C-School

APRIL 7, 2007

If you follow this blog, you may have come across my “excuse” posting a few weeks ago which mentioned that my posting frequency had fallen off a bit while I was studying for the Leadership Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) V2.2 Exam. As a follow-up, I am happy to report that I passed the test and I wanted to share the process that helped a “non-design” construction professional study for and pass this challenging (at least to me) Version 2.2 of the LEED AP test. 1.

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 30, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Monday, April 30, 2007. Apply View Template to Schedules. Not sure yet if this was added to 9.0 or 9.1 but you can now create a view template from schedule views.

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The Korte Company

APRIL 3, 2007

The Korte Company received an $18.33 million contract for the construction of an enlisted dormitory project at Scott Air Force Base in Southwestern Illinois. The recent award marks The Korte Company’s 11th project for Scott Air Force Base. To date, TKC has constructed and/or designed over $34 million in projects for the base. According to Todd Korte, President and CEO of The Korte Company, “We have a long history with Scott Air Force Base and have built a reputation based on that success.

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C-School

APRIL 29, 2007

I came across Texas A&M Strategic Plan for the Department of Construction Science. This plan is for the time frame from 1999 to 2005 and it provides interesting insight into the performance parameters for the large construction college. A portion of the introduction from the strategic plan follows: Construction Science is an emerging field. Today, construction accounts for 8-9 percent of the nations GDP and employs about seven million workers.

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C-School

APRIL 29, 2007

UW Extension has recently published links to their construction engineering and construction management programs. Select link here to find out more about these programs. A brief outline of the classes ( taken from the website ) can be found below: Construction, Engineering and Real Estate. Commercial Real Estate. Construction Engineering (online) – Features certificate programs in Heavy Construction Project Management; Infrastructure Construction; and Quantitative Construction Management.

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C-School

APRIL 29, 2007

Check out the article, “Pupils learn architecture’s fine points by Melvin Mason” which covers an ACE Mentoring group in Connecticut. A brief excerpt can be found below: Shawn Lahey can see himself working on great homes some day in the future. If his advisers with the ACE Mentor Program have anything to say, he’ll be doing just that.

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Wednesday, April 25, 2007. Revit News & Resources. The UK Revit Users group is hosting a Revit Design Awards 2007 but you have to work in the UK to enter.

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Wednesday, April 25, 2007. Some thoughts on Revit. Some people have to be reminded that the project file is a database and like any database the more and accurate information about the project you put into the model the more analytical modeling and scheduling you

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 19, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Thursday, April 19, 2007. Malleristic Revitation. Aaron Maller has a new Revit blog, Malleristic Revitation. He has experience with Gehry Technologies Digital Project (V1, R2), Vectorworks, ArchiCAD, and ADT.

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 16, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Monday, April 16, 2007. New Features in Revit 2008. Here is a list of some of the new and perhaps less obvious features in Revit Architecture 2008: Plan Regions are now always visible and easier to find.

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C-School

APRIL 14, 2007

I came across the following list of the winning schools at the AGC / ASC National Student Construction competition ( website here). Ninth Annual National Student Competition Winners. Commercial Division – Sponsored by Turner Construction Company. Clemson University. Arizona State University. University of Washington. Design Build Division – Sponsored by Hensel Phelps Construction Company.

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C-School

APRIL 15, 2007

Many construction management programs across the nation are growing and one of the factors restricting the growth of the programs is finding qualified instructors for the coursework. The students of Boise State’s construction program decided to do something about this problem by donating some of the funds from their student Construction Management Association back to the university.

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C-School

APRIL 8, 2007

Check out the article below from the ABC Website. The full article can be found at: [link]. Construction management students from across the country gathered in Nashville March 21-24 to compete in ABC’s seventh annual Student Construction Management Competition. Teams of four students from 24 colleges and universities across the nation competed in the contest’s first round on March 21.

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C-School

APRIL 8, 2007

A few months ago, I took a stab at answering the question above in my post entitled, “What are students looking for in a construction internship?” This post was based on my experience in working with several construction interns over the years. I found another source of information (a much more structured and detailed source of information) on this same topic at Dr.

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C-School

APRIL 7, 2007

The Northern California Chapter of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) was kind enough to publish my article entitled, “Where Will We Find the Next Generation of Construction Managers” You can find the article here – on page 11 of the newsletter. It is a large file and might take a minute to download.

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 5, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Thursday, April 05, 2007. Excitech preview of Revit Architecture 2008. Excitech posted a look at the new Revit Architecture 2008.

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 2, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Monday, April 02, 2007. More Evolution News - IES. On the Sustainable Design front: Revit BIM platform now linked directly to IES’s building analysis software IES Virtual Enviroment software is a collection of building performance analysis tools that integra

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