Construction Marketing
JUNE 23, 2011
ENR’s 2011 Top 400 Contractors ranks the 400 largest General Contractors by 2010 revenue. This is a comprehensive package of data and analysis that contains the previous year’s rankings and percentage of revenue by market. The list also ranks the largest firms in a wide variety of market sectors. There is also a statistical summary of the 2011 Top 400 “at a Glance” by markets and regions.
HardHatChat
JUNE 21, 2011
The pending downtown Chicago casino will involve a different set of construction challenges than the Rivers Casino in Des Plaines (shown here). In Chicago commercial construction news , everyone knows the big buzz right now is on the pending Chicago casino. Although many sites have been mentioned, the Chicago casino location is still undetermined, and for the purpose of this blog post, that’s okay.
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Construction Business Owner
JUNE 20, 2011
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Green Building Law Update
JUNE 22, 2011
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The Verdantix Green Quadrant: EHS Software 2023 is an independent third-party analysis of 23 EHS software vendors (including Intelex) that provides an in-depth look at the technical capabilities, application breadth, innovation focus, and momentum of key environmental, health, and safety management software market players. The guide is essential reading for EHS software benchmarking, especially for understanding unique vendor strengths and capabilities.
Revit OpEd
JUNE 20, 2011
This subject pops up now and then as I encounter people doing the implementation "thing". I wrote this little piece in March 2009. I've clipped it out and posted it here again: snip Language.with Revit's parameter naming the follow is true: Door Number = "Mark" (not the person but the signature, ID or identifying "mark") Window "type" = "Type Mark" Out of the box, Revit's tags are assigned to these as described above.
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Construction Dive
JUNE 20, 2011
Follow. Home Latest. Categories Of Competitions. Books, Music, Film and Video competitions. Cash and Vouchers competitions. Car and motorcycle competitions. Electronics and Gadgets competitions. Fashion and Beauty competitions. Food and Drink competitions. Events and Tickets competitions. Holiday competitions. Home and Garden competitions. Mother and Baby competitions.
Do
JUNE 21, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. dont think: Do Revit. My journal of work in Revit as part of a 600+ member architecture firm. Tuesday, June 21, 2011. If youre coming to my session @ RTC. So, one thing I forgot in my handout is a legend to go with the charts that are in there. So here it is! Sorry it did not make it to the print out. I also have a sample file that goes with the course, still waiting to hear back from RTC if they have any way to distribute.
Revit OpEd
JUNE 21, 2011
They've arrived! Revit 2012 extensions (subscription only) have been posted so have at them! The Revit Clinic and The Building Coder both offer some detail about each as well as for downloading them.
DebunkTheBIM
JUNE 23, 2011
I like maxCME. Just like I seem to be the only one bothered by the two, easily confused meanings of IFC within the AEC, it is unlikely that anyone will get overly excited about the two distinctively different explanations that could be behind another BIM related acronym: CME. For some BIM practitioners CME stands for Common Model Environment, a place where integrated teams collaborate in a managed, digital environment.
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As the use of Enterprise Resource Planning systems in the construction industry is critical to optimizing operations, it's critical that decision makers conduct a thorough software evaluation to find the one that best aligns to their needs.
Green Home Design Architect
JUNE 24, 2011
PRWEB.COM Newswire Andover, NH (PRWEB) June 24, 2011 Seeing the rush of volunteers, sponsors and donated materials show up, at 8am on Saturday June 25th at R.P. Johnson and Son in Andover, NH for the We Build it Forward Outreach event will be a powerful testament to the unity and giving nature of this NH community, but no more than the outpouring of support they have already seen from area businesses and citizens in the form of thousands in event sponsorships and material donations and dozens an
Construction Law Monitor
JUNE 23, 2011
Mechanics Liens used to be a cornerstone topic on this blog; meaning I would write an article about filings, foreclosing and/or litigating a mechanics lien quite frequently. In fact, over the years I sort of consider myself a “lien guy.” Insofar as construction law goes, mechanic lien and state or federal bond claims has sort of become my thing.
PSMJ Resources
JUNE 20, 2011
Vital information was derived from PSMJ’s newly released 2011 Fees and Pricing Benchmark Survey PSMJ Resources, Inc., the premier management consulting firm for the A/E/C (architecture/ engineering/construction) industries, today announced that billing rates for most management positions either held steady or decreased during 2010 and 2011 after increasing in 2006, 2007, and 2009.
DebunkTheBIM
JUNE 22, 2011
When VICO picked up Constructor about 5 years ago, it elected to upscale the reasonably capable but also architect biased modelling software into a complicated construction suite. Should have gone the other way. Get rid of the architectural baggage Archicad was weighed down with, and make Constructor a stand alone, construction focused, modelling package.
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Revit OpEd
JUNE 24, 2011
A bit more than two hundred and eighty people are about to begin their third day at the conference. I've neglected posting because I'm a slacker blogger lately! Fortunately others are not so slack. So this post is a listing of those who aren't (slack), to which I add.ditto! and Thanks! First, David Light (Mr. Reliable) has done a nice job of writing about his experience so far.
Construction Law Monitor
JUNE 21, 2011
The ABA Journal published an article last week about an Altman Weil Survey finding that 95% of law firms plan to increase fees by an average of 4%. Yikes! Specifically, the article, quoting a report from Reuters , states: Almost all of the law firms responding to a survey by consultant Altman Weil Inc. are planning to raise their fees this year, if they haven’t already…The median increase in fees, compared to 2010, is 4 percent.
CAD Shack
JUNE 22, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Dependent Views. The use of dependent views is invaluable in a MEP model when systems cross match lines. By creating two dependent views of level 1, one can represent the East wing and the other the West wing. Because the two dependent view will share the annotations of the parent view along with all the view settings, systems can be designed and documented in an overall view while the sheet (dependent) views reflect the big picture.
DebunkTheBIM
JUNE 21, 2011
Metal Mary is our navigation assistant, a cheesy name she got for a piece of electronics. As most creatures of her sort, she is terribly patient and forgiving. I am yet to hear her yell because we took a wrong turn or refuse to do another ‘recalculating’ exercise. Her job isn’t easy, as roads, ramps and roundabouts regularly get established and disestablished where we live.
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Construction Cost Estimating
JUNE 21, 2011
Construction Cost Estimating Blog. adsense analytic. Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Types of risks in construction. Risk in construction is fully integrated with every facets of construction life cycle. Construction risk may put a threat to an organization’s success and debar to achieve the project objectives in terms of time, cost, quality, safety and environmental sustainability.
Green Building Law Blog
JUNE 24, 2011
DebunkTheBIM
JUNE 20, 2011
Is the mantra that applies. To the building. The real one! The same does not necessary apply to the digital representation of the building. In fact, trying to do a perfect model at first attempt (that will not change down the line) can seriously backfire on the model-authors. Novice modellers and those that design projects around digital models for the first time all tend to want to do things only once.
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Construction Cost Estimating
JUNE 18, 2011
Construction Cost Estimating Blog. adsense analytic. Saturday, June 18, 2011. Overview of construction scheduling techniques. The construction industries should form accurate construction schedule techniques to ensure the effective coordination of work. The mostly used scheduling techniques in construction project is described below :-. Bar Charts and Linked Bar Charts.
Best Practices Construction Law
JUNE 20, 2011
PSMJ Resources
JUNE 22, 2011
Seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment increased in 22 states from April to May, decreased in 27 states and the District of Columbia, and was unchanged in Idaho, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday. Employment increased in 29 states from a year earlier and decreased in 11 states plus D.C. Construction employment increased from April to May in 23 states, dropped in 27 and was flat in D.C.
DebunkTheBIM
JUNE 19, 2011
I utter this daily, often more than once to anyone caring to listen and those that don’t, but are still forced to. So, one would think of me as well versed in certainty. Interesting then, how much I freaked out when Graham (husband) was interviewed on AD Classic FM this week and broadcast predicting the moon to act in a certain way – 24hrs after the interview.
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DebunkTheBIM
JUNE 18, 2011
I ask my German colleague and waive my (25+ years old) German made scale ruler at him. Then we laugh, realising the silliness of what I’ve just said. Needless to say the conversation quickly jumps from the scale ruler to computers and then the best make of cars, passing through globalisation, culminating in outsourcing. Not surprisingly someone questions me owning one anyway (being all digital and BIMish), others extend the query to all of us, since we aren’t supposed to scale anything, anywere,
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