Help Everybody Everyday

APRIL 15, 2009

I enjoy the messages and questions that come across the LISTSERV of the Society of Marketing Professional Services. One person recently asked this question: “Anyone willing to share information or provide a resource for information about copyright or use of image or articles (such as google, etc.)?”. This is typically a legal question. And while it would be great to get a lawyers perspective on this question, Scott Braley gave an experienced-based guideline on using photographs in your proposals

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PSMJ Resources

APRIL 27, 2009

Two articles that came out last week in The Boston Globe and the Wichita Business Journal talked about the fate befalling most architecture firms these days, the struggle to keep the doors open while projects are few and far between. Let's start with the Boston Globe article. In that story, Nancy Jenner, the acting director of the Boston Society of Architects, estimates that the average layoff rate in Boston architecture firms is already pushing a whopping 30 percent!

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 17, 2009

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. Friday, April 17, 2009. Revit 2010: New Synchonize with Central. You might notice a few things about the new Save To Central features. and if you havent. well, here are a few pointers. 1.

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Green Home Design Architect

APRIL 29, 2009

Sketches on tracing paper in the preliminary design phase come in handy to see alternate room layouts and spatial relationships. Clients love the artistry involved and the human element to their design. The client was unsure about whether to have the wood stove centered on the gable endwall or in the corner. The sketches were quick and extremely helpful in showing various furniture layouts as well as window and door options.

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CAD Shack

APRIL 28, 2009

Every once in a while, I will be working along and notice that the + and - signs in the project browser are missing. They just disappear. I have to close Revit and re-open it to get them to return. To work around this when I just don't have time to restart Revit, I use a Windows accelerator key combination. Select a view with collapsed dependant views under it.

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Help Everybody Everyday

APRIL 29, 2009

2009 is likely to be a year in which many construction liens are filed. As all of us in construction know, and as reported in the AGC Smart Brief , the beginning of 2009 and through 2010 will likely show an even greater downturn in the commercial and residential markets. These economic times will make mechanic’s liens, bonding and other proactive approaches to collection all the more important.

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PSMJ Resources

APRIL 27, 2009

Interesting article in Business First of Columbus, the weekly business journal covering the Columbus, Ohio area, that talks about the fervent activity surrounding a proposed convention center hotel. The Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority wants a national design architect and a Central Ohio design firm to administer the $160 million project.

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Construction Lawyer

APRIL 20, 2009

constructionattorneyblog. Attorneys at Sabo & Zahn. Sabo & Zahn. Werner Sabo. Werner Sabo is a partner at the construction law firm of Sabo & Zahn in Chicago. He is also a licensed architect, having practiced architecture for a number of years prior to establishing his law practice in 1981. He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular co

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Green Home Design Architect

APRIL 23, 2009

Trends in home design are moving away from specific rooms and space to materials and energy efficiency. This delightful (and beneficial) competition between neighbors, communities, and states to become more energy conscious and less dependent on fossil fuels has resulted in thousands of people reducing their carbon footprint. Here are some of the current trends in home design: 1.

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CAD Shack

APRIL 22, 2009

Once you have created sheets, its nice to work in the frame of that sheet, but Revit is really set up to use views instead. A nice alternative is to open your sheet, right click on the view and pick Activate View. Now you can design directly in that view within the context of the sheet. This can really help when flag notes are being used. To deactivate the view, simply right click on the view and select. you guessed it Deactivate View.

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APRIL 24, 2009

Recently I've been working on a project that required a ton of electrical families. Now before all the engineers out there have a fit, We're doing an interior fit out where we are showing the locations of all the power devices. The MEP engineers are not in Revit so we're have to do this coordinating ourselves. Because of this I was called upon to create a ton of electrical content for us poor architects and interior designers to use in 2009 mind you.

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Help Everybody Everyday

APRIL 3, 2009

Rainmakers aren’t born, they are made. All of our research and experience shows that. And usually there is an event when someone suddenly gets it. They get an insight into selling that allows them to embrace it. Some people have that experience early in their lives. Rainmaker and civil engineer, Steve Rush, got it one night as a ten-year old selling newspaper subscriptions door to door in Ohio.

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PSMJ Resources

APRIL 27, 2009

According to the latest Washington (D.C.) Business Journal, Deltek, Inc. is suing three former employees who established a company called Iuvo Systems Inc. Deltek alleges the employees violated noncompete agreements and unfairly use some of its trademarks. Deltek filed its complaint against Chantilly, Virginia-based Iuvo on March 25 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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Construction Lawyer

APRIL 20, 2009

constructionattorneyblog. Attorneys at Sabo & Zahn. Sabo & Zahn. Werner Sabo. Werner Sabo is a partner at the construction law firm of Sabo & Zahn in Chicago. He is also a licensed architect, having practiced architecture for a number of years prior to establishing his law practice in 1981. He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular co

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 20, 2009

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 20, 2009. Revit 2010: New Coordinates Icons. The new coordinate systems and icons have a lot of even the best users confused.

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CAD Shack

APRIL 20, 2009

I keep making the same mistake, then I have to figure it out again, so maybe posting about it will help. The problem is, I make a new family and when I place it in a test project it is half toned. Turns out, I just skipped a rather important step. I used a generic family template and forgot to set the appropriate family category (see below). The default generic models category displays half toned based off the Revit MEP view discipline setting.

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Green Home Design Architect

APRIL 16, 2009

As seen in a recent online issue of The New York Times , soon you will be able to monitor the energy efficiency of your home on your cell phone, wherever you are. The soon-to-be-released tool, called TREE (Tendril Residential Energy Ecosystem), will allow homeowners to turn appliances, heating, and cooling systems on and off from work, the theatre, or the kids’ soccer practice.

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Natural Building

APRIL 14, 2009

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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PSMJ Resources

APRIL 22, 2009

Interesting poll question posed by PSMJ CEO and founder Frank Stasiowski on the LinkedIn networking site, but perhaps what's even more intriguing are the responses. Frank asked, "With signs of economic recovery, firms are beginning to hire again. Are you?" Answer choices include: hiring right now, advertising but not hiring, hiring within three months, hiring in six to nine months, or not hiring for a long while.

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Construction Lawyer

APRIL 19, 2009

constructionattorneyblog. Attorneys at Sabo & Zahn. Sabo & Zahn. Werner Sabo. Werner Sabo is a partner at the construction law firm of Sabo & Zahn in Chicago. He is also a licensed architect, having practiced architecture for a number of years prior to establishing his law practice in 1981. He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular co

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 16, 2009

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 16, 2009. Revit 2010: Resetting the UI. Autodesk has written a little vb script that will reset the Ribbon, QAT, and Project Browser to their default settings/locations, in the event that a user has totally rearranged the components of the User Int

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Constructor Marketing that Works

APRIL 2, 2009

'Contractor Marketing That Works. HVAC Marketing, Plumbing marketing, Electrical contractor marketing can be tough. Your technical expertise tends to blur the importance of getting and keeping customers to actually PAY for that skill. Thats why weve assembled the best plumbing, electrical and hvac marketing strategies onto one site. Youll find info on Yellow Page ads, Customer Retention Newsletters, HVAC Marketing PowerPacks, Marketing Plans, plus sites for dozens of free contractor marketing re

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Green Home Design Architect

APRIL 13, 2009

Here are green home plans for clients building a vacation home on their lakefront property located in rural New Hampshire. The property has an existing cottage, which will be torn down. The new energy efficient home will be just shy of 2500 square feet, with 1530 square feet on the first floor and 950 square feet on the second floor. With three bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths, the home will have plenty of room for visiting children and grandchildren.

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Natural Building

APRIL 12, 2009

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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PSMJ Resources

APRIL 22, 2009

The news came out this morning and it confirmed the chatter PSMJ's management consultants have been hearing for the past few weeks: fortunes are improving in the AEC industry. The American Institute of Architects released its monthly Architecture Billings Index this morning and the ABI was up more than eight points in March. Indeed, after a series of historic lows, the March ABI rating was 43.7, up from the 35.3 mark in February.

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Construction Lawyer

APRIL 17, 2009

constructionattorneyblog. Attorneys at Sabo & Zahn. Sabo & Zahn. Werner Sabo. Werner Sabo is a partner at the construction law firm of Sabo & Zahn in Chicago. He is also a licensed architect, having practiced architecture for a number of years prior to establishing his law practice in 1981. He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular co

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Revit Beginners

APRIL 16, 2009

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 16, 2009. Revit 2010: New Spot Slopes. Go to Annotate. Spot Slope. and you might notice that Revit has a new slope annotation that works in plan and elevation view.

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CAD Shack

APRIL 20, 2009

The DVDs for AutoCAD Revit MEP Suite 2010 just landed on my desk. I was wondering if the name could be longer? I Love new software smell.

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