliers, and trades throughout the process.

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Top 30 Construction Classes at Autodesk University 2021

Autodesk Construction Cloud

We recommend registering for AU 2021 to receive this year’s official schedule as soon as it’s released. You’ll hear from Lauren Collier at the SSOE Group as she shares: How collecting and using data through the lifecycle of a project can help teams stay on schedule and maintain costs. Jump to classes by process/topic.

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Autodesk Construction Champions 2023: 25 People Powering the Future of Construction 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

His leadership helped Messer adopt and roll out Autodesk products, fundamentally enhancing their business model. Emmanuel has also led the integration between VDC and other departments through VDC education, with the goal of improving the understanding of a project’s complexity through model utilization and additional VDC services.

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Due diligence part 1: The world’s largest pheasant

The Korte Company

Hard because the schedule was tight and the deadline was firm. After more research, they learned that a “maverick” facilities official in a regional USPS office in Denver was interested in the Design-Build model, and that requests for proposals for three simultaneous Design-Build projects were imminent.

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Dennis Calvert, the right architect for Design-Build

The Korte Company

A move to Denver in 1971 landed him a role on a ten-man design team for the largest building to date in the city’s downtown, the Mountain Bell Denver Headquarters. “I They weren’t just a builder, but could bring ideas from a scheduling, cost and material selection standpoint. I learned there that it’s a team effort.

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Housing, Industrialized: Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction

Pro Builder

Faster and more reliable scheduling. The road map will outline a successful transition of a builder’s overall business model—not just the construction silo—to fully integrate IC into its operations and realize IC’s benefits. That means having every detail worked out on paper and in modeling software instead of ad hoc on site.

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