Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 14, 2011

For much of 2011, my focus has been the Destiny USA project. This should not come as a surprise to readers who waded through my thirteen posts on the topic. I had planned to not write about the Destiny USA project again. But then I came across a press release while I was at Greenbuild: Destiny USA in Syracuse Aims to be America's Largest LEED® Gold Certified Commercial Retail Project; More than 100 Tenant Retail Spaces to Also be Certified.

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Constructonomics

DECEMBER 11, 2011

I received an email a few weeks ago from Brent Darnell telling me and a number of his other LinkedIn contacts that ENR magazine published a review of his book, “The People Profit Connection.” Due to time constraints, workload, prior obligations (ok fine, it was procrastination), I just got around to reading it yesterday – it was good.

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The Constructor

DECEMBER 14, 2011

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Revit OpEd

DECEMBER 15, 2011

This is a echo of Zach's post tonight. in his video he says that we will say "No Way" and he'll respond "Way" and it will degenerate from there. Naturally I felt compelled to say "No way!" with a post. He's demonstrating how he built a family that can describe the profile of another form by placing its points on the host form. It's an adaptive point family that includes additional points that generate the same shape as the end result of the points you place on the massing form, "live" slices of

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 14, 2011

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DebunkTheBIM

DECEMBER 16, 2011

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, December 16, 2011.

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Revit OpEd

DECEMBER 13, 2011

I recently became aware of a new application called Stadia. It works like this: Model away in Revit, when you are ready to see something you submit your model to their cloud rendering service. You register your email address with them and you just enter it in the Revit interface. When you press Enter, Revit submits your model information to their cloud.

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Help Everybody Everyday

DECEMBER 13, 2011

I’ve gone over the design, goals, and major concepts of our website redesign. But I haven’t touched much on the how. Remember when I said that the SMPS National Build Business conference played a major role in the redesign ? That’s what this post is about. I had the design concept complete. I knew how every piece of the website would operate.

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Green Building Law Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2011

As the last days of the year wind down, Congress scurries around to finish its unfinished business, almost always with "surprises" for the regulated community. The House appropriations committee issued a final version of the 2012 Omnibus spending bill last night. It has, of course, significant implications for energy and environment spending, particularly spending related to climate change.

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DebunkTheBIM

DECEMBER 15, 2011

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’ Thursday, December 15, 2011.

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Revit OpEd

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Revit viewports have a parameter called "Show Extension Line". The Type Properties dialog offers us "Yes", "No" and "When multiple viewports". This post deals with the wordy one. The "When multiple viewports" option is meant to make it easier to leave off a view title when you are only putting one view on the sheet. Most of the time the sheet title is the same as the viewport title, like for overall plans.

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PSMJ Resources

DECEMBER 12, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Monday, December 12, 2011. Mega-leap Your Competition. If you can get clients to respond to questions on long-term needs, you can position your firm for serious success. In order to “mega-leap” way ahead of your competition, consider the following steps: 1. Ask clients about specific ideas that will give them clear and quantitative benefits. 2.

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Best Practices Construction Law

DECEMBER 13, 2011

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DebunkTheBIM

DECEMBER 14, 2011

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’ Wednesday, December 14, 2011.

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Revit OpEd

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This isn't asking about a Xmas party or dinner party. This is a frequent topic with anyone digging into making content seriously. Usually the bias is toward defining the answers according to architectural needs. No offense intended, whoever is asking the question is going to have some bias. I spend as much or more time these days dealing with the "other" disciplines and this question.

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Green Building Law Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2011

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DECEMBER 15, 2011

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DebunkTheBIM

DECEMBER 13, 2011

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’ Tuesday, December 13, 2011.

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Revit OpEd

DECEMBER 12, 2011

In October of 2008 I wrote about it being difficult for offices with many users to move lookup tables to a new "central" location. It made it awkward to deal with custom fittings and their lookup tables. A few years/versions later and we have some options now. Darrell Smith with TMA in Austin let me know that he'd resolved their concerns by reading a more recent post at The Revit Clinic.

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Green Industry Professionals

DECEMBER 12, 2011

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The Constructor

DECEMBER 10, 2011

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DECEMBER 12, 2011

Friends complain about Facebook and the way it treats their personal data. They feel violated, robbed and cheated. Fair enough! They also use their Facebook pages to let the world know just how appalled they are with this practice. Good! Free speech, democracy in action! The consumers fight back. Hmmmm. Is this so clear cut, really? Facebook is a medium, a platform that one voluntarily joins (still) even if it is a bit harder to leave.

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Revit OpEd

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Sure wish this guy was more flexible! This is a minor thing but it suggests that someone assumes that visiting this dialog is a pretty rare event. It is a rare event for someone working inside the project environment all day long. It's a pretty constant stop when making content for a day or week. a living. It is nice that the dialog stretches overall.

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CAD Shack

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Thursday, December 15, 2011. Revit - Rooms vs. Spaces. The more I use Revit, the more I want to leverage the information in it. Lately, that has been in the form of calculations for my firm. Today, room area calcs. The architect set up the rooms to calculate the room area from the face of wall. We need a little bigger number electrically to maximize light per square foot, so we want to run these calcs form the center of wall instead.

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The Constructor

DECEMBER 14, 2011

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DebunkTheBIM

DECEMBER 11, 2011

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’ Sunday, December 11, 2011. ‘No

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DECEMBER 12, 2011

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Green Home Design Architect

DECEMBER 13, 2011

The NAHB’s Economics and Housing Policy surveyed over 3,000 builders, designers, architects, manufacturers, and housing marketing specialists to forecast the characteristics of the average single-family detached home in 2015. Can you guess the results? Take this quiz and see how well you do (answers posted at the bottom). 1. Size: The average new single-family home will be: a.

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