HardHatChat
APRIL 30, 2012
When converting a grocery story into the new headquarters of Englewood Construction, many existing materials were reused, including this concrete floor, which received a face lift with a new stain. Recently, our director of operations Chuck Taylor was featured in a Chicago Tribune article based on the reporter’s curiosity about a hotel peephole he kept in his office.
Constructonomics
APRIL 28, 2012
Isn’t it kind of weird that labor is spelled labour in the United Kingdom? I guess this is true for a few other words like organization (organisation) and catalog (catalogue). But I think it is safe to say that I don’t really care at all which way they are spelled (spelt in the UK) – I get the point either way. But regardless of the spelling, labor (labour) unions in the construction industry are like the pink elephant in the room that nobody dares to speak of.
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FDR Safety
MAY 3, 2012
Preventive maintenance and safety are disciplines not typically seen as closely related, but bridging the two silos can help identify low probability risks with severe injury potential. A risk assessment of your facility and processes, talking with maintenance workers and supervisors about tasks infrequently / rarely performed, and other means to gain input on jobs not typically reviewed are steps in the right direction.
Revit OpEd
MAY 4, 2012
Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. Friday, May 04, 2012. Shared Coordinate Post Summary. Ive written about shared coordinates and related issues in the past. This post serves as a summary of them. Starting Projects - Two Pieces of Advice. Project Coordination - Early Days.
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Construction Law Monitor
MAY 2, 2012
Here in Louisiana as is the case in many states there is no “self-help” with regard to Landlords evicting an unworthy, lease breaching tenant. Evictions can be a prickly subject and even more difficult when you have a tenant who will simply not vacate the property. When it comes to commercial property and leases, there are very strict rules that must be followed in order to have a tenant kicked out.
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FDR Safety
APRIL 30, 2012
While appropriate use of lockout/tagout is critical to safe operation, OSHA sometimes has been going too far in ramping up lockout enforcement, as shown in a recent case where a violation was withdrawn. Companies who have been hit with lockout violations should check to see if they too have been inappropriately cited. The issue is the definition of the term “setup.
Revit OpEd
MAY 2, 2012
Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. Wednesday, May 02, 2012. Working at Risk. This situation occurs when your Revit session can not find the central file. This could happen through no fault of your own. For example it could happen because the projects server is down, a router is malfunctioning, your network cable was unplugged by the cleaning crew and so on.
DebunkTheBIM
MAY 4, 2012
DebunkTheBIM. I am a manager of construction information, tools and people. I believe that hands-on manipulating of project information by all project participants is the key to achieving any meaningful improvement of the AEC industry operating within the post-gambling-era. I consider myself to be a model-based construction information practitioner (shortened to a ‘BIM- meddler’) rather than an ‘expert’ or even ‘specialist’ Friday, May 4, 2012.
Best Practices Construction Law
MAY 1, 2012
You will rarely find me advertising on this blog. However, since I have received numerous inquiries about my presentation at the AGC National Conference in Honolulu last month, I am pleased to announce that I will be doing a similar Webinar tomorrow, Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 1:00pm EST. You can learn best practices for documentation and record management in this 90-minute webinar — From Paper to Paperless: Controlling Construction Documentation, Improving Record Management and Identifying
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CAD Shack
MAY 3, 2012
Thursday, May 03, 2012. Whats New Revit MEP 2013? Check out all the great articles including mine. Posted by. Todd Shackelford. at 9:21 PM. Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Labels: AUGIWorld. Usefullness: No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). About Me. I am the BIM Manager for Alvine Engineering, a college instructor and the Revit MEP Content Manager for AUGIWorld Magazine.
Revit OpEd
MAY 3, 2012
Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. Thursday, May 03, 2012. Revit 2013 - Repeat and Divide Subtlety. For people experimenting with these new concepts and feature. I picked this item up recently. If you are trying to make things work and running into problems make sure the Adaptive Component (AC) is hosted on nodes of a divided curve or divided surface.
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MAY 1, 2012
Todd Greene. By Todd Greene, vice president, Atlanta Fed community and economic development group. In the 1600s, a farrier fit shoes to a horse in a stable. In the early 1900s, a welder molded a driveshaft part for an early-model car in a factory. Today, a computer programmer develops code for a gaming application at a coffee shop. While the definitions and locations of jobs have evolved over time, the importance of job skills has also increased because of technological and other innovations.
PSMJ Resources
APRIL 30, 2012
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Monday, April 30, 2012. Do Small Projects Need Schedules? Is it really critical that small projects have a schedule? Of. course it is! Here are some of the most important reasons that schedules are developed: 1) First and foremost, you always want to get the work done on time. Without a schedule, it gets done when it gets done.
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Construction Lawyer
MAY 4, 2012
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
Revit OpEd
MAY 3, 2012
Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. Thursday, May 03, 2012. Building Design Suite Installation Readme. If you are preparing for installing the 2013 Revit products via the Building Design Suites then you might want to start with the System Requirements PDF documents for each version.
Building Information Management
MAY 3, 2012
While accurate, timely, and transparent cost estimating is critical to the success of any renovation, repair, sustainability, or new construction project, most construction cost estimators (over 55%) continue to rely primarily upon manual methods, hard copy documents, or electronic spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel. Lack of robust business processes, management practices, proper education and training, and some degree of technophobia endemic to our AECOO industry (Architecture, Engineering, C
Best Practices Construction Law
MAY 1, 2012
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Construction Lawyer
MAY 2, 2012
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
Revit OpEd
MAY 2, 2012
Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. Wednesday, May 02, 2012. VisDay Winner Announced. A post last week at the RTC Blog offered the chance to attend VisDay for free if you took the effort to submit your reason for attending. I mentioned it too, here. The winner has been announced this morning and the winner is: Andrew Ness with HASSELL.
Green Industry Professionals
MAY 3, 2012
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Construction Lawyer
MAY 1, 2012
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
Revit OpEd
MAY 1, 2012
Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. Tuesday, May 01, 2012. Five Minutes with a Toposurface. I created a video to describe what happens when Revit contours dont quite match up with the underlying cad file contours that were used to generate a toposurface. The first part of the video explains that the Site Settings usually dont match the contour interval settings of the cad source file.
Green Industry Professionals
MAY 2, 2012
Construction Knowledge
MAY 1, 2012
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Construction Lawyer
APRIL 30, 2012
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
Carol Hagen
MAY 2, 2012
Is this Your Construction Accounting Software Selection Process? - Three_Card_Monte, taken in Jaffa, Israel - Author ZioDave. Choosing a Construction Accounting Software Solution can be a daunting task. Whether you’re a general contractor, highway heavy or specialty trade contracting firm it’s not just features or functions that drive your decision.
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