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Construction Cost Estimating Blog: How iPads and Android tablets.

Construction Cost Estimating

How iPads and Android tablets are utilized to smooth the construction process. The third-generation iPad and improving Android tablets are playing a vital role for every construction industry. With iPad the contractors can snap panoramic photographs during the construction phases tagged with the location wherever the image was located.

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Digital Builder Ep 67: The Power of Digitization on the Jobsite

Autodesk Construction Cloud

All of our apprentices have been getting iPads. The burden is on us to ensure we have the curriculum that excites young people, motivates them, and moves things forward." Using technology to get younger generations of workers on board Digital natives—i.e., The effective use of technology brings the younger generation to us."

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Digital Builder Ep 37: The Power of Digitization on the Jobsite

Autodesk Construction Cloud

“All of our apprentices have been getting iPads. “The burden is on us to ensure we have the curriculum that excites young people, motivates them, and moves things forward.” ” Using technology to get younger generations of workers on board. That way, everything is digital, including all our curriculums.

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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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Behind the Build: Interview with Jon Klieman, Global Business Development Manager at Convergint

Autodesk Construction Cloud

See what it’s like to have someone in the field with an iPad on a construction site.” Whether that was setting up sales teams for success or elevating our customers’ experiences–and really the specific value they get out of working with us–those are the things I’d say I’m pretty good at.

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Two handy apps and a cloud

Contractor Magazine

For those of us who are not adept at drawing clear representation sketches in the field on the fly, Photo Measures, www.bigbluepixel.com , is a handy little app for the iPhone and iPad that helps users save and share measurements and dimensions on either photos taken with the device or imported photos. Feldmans'

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Behind the Build: Interview with Ben Fiedler, Staff Consultant at Benchmark, Inc.

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Think in terms of how benchmarks are used as a place from which to measure. Walk us through your career and what led you to become Staff Consultant. I am our lead UAV pilot, creating orthomosaics, for our drafting team to use in AutoCAD to draw roof and pavement plans. Now, I wear multiple hats.