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The New Preconstruction Advantage: Connected Quantification & Model Coordination in a Common Data Environment

Construction Business Owner

Each milestone or phase — from design to plan to build — requires many data handover cycles, increasing opportunities for rework. Staying on budget and on time while producing quality work is of utmost importance to all builders — but not all projects are created equally. Introducing Autodesk BIM Collaborate & Autodesk Takeoff.

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Essential BIM Terminology

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Often just considered 3D design, building information modeling (BIM) also acts as a collaborative work platform. This contributes to faster project delivery as changes are minimized in the design phase. This contributes to faster project delivery as changes are minimized in the design phase. BIM Levels. CIC BIM Protocol.

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Job Order Contracting – Recommended Best Practices

Job Order Contracting

Lack of formal written policies, procedures or guidelines is the primary reason for JOC Program failure and/or inconsistencies in project management and documentation, and compliance. Assure fair owner/contractor negotiations occur for all individual projects in order to assure quality and timely work at fair and reasonable prices.

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OSHA Alert: How to Prepare for an OSHA Inspection

FDR Safety

This can be accomplished by asking the OSHA inspector to wait for the arrival of the designated representative before starting the inspection. Where the inspector refuses to wait or where it is impossible for the representative to personally appear, designate a back-up to fill in.

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BIM Pioneers: From 2D to 3D with Rodio Swissboring

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Without a central repository for all project information, key data like calculations, design plans and documents were stored on individual computers, making it difficult for collaborators to share easily and access information. Working in a digital environment eliminates the need for printing several versions of the same document.

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Preliminary selection of exterior waterproofing systems 2021

Construction Specifier

Our goal was to help the design team make better waterproofing decisions more efficiently,” said Roger A. The technical committee of LA-CSI took this into consideration and revised the document to make it easier to make preliminary product selection decisions about waterproofing systems and to find products that address the project needs.”.

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How The Cloud Is Enabling Smarter Project Management—Part 4 of 5

Viewpoint Construction Technology

While having the best people in place, working together well and using the latest tools is critical, the construction project can still suffer if the data being tracked and reviewed is days or even weeks old. That outdated project information can make it hard to accurately gauge current job costs or work in progress.