Construction Business Owner
FEBRUARY 1, 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.
Constructonomics
FEBRUARY 2, 2011
Mark Buckshon who writes the Construction Marketing Ideas blog and is a founder of the Design and Construction Report is running another competition this year to determine the best construction blog. Go ahead and cast your vote for whoever you think put together the most thought provoking, articulate, and entertaining construction blog (wink, wink).
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Carol Hagen
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
Tucson contractors have already put my presentation to good use on “All things Information Technology (IT)” at the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) luncheon yesterday. Excel Mechanical’ s Carrie Stone emailed me her results this morning and I can only hope everyone in attendance will also share their success. Topics during my 45 minute chat included: Search, Backups, Data Storage, Cloud Computing, and construction project management.
Green Building Law Update
FEBRUARY 2, 2011
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Revit OpEd
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
This post attempts to outline how a project will develop (understanding there are exceptions) when considering multiple firms/models and attempting to keep each model aligned both in Revit's model environment and relative to the site location and survey information. It differs from previous explanations I've offered here because the separation of models tends to challenge the traditional Publish and Acquire Coordinates tools.
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Help Everybody Everyday
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
Mark Buckshon over at Construction Marketing Ideas has been writing about me as of late. Let me return that favor. Mark has achieved something few in our industry have; he owned a term in Google. That term is “construction marketing.” How did he do it? The short answer to that question is he created a website that is the most relevant site about construction marketing.
Green Building Law Update
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
Revit OpEd
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
Newforma announced the release of their eighth edition on January 18th (won't be released to customers till the beginning of the 2nd Quarter of 2011). Among the highlights was one that I thought was a nice development for Revit projects. Building Information Management and Spatial Index activity centers New Building Information Management and Spatial Index activity centers provide project teams with a spreadsheet interface for editing sheets, spaces and properties from a Revit building informati
DebunkTheBIM
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
The need to have universal standards for working in BIM has been identified long time ago. Not having one has a detrimental effect on BIM’s ability to mature. The buildingSMART alliance claims to have developed the ‘basis for true information interoperability with AEC’. I am unconvinced. It smells of arrogance to claim the right to force an entire industry to align with the rules that themselves are yet to be proven.
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Construction Cost Estimating
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
Construction Cost Estimating Blog. adsense analytic. Tuesday, February 1, 2011. A complete online course for estimating & bidding. A complete course over the internet is being arranged to provide training on construction estimation & bidding. The course module will involve the followings :- An Overview of Estimating and Bidding Planning and Organizing the Estimate Estimating General Conditions Estimating Labor and Equipment Estimating Sitework - Excavation Estimating Sitework - Utilities and Oth
PSMJ Resources
JANUARY 31, 2011
If you serve government clients, you should be prepared to support your management compensation and bonuses as the year end approaches. There is increased concern among various segments of our public sector clients over compensation and bonuses in A/E firms. Even if you have not encountered any scrutiny of these issues in past years, you should expect that increased attention will be paid to these areas through the remainder of 2010 and in 2011 proposals.
Revit OpEd
FEBRUARY 2, 2011
You might wonder what Mr. OpEd could have in common with Kewpie Dolls ? In 1992-93ish I played drums for a three piece group by the same name. Formed by Jamie Treker and Mary Notarthomas, they hired a drummer to record an album with them. I think it was Tony Carbone, but not positive after so many years. After they finished the album they auditioned drummers to play live gigs with them.
DebunkTheBIM
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
Over the last month, I managed to create an impression that I tend to dream up utopian BIM ideas and keep putting the boot into hard-working software developers. That I ignore progress made by many and constantly complain without offering any useful suggestions. A fair portrayal of my behaviour? No., I strongly disagree. For numerous reason. and anyway, I said I’d be positive, not unrealistically self critical!
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Construction Business Owner
JANUARY 30, 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.
Revit OpEd
JANUARY 31, 2011
Revit MEP users are hopefully aware of the available (via subscription only) tool cleverly called Space Naming Utility. I've been places though that are not and they deal with the unpleasant disconnect between Revit Architecture's Rooms and Revit MEP's Spaces, without the tool. Quite frustrating to have to coordinate these. The tool makes that process much simpler, if you know about it that is.
DebunkTheBIM
JANUARY 31, 2011
Manufacturers, make the digital representation of your building products simple to use, reliable, branded and valuable beyond their original purpose. Aim to help with at least one task the user performs regularly, has nothing to do with your product but makes their life easier. Most of all, be consistent and reliable. A very simple, reliable object will beat an elaborately conceived but poorly performing system-type tool any time.
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Construction Dive
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
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DebunkTheBIM
JANUARY 30, 2011
Manufacturers/marketers/suppliers of construction products, select your CAD(BIM) platforms carefully when developing Model based libraries! Don’t get fooled by the number of sold licences when deciding, most important factor for choosing should be the level of influence future hands-on users will have within the project (selection, specification, swaying the client one way or other).
DebunkTheBIM
JANUARY 29, 2011
I promised, I‘d give manufacturers/suppliers of construction products hints on how to work well in the BIM arena; However, before you (smart manufacturers/suppliers) get into analysing the 10 points I mentioned yesterday, there is another question to ponder: Is the digital representation of your products going to be a free-standing object type, attached to a system tool or a self-supporting tool operating within the host program?
Revit OpEd
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
I'm growing weary of the Ribbon Tab feature that allows you to cycle through the ribbon display options if you double click on a tab. I say weary because I've been using a Intous 4 for a few months now and I find that I occasionally double tap when I think the software is lagging or didn't accept my first tap. The result is a new ribbon format. During training it is annoying.
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DebunkTheBIM
FEBRUARY 2, 2011
OK, you’ve seen through me. Being so bitter about Autodesk is to do a bit with my abstract being rejected by the Australian Revit Users’ Conference. Spot ON! And there is more: I’ve had numerous run-ins with Archicad and GS over the years too. I never quite got the point of existence of Vectorworks and have largely stayed away from Microstation. VICO and I have a quiet truce and Gehry Technologies’ work I admire from a distance. buikdingSMART is probably the only party that really gets up my nos
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