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Three Easy Steps to Building a Commercial Building

Wolgast Corporation

Three-Phases to Design-Build Construction: Preliminary Design and Estimating Detailed Construction Drawings and Bidding Construction Step One/Phase I – Preliminary Design and Estimating In this First Step or Phase our Architect develops plans based on a needs analysis meeting with the building owner and representatives for a nominal fee.

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Successful Commercial Construction Strategies and Operations: Tip #1

HardHatChat

How did you file the documents for your last commercial construction project? Did your general contractor give you a big fat binder of information including your warranty letters, operating manuals, as-built drawings, etc? If so, you probably put those documents in a banker’s box or two and then stored them in your office.

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BIM for Reinforced Concrete – From Design to Detailing in One Model

BIM & Beam

Before we dive in, let’s quickly review the four benefits of BIM for engineers: Combines the versatility of 2D documentation with the higher level of fidelity and accuracy of 3D modeling of steel reinforcement and concrete accessories, with minimal effort to produce both. Enhanced layering tools to split rebar into zones within a structure.

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50+ New Product Updates for Autodesk Construction Cloud

Autodesk Construction Cloud

From within Files, users can now right click on a.dwg file type to open the drawing within the AutoCAD web app, exposing the use of native AutoCAD tools (viewing and editing). Assets | Schedule References. Within the Assets tool flyout panel, teams now see an added reference option for Schedule. Schedule | Add Cost reference.

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Why is construction so hard?

Fieldwire

However, each was unique owing to variables such as site conditions, lot size, zoning restrictions, and anticipated demand. We can use shared digital drawings to improve team collaboration and speed information sharing to greatly reduce re-work. We will have re-work, and scheduling delays, and safety issues. What’s the solution?

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Construction Cost Estimating Blog: How iPads and Android tablets.

Construction Cost Estimating

The contractors can utilize iPads for gathering information form project blueprints and architect’s drawings to schedule and material inventory. The contractors can walk around the job site with reorganized documents in a electronic tablet. Construction Estimating Checklist: A New Era of Estimating Service. Blog Archive.

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Revit 2017 - New Features and Enhancements

Revit OpEd

BIG STUFF New Features Videos - Start with these videos provided as part of the help documentation if you prefer watching videos to reading my blog post. Occlusion Culling (2016R2) - The Graphics tab in the Options dialog offers the new setting: Draw visible elements only. Okay, on to the list! has finally been tackled.

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