Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 27, 2010

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Natural Building

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly Hart, webmaster of the popular website www.greenhomebuilding.com, posts text and photos featuring what he discovers from around the world.

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Revit OpEd

DECEMBER 30, 2010

I keep meaning to do this myself. I was gathering information and happened to see a post at the Revit Forum asking the same question essentially so I posted my response there and here. Ignoring the question of which language to focus on.well, if you've got no programming experience already supposedly C# (C sharp) is " easiest " to learn. Otherwise any language you are already familiar with, assuming you are familiar with.net too, will work (your mileage may vary).

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Help Everybody Everyday

DECEMBER 28, 2010

It’s that time of year where we reflect on the events of the last 12 months. Personally, I feel I could have been a little more productive in 2010. As you may know, I believe productivity to be an important area that marketers should focus on. So it should come as no surprise to me that many of the most popular Help Everybody Everyday posts in 2010 focused on improving your productivity.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 31, 2010

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Revit OpEd

DECEMBER 31, 2010

A couple years ago I attended an earth science camp, I can't remember which grade it was but I'm pretty sure I took earth science as a subject in eighth grade. I do remember hanging out playing pool and listening to American Band and other classics. At some point we learned a phrase or tongue twister that has stuck with me ever since. I annoy my wife with it, now and then, and recently was surprised when my daughter managed to remember it so I may have succeeded in passing it on.

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Help Everybody Everyday

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Last week you saw the most popular Help Everybody Everyday posts. This week I’m reflecting on the posts from 2010 that I felt represented the best that we published. How to Get Published in ENR. After meeting with the editor-in-chief of Engineering News Record (ENR), several ENR writers, and public relations professionals; I set out to get my firm in ENR.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 29, 2010

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Green Home Design Architect

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Construction is ongoing on our lakefront vacation home being built in Blodgett’s Landing, Newbury, NH, right near Mt. Sunapee, a tear down project replacing a small, worn-out cottage. It sure is cold after our nor’easter (Newbury received 14” of new snow), but the crew has a weather-tight shell and temporary heat to help. The site is very tight, with neighboring houses on either side, which can hamper snow removal efforts, but so far has not been an issue.

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Revit OpEd

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Trying to clean up some conduit yesterday I ran into an unpleasant repeatable bug/issue/feature. In my situation I have three vertical and horizontal conduits that have a sweep joining them, nothing special. They are using the stock conduit Family and Type: Conduit without Fittings: Rigid Nonmetallic Conduit (RNC Sch 40). If I attempt to edit the bend radius parameter in the Properties Palette, no worries.

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PSMJ Resources

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Winning the job does not mean the marketing of the firm and the team is over. In fact, the moment of highest anxiety for the client is right after they have hired you for the job. "Did we make the right choice? Will they deliver what they promised, or what we thought they promised? Will we be able to get along with these people for the next two years?

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Construction Cost Estimating

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Construction Cost Estimating Blog. adsense analytic. Friday, December 31, 2010. The Prospect of Project Estimating in the year 2011. In anticipation of contractors’ needs in the year ahead, technology providers are continuing to offer new products and integrations for the construction industry. One key area that will likely still remain a top priority in the year ahead is estimating efficiencies.

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Green Building Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2010

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Revit OpEd

DECEMBER 27, 2010

I wish everyone who stops by this corner of the blog world Happy Holidays and all the best in the coming new year! If you are traveling then I'll add a wish for patience and a safe journey! This is a picture of my daughter (as Mary) and fellow students set in a scene during a Christmas eve service this past Friday night. Happy Holidays! ~ Steve (aka M).

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Revit OpEd

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Michael Anonuevo has too much "free time" on his hands! You may be familiar with him from his Little Details Count site? He sent me the following video of the drum kit he built in Revit. It was exported as individual rendered frames and composited in Camtasia. Pretty cool! It is his Happy New Year drum solo! Thanks for sharing it! Happy New Year, see you on the other side!

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Construction Cost Estimating

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Construction Cost Estimating Blog. adsense analytic. Thursday, December 30, 2010. Annual World Of Concrete Show 2011. Annual World of Concrete Show is the biggest show on earth for the commercial concrete and masonry. The most comprehensive commercial concrete and masonry event will take place from 17 to 21 st January, 2011. In just five powerful days, you’ll access all the latest technologies, resources and education you need to keep your business current, competitive and rock-solid.

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Construction Cost Estimating

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Construction Cost Estimating Blog. adsense analytic. Tuesday, December 28, 2010. Residential Estimating. Residential estimating can help building professional to get quick access to the details of material and labor breakdowns. With residential estimating service the building professionals can also update cost according to the increase or decrease of the labor & material price.

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Construction Cost Estimating

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Construction Cost Estimating Blog. adsense analytic. Monday, December 27, 2010. The Industrial risk of Cost Estimation in the Bidding Process. Project cost estimation in the bidding process is a critical concern for the competitiveness and profitability of an engineering and contracting company. Estimates which diverge as little as possible from actual costs have to be made on the basis of relatively limited information.

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Revit OpEd

DECEMBER 27, 2010

I read last evening that Teena Marie passed away at just 54 years of age. As you may be able to see in the picture below I did a short tour with her in March of 1985. A hasty mug shot with me "hanging" from my lanyard. We traveled up and down the west coast for just over a month. It also involved a drive with Tim, my lighting crew member, from Atlanta to LA for rehearsals and a solo drive back to Atlanta at the end of the tour.

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Revit OpEd

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Mark Siever with ARCXL wrote to me recently to let me know that their business model has changed in a significant way. I wrote about what they started in May 2010. He tells me that their more than 41,000 details are now free to the end user, you (assuming you work for an architecture firm). Keep in mind that I didn't count them to verify that very big number of details.

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