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Some crucial technical drawings terms in construction

Construction Cost Estimating

Given below the details lists of technical drawings terms essential at construction site. Tender drawings: These types of drawings are provided to the bidders at the tender time to estimate the blank BOQ. Tender drawings & specifications play an important role in the post contract phase to manage variations.

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Effective Marketing For Diverse Construction Job Categories

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Engineers (Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical) Civil engineers focus on the design and maintenance of infrastructure. Structural engineers design and analyze structures for stability and safety. Estimators Analyze project blueprints and specifications to estimate labor, materials, and equipment costs.

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Steel Surface Area Estimation Spreadsheet

Construction Cost Estimating

Steel Surface Area Estimation Spreadsheet While preparing this estimating spreadsheet, suggestions was taken from the American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc., This construction estimating sheet is not intended for conventional usages the same as an engineering or construction document.

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More about design drawings and model planning

Construction Cost Estimating

Plans are like a set of drawings or two-dimensional diagrams that are used to narrate a place or object or to communicate building or fabrication instructions which are drawn or printed on paper and can take the form of a digital file. So these design drawings can be categorized as: • Feasibility studies. Concept drawings.

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How to draw SFD and BMD of one sided overhand beam

Construction Cost Estimating

This construction video provides some useful guidelines for creating the drawing of SFD and BMD for one sided overhanding beam with point loads. The structural engineers or other construction professionals, who handle forces in materials, utilize bending moment and shear diagrams.

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Usefulness of Construction Geometry for Roof Framing

Construction Cost Estimating

The geometries can simplify the estimation of roof framing. Construction Geometries are used to draw shapes, angles or lines precisely. Points, lines, measurements and angles are frequently utilized to lay out the building by following the architect drawings. The roofers apply pitch and angles to assure drainage of rainwater.

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Guidelines for rebar detailing of RCC structures

Construction Cost Estimating

Reinforcement Detailing or Rebar detailing is a detailed construction engineering process normally accomplished by the Rebar fabricators, structural engineering consultants or the contractors for generating ‘shop/placing’ drawings or shop drawings and bar bending schedule of steel reinforcement for construction.