article thumbnail

What Are As Built Drawings?

Autodesk Construction Cloud

But in all seriousness, with the hundreds and thousands of steps and documents needed to complete just one project, as-builts might be overlooked for their importance. As-built drawings are documents that make it easy to compare and contrast between designed and final specifications. Key Takeaways. What Is an “As-Built?” .

article thumbnail

MATERIALS FOR FORMWORK

The Constructor

Steel: Steel is also used in pre-fabricated formwork. Purpose made steel forms are fabricated when dimensional tolerances are critical, or when the forms are planned to be re-used. Aluminium: Often used in pre-fabricated formwork, that is put together on site. waffle floors).

Materials 136
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Autodesk Partners Dive Into Key Construction Technologies at AU2021

Autodesk Construction Cloud

From BIM to Fabrication with Forge . Get on the road to cloud-cloud integration between geographic information system (GIS) and BIM (Building Information Modeling) with ArcGIS GeoBIM and Autodesk Construction Cloud software. To facilitate this, ArcGIS GeoBIM provideds analytics to identify documents with geolocation errors.

article thumbnail

The Anatomy of a Successful Construction Partnership

Autodesk Construction Cloud

This lesson on uniformity was then applied to the offsite fabrication and onsite installation of plenums which has sped up and prevented bumps in the road during future plenum installs no matter the building type. This made it possible to provide one set of site- and building-specific documents and one common detail package.

article thumbnail

Rebar Projects in Revit

BIM & Beam

ABT Netherlands, a multi-disciplinary consultancy firm, focused on the structural engineering, civil engineering, architectural engineering, moved to BIM-based 3D rebar for concrete reinforced design and fabrication as a result of client demand. Their use of Revit and SOFiSTiK on the Moorgate Shaft project is well documented.

Revit 40
article thumbnail

Life of an Architect Podcast Ep. 122: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence

BD+C

In 2005, Kory Bieg founded OTA+, an architecture, design, and research office that specializes in the development and use of current, new, and emerging digital technologies for the design and fabrication of buildings, building components, and experimental installations. We touch on the translation of the imagery into actual projects.

article thumbnail

COMMON STRUCTURAL FAILURE CAUSES

The Constructor

2) poor communication between the fabricators and erectors. (3) The most common causes of structural failures are: (1) Poor communication between the various design professionals involved, e.g. engineers involved in conceptual design and those involved in the supervision of execution of works. (2)

Concrete 177