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Construction Classification Criticality – A Draft White Paper

Job Order Contracting

The myriad of requirements, specifications, documents, data types, inter-relationships, and dependencies encountered throughout the life-cycle of built structures demands would be better understood and managed if based upon common terms, definitions, and data structures.

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The True Value of 3D Modeling for Home Builders

Pro Builder

In a 3D environment, flat plans are brought to life, making it possible to visualize and understand precisely how a home’s design will come together. Tips for Using 3D Digital Models to Visualize and Sell Homes. It’s an accurate representation of the materials used to build a home, which takes the guesswork out of estimating.” .

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Some useful design and analysis software for engineers

Construction Cost Estimating

For more information, visit, ppm.intergraph.com Microstation – It is a CAD software product from Bentley Systems for two and three dimensional design and drafting. With MicroStation, it is possible to efficiently view, model, document, and visualize projects of any size or complexity. For more information, visit struds-v11.software.informer.com

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What is Building Construction | Steps & Processes of Building Construction | Application of Building Construction | How to do Planning of Building Construction

CivilJungle

Prepare Estimation & Budgets. To estimate activity durations. To estimate resource requirements for work activities. Development planning is crucial in managing & implementation of construction projects since it involves selecting the technology, recognizing feasible workflows & estimating specified resources.

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Difference Between Sketching and Drawing | What Are Conceptual Sketches | Architecture Concept Drawing | Types of Drawings for Building Design

CivilJungle

The drafting process may impose limitations on the size that is realistically workable. A location plan is a supporting document that may be required by a planning authority as part of a planning application. #16. Errors can be deleted, and the speed of drafting allows many permutations to be tried before the design is finalised.

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Moving from Design-Build, DB, to Integrated Project Delivery, IPD

Building Information Management

On the left of this spectrum, you have those Design-Build projects that use bridging documents, lowest bidder selection, and a team that doesn’t work well together. The biggest problem with this model is that when you have an architect prepare bridging documents, you’ve just made all the big decisions without the input of the building team.

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BIM Objects, Data, and Information – More than a 3D Pretty Picture – Soooo Much More!

Building Information Management

In traditional documentation we would ‘say it once, and in the right place’, however with BIM, we want to ‘author it once, and in the right place, to be able to report it many times’ Figure 1: Appropriate location of information. The specification is part of the project BIM, and objects live in the specification.

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