Construction Marketing
AUGUST 3, 2011
This blog (Part 1) will cover email marketing basics, and email tips and tricks. Email Marketing For Construction Part 2 will share testing tips, measuring email campaigns, and a Glossary of Terms. What Is Email Marketing? Email marketing is the first social media. Long before blogs, Twitter and Facebook, marketers used email to communicate with customers and prospects in a similar mode as direct mail.
Constructonomics
AUGUST 1, 2011
Remember the days when it was a big deal to go to Las Vegas or Atlantic City and throw a few bucks down on black or red and possibly pull a few slots? It was fun to make a trip of it. Yeah, you would lose a lot of money more often than not, but usually you didn’t gamble away your house or first born prior to leaving. Now it seems like there’s a casino in every town in the country with Philadelphia being the largest major city to have one.
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Green Building Law Update
AUGUST 5, 2011
One of the great parts about Green Building Law Update is interacting with astute readers. One recent comment has forced me to rethink the proposed Department of Defense Reauthorization Bill ban on LEED certification. In the comments to last week’s post , reader R. David Chambers asked an important question: Chris -. your quoted section says '.
Revit OpEd
AUGUST 4, 2011
I've been reading a thread at AUGI off and on during this past week regarding several people that have projects that repeatedly run into the "Central file is being accessed by someone else." errors. These prevent them from successfully syncing with central. At first the contributions to the thread seem to prove that having computers that use XP and Windows 7 involved in the projects was to blame.
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DebunkTheBIM
AUGUST 5, 2011
But what if the question is whether you should be getting into BIM at all? And what if that question required you to make an informed decision on a subject that you are unable to do because of lack of independent and meaningful data? The wording ‘ability to make informed decision’ has become a bit of a mantra of BIM and I find this to be a bit of a paradox.
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Green Building Law Update
AUGUST 2, 2011
The International Green Construction Code (IGCC) is a model code for cities seeking to promote sustainable building practices through their building codes. The IGCC promotes a transition from the current voluntary green construction certifications, like USGBC’s LEED, to mandatory green construction codes. As the most recent revisions of the IGCC are currently under review, Green Building Law Update hopes to promote awareness by examining some of the proposed code sections.
Revit OpEd
AUGUST 1, 2011
I read a thread at RevitForum.org last week that asked about seeing a property boundary in section views. Property Lines in Revit are just 2D so they don't show up, thus the question. It occurred to me as I read it that massing might fit the bill. I started with a property boundary using the Property Line tool since it works nicely for that purpose otherwise.
DebunkTheBIM
AUGUST 4, 2011
The retail industry had worked it out a long time ago: A piece of clothing looks better displayed in 3D (on a mannequin or a clothes hanger) then lying flat. I got to a similar conclusion in the early days of my VC work. Pick up any of the flat sheets the building designers produced and hang them on the virtual project clothes hanger (mannequin, skeleton, framework, you choose the best term) and they’ll look better; And likely to be more useful too.
Construction Dive
AUGUST 1, 2011
Bonehead Code. Stuff too simple for a tutorial. « Back to blog. Viewed times. Why "Bonehead?". Bonehead means its just for learning -- like scaffolding. No one should expect to use this code in production. It works, but its inelegant. Its easy reading, though, I hope. Get Updates. Follow this Space » Youre following this Space ( Edit ) Youre a contributor here ( Edit ) This is your Space ( Edit ) Follow by email » Get the latest updates in your email box automatically.
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Green Building Law Update
AUGUST 5, 2011
Revit OpEd
AUGUST 2, 2011
Two quick items: Item 1: When you try to create a parameter using the Type of Parameter: Family Type. you have to choose a category. If you don't have the family you intend to connect this parameter to yet Revit asks you if you want to load one now. If you choose Yes you get to go find it and load it. If you choose No Revit bails out and doesn't finish creating the parameter.
DebunkTheBIM
AUGUST 3, 2011
I’ve had Michael Anonuevo’s email regarding his review of the 3Dconnexion mouse on my ‘to do list’ for weeks. Hope to get around reading it soon as I am a committed mouse user and this looks like an interesting gadget. Ever since I’ve set out to learn AutoCAD on DOS, various versions of the digital rodent have influenced my daily work life. Some of its permutations bypassed me, the laptop pad-and-button-mouses, also never got to really trust the cordless.
Construction Law Monitor
AUGUST 4, 2011
If you recall, on October 19, 2010, I discussed what I believed to be a very poor decision rendered by the Louisiana First Circuit , concluding that when a bidder on a public project defrauds the State, the State is refused any remedies. Well, apparently the Louisiana Supreme Court agreed with me (for once), because it just reversed the First Circuit’s decision!
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Green Building Law Update
AUGUST 2, 2011
Revit OpEd
AUGUST 3, 2011
Steve Bennett shared his insight about a new Revit wall tool he's been beta testing recently. ClarkDietrich publicly asked for some beta testing assistance this past May. I haven't used it myself but Steve seems pretty pleased with what he's experienced using it. Check it out!
DebunkTheBIM
AUGUST 2, 2011
Business 101: Never over-promise, over-deliver instead! Exceed your client’s expectations by giving them more than you initially promised. Nice idea, petty it seldom works when it comes to BIM based services, regardless of whom the interaction involves. My experience: give them a finger, they’ll expect the hand. and the other hand. Why not throw the entire body in while we are at it?
Construction Law Monitor
AUGUST 2, 2011
For all you Louisiana public works contractors out there bidding for public works projects to expand your private business or bidding for public works projects because that’s what you’ve always done – whatever the case may be – the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals is on your side. For cities and states trying to construct public works projects to improve their turf, take notes please.
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PSMJ Resources
AUGUST 3, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Wednesday, August 3, 2011. XL Insurance Enters Collaborative Agreement With PSMJ Resources, Inc. to Advance A/Es Risk and Practice Management. XL Insurance’s Design Professional group, specializing in professional liability insurance for architects and engineers and a part of the global underwriting operations of XL Group (NYSE: XL), and PSMJ, Resources, Inc., the world’s leading educator, publisher, and consultant on the effective management of archit
Revit OpEd
AUGUST 5, 2011
Jose Fandos of Andekan wrote an interesting post yesterday that offers his insight into Shared Parameters and content for manufacturer's. His post is called: Shared Parameter Standards Part 2 - What's a Manufacturer to Do? (You can read his Shared Parameter Standards - Part 1 ) His position should be interesting to a variety of folks who have been trying to get some standards developed.
DebunkTheBIM
AUGUST 1, 2011
A pinch and a punch, it is the first day of the month. Ran out of inspirational BIM topics. But don’t go far, I’ll bounce back. Something mildly annoying related to BIM is bound to come up soon and get my writing going again or I may trawl through my Linkedin groups’ discussions for an idea I can dissect or just lightly comment on. First day of Ramadan!
The Korte Company
AUGUST 2, 2011
Just reading a passage in Wired Magazine this morning. It’s from the June 2011 issue and the article is titled “The Reviving Downtowns”. I can’t find it online, otherwise I’d link to it. It raises the argument for main street America. And it also raises the argument for the creative class, and their role in recreating and rebuilding main street America.
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Construction Cost Estimating
AUGUST 2, 2011
Construction Cost Estimating Blog. adsense analytic. Tuesday, August 2, 2011. How to prepare a bid estimate to win a project. A bid process is required to award the most jobs in construction industry. In a bidding contest the lowest bidder will be awarded the contract. Estimating a construction bid involve some knowledge of the building process. The bid estimate is specific to the project conditions illustrated in the plans and specifications.
Revit OpEd
AUGUST 4, 2011
I wrote about ARCxl a couple times in the past because they have been working to make detailing work in Revit more efficient and easier. They recently let me know that the restrictions they imposed in the past have been removed. If you want details for Revit it is now even easier to review their library and download what you need. They've also started providing.dwg and.pdf versions of the details.
DebunkTheBIM
JULY 31, 2011
Two-days-ago’s topic on ‘exchanging digital data’ warrants further consideration. Can you relate to the sentence:" we'll give you CAD files so that SHOULD reduce your work by half"? Few non-hands on people could appreciate the difference a badly exported file could make on the receivers life. This type of over simplification of the issue goes back in time.
CAD Shack
JULY 30, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011. Revit MEP Lasso Leader. If you are an Revit MEP user, a constant source of frustration is that Revit MEP does not have lasso for a leader head. Lassos are particularly helpful when labeling a pipe in a group of pipes or a circuit in a busy area, and they have been heavily relied upon in the past, which makes it hard not having them in the tool box now.
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Construction Cost Estimating
JULY 30, 2011
Construction Cost Estimating Blog. adsense analytic. Saturday, July 30, 2011. Some new technologies for Perfect bidding and estimating. Perfect bidding and estimating plays a vital role for construction industry to measure the profitableness in the construction industry. In order to achieve this every construction firm should utilize right technology as it will develop and increase functionality across the construction job cycle and create more value to contractors.
Revit OpEd
AUGUST 3, 2011
A quick one and a bit off topic sorry: Did you attend RTC in Huntington Beach this past month? Did you leave a HP power supply and cable in Salon B when you left your session? If so I've got it. Let me know via email, contact details at the very bottom of the right side bar.
DebunkTheBIM
JULY 30, 2011
Bla.bla.blaaaa. I go on-and-on about the interrelation between how various software dealers organise their product distribution and the overall state of BIM within AEC. (see link to very good discussion on Archicad Linked in group too); BIM is pretty much surviving (but not at all thriving) on tools provided by companies set up to work on the principles of succeeding in “cold-war era” types of environments.
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