Construction Marketing

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

ATTENTION! Time is running out in order to receive the early deadline discount for the 2011 Construction Marketing Star awards and for the Construction Marketer of the year award. The official deadline for early entry is September 2. The Construction Marketing Star Awards are produced by the Construction Marketing Association and serve to recognize marketing effectiveness in construction-related industries in North America.

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HardHatChat

AUGUST 31, 2011

Nothing says you completed a successful education construction job more than thank-you cards from these Bright Horizons kids…. Cupcake restaurants are hot right now in restaurant construction trends. In fact, Chicago cupcake restaurants and food trucks are popping up all over the place. However, the best Chicago cupcakes Englewood Construction ever had were the ones from our latest Chicago education construction job.

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Construction Business Owner

AUGUST 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.

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Revit OpEd

AUGUST 30, 2011

Project Spark is a brand new technology preview. Okay I'll get it over with a Revit Lite, sort of. From the site: Project Spark is a technology preview of a simplified 3D building information modeling (BIM) solution. Using Project Spark, building professionals can create designs efficiently with real-world building objects, produce more reliable documentation faster, and share files with consultants using Revit or AutoCAD-based products.

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Construction Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2011

Webcast – Tuesday September 15, 2011. A webcast on Architectural, Engineering and Construction or A/E/C Marketing Best Practices is now open for registration on the Construction Marketing Association (CMA) website. The free webcast for members and non-members is scheduled for Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 1 pm CST. Learn how architectural, engineering or construction firms market their services.

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Help Everybody Everyday

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Just like everybody else, I stumble upon items of interest when traversing the “interwebs.“ For some reason, I always find myself reading stuff about marketing, human behavior, and our brains. Here are some recent items I found which I thought would be worth passing on. The Six Most Frequently Quoted Brain Facts That Are Total BS (Link). Most of what we “know” about the human brain is completely wrong.

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Revit OpEd

AUGUST 30, 2011

Interesting morning.echoing a couple other blogs, I already enjoy Wacom products but this one is cooler still! Video is better than my words! I like how they picked a color for the video that compliments my blog color scheme? Yeah, I'm sure they did it for that reason.

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Green Home Design Architect

AUGUST 31, 2011

We had the opportunity to complete a home renovation design for a 1970’s lake cottage with the intent of using it as a primary residence. Whole House Renovation Old-style wood paneling was replaced with attractive wainscoting to lighten the space. Carpeting was ripped up, and the existing wood floors were refinished, and windows and doors were replaced with energy efficient modern units.

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DebunkTheBIM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Or the subject of buildings’ lifecycle-costs. I’ll leave the opportunity to study this topic in depth for the future; Today, a note to building owners: “If you are being talked into using BIM purely to have an OM/FM ready model at the end: BE CAREFUL!” Remember, you are sinking your funds into creating a building in the most efficient way. There are numerous ways that you can achieve this goal and you employ professionals to get you the best blend of technology, skills, experience, work-methods,

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Do

AUGUST 30, 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, August 30, 2011. It Only Takes a Spark. It only takes a spark to light a fire (at least that is how the song goes that I learned.). Already the blog-o-sphere & twitter (so I hear) have lit up with news about Spark.

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Revit OpEd

AUGUST 30, 2011

I've been working with a bit more than 200 point cloud files lately. That means I've been negotiating with the Manage Links dialog a fair bit. It's fun. First of all, there is no way to import multiple point cloud files once. I've already mentioned previously that Revit shifts the first point cloud import (index to.pcg format) so that the overall z,y,z extents are centered at the origin of the project file.

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Best Practices Construction Law

AUGUST 31, 2011

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DebunkTheBIM

AUGUST 31, 2011

Of course, I’m pleased when owners ask for BIM. Apart from the colour their BIM specifications bring into the dullness of my daily work, these ARE signs of the BIM-thing moving somewhere. Just about any random line of these well padded documents would keep in business for a while a regiment of BIM specialists, so the need is there; we are on the right track here.

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Do

AUGUST 29, 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. Monday, August 29, 2011. A Storm is brewing. Well, actually it left yesterday, her name was Irene. But the word on the street says a Storm is coming to Autodesk Labs. I think it is interesting that we are starting to see a plethora of "apps" that leverage the model directly out of Revit for analysis.

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

I've added this bit in front of the original post (09/03/2011) after getting a couple comments: This post assumes that "you" are already familiar with the concept of dragging a view onto a sheet from the project browser. Not everyone is aware that it is possible to reassign a view to a sheet by dragging within the Project Browser itself. If you realize that you've put a view on the wrong sheet you can just select it and "delete" it.

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The Korte Company

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Introduction Whenever renovations or any construction work are planned at a hospital, crucial health considerations must be made. The workers at these health institutions will be in contact with harmful diseases that are carried in the dust and other debris, which are always part of any construction or renovation project.

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DebunkTheBIM

AUGUST 30, 2011

Boring. is generally a forbidden word in our household. So are its derivatives, being bored, a task seen too tedious to do, dreary, wearisome. Sounds like a not-very happy place for a child to spend a childhood in, still, despite of these rules somehow our kids manage to get along. I’ll tell you what is boring: Boring is trying to assess a construction tender-set structured with no end-user in mind.

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Green Building Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

For several years, property owners have become increasingly aware of the potential for energy efficient buildings to decrease operating costs, improve occupancy, and demand higher rental prices. Theoretically, all of the benefits of energy efficient buildings should yield a higher property values for green buildings and lower values for non-energy efficient buildings.

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

When I first started using Navisworks I found the explanation for how the three file types interact a bit awkward. I suppose it was just the language used at the time or perhaps something else, can't recall now. I did latch on to my own notion of what they mean and ultimately it's helped me to explain it to others. There are three file extensions used.NWF, NWD, and NWC.

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The Korte Company

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Introduction Since the year 2002, continual surveys have been conducted by various organizations to closely monitor and determine the growth in the number of new hospitals and other health care institutions being built. The figures are staggering and these surveys showed that in 2002 alone there were about 82 new hospitals completed, with another 105 in the process of being constructed.

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DebunkTheBIM

AUGUST 29, 2011

Cooking books tend to get the balance more or less right: They usually start with a juicy title to get your attention, a glossy picture to feast the eyes on then explain step-by-step how to get there, from basic ingredients and tools, through a series of tasks to a finished product. Amazingly, the AEC as an industry has never really got the handle on these principles, nor how to effectively translate them into practice.

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PSMJ Resources

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thursday, September 1, 2011. Do You Have A Disaster Response Plan? When your ship is sinking, there is not much time for planning. Every project needs a disaster response plan. Real disasters you may face include: Technical, e.g., bad or missing information, flawed design. Financial, e.g., cost overrun, bankrupt client.

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The Trim/Extend to Corner tool is obvious right? Pick two walls (or pipes, ducts, lines.) and you'll get two connected elements that form a corner. Would you think to use it to join two elements that are aligned but not connected? Try it, you'll like it! Before and After.

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The Korte Company

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Introduction When the option of constructing or expanding a hospital is out of the question, the renovation options should be considered. There are two main reasons why renovation should be considered, of which the first is that all the needs of the hospital’s patients should be met. Secondly, it should motivate the hospital staff to work in a more effective manner.

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DebunkTheBIM

AUGUST 28, 2011

A loyal but somewhat-grumpy reader has been pointing out to me (over some time) how little had I achieved in debunking the BIM subject since I started. He’s been explaining to me in great detail, why he should stop following my empty ramblings, wingding and whines. By now I ought to have presented him with the magic answer to the mighty BIM-question, as opposed to what he perceives as a series of instructions I keep dishing out on how-to/or-not to get ones hands dirty on a micro-BIM level.

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Construction Cost Estimating

AUGUST 29, 2011

Construction Cost Estimating Blog. adsense analytic. Monday, August 29, 2011. The American Concrete Institute recently publish 318-11 building code. The American Concrete Institute has launched ACI 318-11 to be applied for all concrete design, construction, inspection, repair, and research professionals. The new publication includes most updated code necessary for concrete building design and construction together with the corresponding commentary.

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Revit OpEd

AUGUST 29, 2011

I meant to write this the day after I wrote about the Electrical Productivity Pack post but got side tracked. Jake Boen shared some of his cleverness with a Autodesk University lab I did a few years ago. For that session he created families that provided calculations that don't necessarily derive their results from actual model information, using annotation symbol families.

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The Korte Company

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Introduction In October of 2009, the brand new Owatonna Hospital was opened in the heart of Southern Minnesota. This hospital is an excellent example of the development and construction history that is in many of the old hospitals and other health institutions. Here follows a summary of the more than 100 years of history for Owatonna Hospital.

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