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Exploiting the virtues of metal fabric in rooftop design

Construction Specifier

Photos courtesy GKD Metal Fabrics. Facility managers and specifiers tasked with building and renovating office buildings, schools, and healthcare facilities prioritize health and flexible design while noting How outdoor spaces increase concentration, productivity, healing, and overall occupant wellbeing and satisfaction.

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Q&A: How Industrialized Construction Is Reverse Engineering the Construction Process?: Told from the JE Dunn Perspective? ?

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The main takeaway: industrialized construction is reverse engineering the construction process, offering a more thoughtful and systematic planning approach throughout every stage of the delivery process.  .   Let’s dive in!  . How is prefabrication changing how we plan, design, and build the built environment?   .

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4 ways designers can help chief heat officers reduce climate change risks

BD+C

4 ways designers can help chief heat officers reduce climate change risks 0 qpurcell Mon, 04/10/2023 - 09:40 Sustainability Eric Corey Freed, Director of Sustainability, CannonDesign, shares how established designers and recently-emerged chief heat officers (CHO) can collaborate on solutions for alleviating climate change risks.

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Filling in BIM Gaps - EastCoast Design to Fabrication

Revit OpEd

EastCoast CAD/CAM announced on November 30th that they are now supporting a workflow from AutoCAD MEP and Revit MEP models to their fabrication software. I either completely missed them at AU or they weren't there. So much to do, so little time.

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Concrete mix design

GCP Applied Technologies

Concrete mix design. concrete / mix design. . TB-1601 – Utilizing a mid-range water reducer specifically designed for clay mitigation. The information included here allows engineers to properly design with CLSM … more. TB-0900—TB-911 – Guidelines for incorporating corrosion inhibitors into mix designs.

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Agile and Responsive Modular Design in Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing

Autodesk Construction Cloud

As a recent BioPhorum report on modular design in biopharmaceutical manufacturing points out, one of the drawbacks of establishing a new production facility—particularly for a brand new product — is the time it takes to go from design to operation. BioPhorm highlights the importance of standardisation in any modular design.

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Expanding the exterior footprint

Construction Specifier

Evidence of this trend in focus for healthier environments is highlighted by one of the top architectural firms: “Now more than ever, public spaces are poised to become the grand lobbies and public waiting rooms of neighborhoods and cities,” says Gensler associate Michael Wagner on the company’s blog.