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DebunkTheBIM: I stand corrected: 'clash detection is not a con!'

DebunkTheBIM

It is a way of legitimising half-baked designs, badly documented in unnecessarily inflated mounds of documents. Clients demanding cheaper and cheaper services, contractors getting more and more contractual and armies of PI insurers’ agents breathing down their necks enforcing limitations to liabilities. ► August. (3).

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designing a home with an architect - fins architecture blog

Fins Architecture

This is sometimes referred to as a contract document, which can be formal or informal and is usually prepared by the architect. Contract document contain provisions that can be tailored to specific terms and conditions designed to protects you and the architect from defaulting on your agreements. Permitting Process.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

Tom Gay manages worldwide CAD and GIS services, site plan documentation and engineering document management services for The Factory Mutual Insurance Company (FM Global). He holds a degree in construction management and an MBA both from Bradley University; and a certification in construction document management from CSI.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

Tom Gay manages worldwide CAD and GIS services, site plan documentation and engineering document management services for The Factory Mutual Insurance Company (FM Global). He holds a degree in construction management and an MBA both from Bradley University; and a certification in construction document management from CSI.

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