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Banks Consider Climate Change Risk for Home Loans

Pro Builder

Banks Consider Climate Change Risk for Home Loans. Banks are starting to calculate their risk exposure to climate catastrophes, and this process can be called “underwaterwriting” or “blue-lining,” depending on whether you’re looking at it from the point of view of the bank or consumer respectively. Tue, 09/21/2021 - 11:36.

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#117:  Building Information Modeling

NH Construction Law

Over the past decade, Building Information Modeling (“BIM”) – computerized 3D portrayal of integrated building elements that allows a project or project subset to be built virtually before being built in the field – has become prolific in commercial construction. This is not your father’s CAD system.

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What to Look for in Construction Design Software

Lets Build

Construction design software is a necessity in today’s digital landscape, giving industry professionals an easier way to create blueprints and drawings of new designs. With construction design software, you can visualize different design possibilities, create professional presentations, better assess risks , and make more informed decisions.

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BIM for Clients: There is a need for independent BIM advocacy!

DebunkTheBIM

To create their projects, apart from the staunch DIYers, most draw on a plethora of advisors and consultants for assistance. At its core is the ‘model’, a representation of the building that is different from the traditional process of the ‘drawing’ as the depiction of the same. BIM advocacy rarely makes their list.

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Building Information Model as an effective cost estimating software

Contractor Bookkeeping

Back in the days when an estimation (be it cost estimation or the estimation of materials) had to be done, the estimators had to start with digitalizing the architectural or engineering drawings into an estimation package or the worst, to do manual takeoffs from the design drawings.

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Classes for Field Teams at AU 2023

Autodesk Construction Cloud

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. They’d use that information to gauge their progress, identify issues early, and report to clients.

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Debunking another BIM myth: FM enabled BIM models do not automatically pop out of Construction BIM models

DebunkTheBIM

In all mainstream BIM strategies, FM models sit at the end of the chain of Ds – numbered from the 6 th D onwards, following the 3 spatial Ds, cost and time. Waste of modelling efforts’ is a major ‘thing’ among those that know little of the realities of BIMming but are deeply invested into it.

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