HardHatChat

JANUARY 18, 2011

Bill Di Santo (right) overseeing a design-build project for Englewood Construction. Working with design-build GCs is a good resolution for 2011. January is a great time to create a commercial construction checklist of resolutions to help improve your commercial real estate business in the coming year. I’m sure some of you don’t have the time to draft a list of resolutions, so I’ve done it for you – you can thank me later.

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Construction Marketing

JANUARY 5, 2011

Webcast / Panel Discussion – January 14, 20 at 12 pm CST. A webcast entitled Supercharge Your PR for Construction Markets is now open for registration on the Construction Marketing Association (CMA) website. The free webcast for members and non-members is scheduled for Friday, January 14, 2011 at 12 pm CST. The webcast will include panelist Paul Deffenbaugh, Chief Content Officer of Deep Brook Media , and former Editorial Director of Reed Construction Group, along with Neil M.

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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 19, 2011

HOME |. STRATEGY |. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |. LAW |. INSURANCE |. EQUIPMENT |. FLEET |. SAFETY |. GREEN. Topics. General Management. Software & Technology. Accounting & Finance. Insurance. Construction Law. People Management. Green Building. Construction Safety. Compliance/Regulations. Sales/Marketing. Security. Equipment Management.

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Carol Hagen

JANUARY 25, 2011

To all my avid readers who come here for social media topics, I have decided to separate the construction technology topics and the pure social media tips by starting a new blog. Social + Websites will discuss social media tips, website design and how to engage your prospects and clients using social media in social networks and on your website. You will still get great content every week on technology issues specific to the construction industry on this blog but the social media topics will mos

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 19, 2011

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HardHatChat

JANUARY 27, 2011

Franchise restaurants are the rise, like this new Mrs. Fields that Englewood Construction built in Orland Park Mall. As suggested in my 2011 commercial construction trends blog post, there seems to be a rise in new restaurant construction, particularly among franchise restaurants. In fact, Crain’s Chicago Business just reported that Moe’s Southwest Grill has sold restaurant franchise agreements to open 10 new units in the Chicago market.

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Revit OpEd

JANUARY 20, 2011

I received a review copy of Paul's latest effort. He teamed up with three other guys, Darryl McClelland and his other brothers Larry and Darryl. Sorry couldn't resist the Bob Newhart reference (dating myself). Actually his partners were Darryl but also Gregg Stanley and Martin Schmid. I know of Martin because of his role at Autodesk. I have not had the pleasure of meeting Gregg or Darryl yet.

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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 6, 2011

HOME |. STRATEGY |. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |. LAW |. INSURANCE |. EQUIPMENT |. FLEET |. SAFETY |. GREEN. Topics. General Management. Software & Technology. Accounting & Finance. Insurance. Construction Law. People Management. Green Building. Construction Safety. Compliance/Regulations. Sales/Marketing. Security. Equipment Management.

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Carol Hagen

JANUARY 3, 2011

Bing loves Facebook more than Google these days. If you haven’t noticed, Bing displays Facebook profile pictures in their search results using Facebook’s Instant Personalization Notifications so now you can we see all your connections to the right of the regular search results. This is great if you think your friends tastes match yours but you need to think about it from your business friend’s point of view – as a tool for branding you and your comapny – constructio

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 4, 2011

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Construction Law Monitor

JANUARY 24, 2011

Last week, the New Orleans City Council voted to approve the installation of solar panels on a home in the city’s historic French Quarter. This would seem to be no-brainer for the city, which is one of America’s 20 Solar Cities and has pushed solar energy with tax credits and other programs, but it was only allowed after some controversy.

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Do

JANUARY 24, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. dont think: Do Revit. My journal of work in Revit as part of a 600+ member architecture firm. Monday, January 24, 2011. Vasari Experiment. So, "everyone" (not really sure who everyone is, but I know theyre out there) "says" (at least I think so) that the Massing environment is not useful to them, because they dont do twisty curvy buildings, they only do straight boring buildings.

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Revit OpEd

JANUARY 19, 2011

CAD Technology Center (CTC Products) has decided to make their tools free to Family Editors who wear authorized uniforms. Actually they didn't make that distinction but I think they should! I used that image in a slide for a Autodesk University session in 2006. It comes from the Rev'IT! site, a Dutch motocycle clothing and accessory company that has the distinction of owning Revit.com originally (and selling it to the Revit we know).

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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 4, 2011

HOME |. STRATEGY |. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |. LAW |. INSURANCE |. EQUIPMENT |. FLEET |. SAFETY |. GREEN. Topics. General Management. Software & Technology. Accounting & Finance. Insurance. Construction Law. People Management. Green Building. Construction Safety. Compliance/Regulations. Sales/Marketing. Security. Equipment Management.

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DebunkTheBIM

JANUARY 6, 2011

Surprisingly, building owners tend not question why their ‘cakes’ KEEP turning up misshapen, bitter and overpriced; Building-creation is an industry that is based on high level of speculation, ‘endless’ rise of property values as well as supported by propaganda machines reinforcing the idea of construction being a totally unmanageable and unpredictable beast.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 6, 2011

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Help Everybody Everyday

JANUARY 23, 2011

. I didn’t post anything the last couple weeks. I’ve been working hard on a SMPS Foundation white-paper. That is in for review, which frees my train ride up. Let the posts begin!! And boy do I have a few doozies for you in the next couple weeks. The first of which I’ve decided to make exclusive to this site. It’s an interview I did with Jan Tuchman, the Editor in Chief of Engineering News Record.

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Construction Law Monitor

JANUARY 24, 2011

Williams v. Athletic’s Field took the Washington mechanic lien world by storm last year, when it declared a mechanic lien invalid even though the claimant used the specific form provided by the statute. We’ve written about this opinion at length on this blog, and noted that the decision is now being reviewed by the Washington Supreme Court.

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Revit OpEd

JANUARY 12, 2011

Just an echo of a couple older posts at Inside the System in light of a couple recent questions I received. There are two posts, of many, that relate to the subject of my post. Who better to get this information from than the proverbial "horse"? Go with the Flow Part 1 has two videos: Connectors and Mapping Connectors and Data The second post is Go with the Flow Part 2 and has three videos: Preset and Calculated Flow Configuration System Flow Configuration Linking Connectors on Equipment You can

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Natural Building

JANUARY 6, 2011

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly Hart, webmaster of the popular website www.greenhomebuilding.com, posts text and photos featuring what he discovers from around the world.

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DebunkTheBIM

JANUARY 1, 2011

BIM: Evolution or Revolution? No matter how much buzz is thrown into the arena of building creation that heralds the impending wide acceptance of BIM and IPD industry wide - I am unconvinced that it will happen in the near future. And, if it does happen – it will not be painless. Nor will be a fluffy – evolutional change. In this blog – over the time I will record my thoughts on why I believe this to be the case.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 28, 2011

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Construction Dive

JANUARY 27, 2011

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CAD Shack

JANUARY 25, 2011

Tuesday, January 25, 2011. Top 10 Reasons You Cant See an Element in Revit. Is the correct Workset being used? Is the view range set correctly to see the particular element? Is the object hosted on an incorrect surface like a floor instead of a ceiling? Is there a filter applied to the view that is causing the element to be hidden? Is the detail level of the view set correctly?

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Revit OpEd

JANUARY 24, 2011

I’ve noticed that Spaces and Ceilings can affect Revit MEP’s ability to display the Space element. I’ve seen it happen and then later correct itself magically. Not likely that it is magical, more like something was adjusted that changes the conditions in the first place. I admit I don’t know yet what that “magic” is. The conditions for this to occur begin with the addition of a new Level to manage plenum areas in the building.

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Constructor Marketing that Works

JANUARY 5, 2011

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DebunkTheBIM

JANUARY 21, 2011

Autodesk has been ruling the roost for 3 decades. Hang on! - you say. What about Archicad? A major player since the eighties. Microstation? Vectorworks, Allplan, Spirit etc? All controlled part of the patch but none really delivered on their promise or used an historic opportunity well, to make a real and positive difference to how buildings are communicated; They collectively entrenched Flatcad?

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 11, 2011

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