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Some useful tips to read civil engineering drawings efficiently

Construction Cost Estimating

This construction video tutorial sifts through the process for evaluating engineering drawing easily. In this video, some crucial topics like grid lines in civil engineering, problems found in the drawing, are explained briefly. A civil drawing contains a series of various types of site drawings.

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£300m Norwich Anglia Square scheme finally approved

Construction Enquirer

The firm was forced back to the drawing board to completely overhaul its original proposal after the Secretary of State intervened over-turning the City Council’s previous planning approval decision to redevelop the 11.5 between the area for the detailed planning application plus a further £9.1m

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Classes for Field Teams at AU 2023

Autodesk Construction Cloud

This is crucial, given that 48% of all rework on US construction job sites stem from poor project data and miscommunication. Typically, a team might track installations by highlighting a drawing in Bluebeam, entering numbers into a spreadsheet every day in the project office, or even using colored pencils on a hard-copy drawing.

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Getting buy-in from the field for digital project management

Fieldwire

Switching from paper blueprints to shared digital drawings unlocks incredible opportunities to digitize our workflows. Not only does it greatly simplify drawing and revision management, it enables the ability to use greatly improved digital workflows for things like submittals , requests for information , change orders , and task management.

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Higgins to replace 1960s towers in Fulham

Construction Enquirer

Higgins Partnerships has been appointed by Hammersmith & Fulham Council to deliver 134 new homes on the former site of Hartopp Point and Lannoy Point. Of the new homes, 112 will be designated as affordable with 67 flats being at social or London affordable rent.

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Modularity: The Bigger Picture

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Modular construction, of course, means many of a building’s parts are prefabricated off-site for assembly onsite. Drawing people into the construction workforce is more critical than ever. On the jobsite, modular pieces make on-site assembly quicker. On the jobsite, modular pieces make on-site assembly quicker.

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Detail quality control methods in construction works

Construction Cost Estimating

Civil Inspection: Purpose - It is conducted to verify that the civil construction activities accomplished on the construction projects adhere to relevant codes, standards, specifications and drawings. Construction activities and consequent inspection standard should be based on job site specifications, methods and drawings.