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Interested In Prefabrication? Here’s 5 Tips To Get It Right From The Start

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But there are also many important opportunities beyond these flagship modular projects, particularly “behind the wall” with mechanical, electrical and engineering (MEP) components. Avoiding early blockers Despite these advantages, many companies run into challenges adopting prefab – often during the procurement process.

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6 Reasons Why Prefabrication Is Perfect for Building Manufacturing Facilities

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Fabricating components off-site leads to more consistent builds and higher quality outputs. Projects with significant mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) and hardened structural requirements, like manufacturing facilities, are exceptionally well placed to benefit. Now, prefabrication can bring the two worlds closer together.

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Commercial Construction Project Management: Managing What You Don’t Control

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It could be installing specialty equipment in a commercial kitchen, utilizing pre-ordered materials such as flooring and millwork, or providing electrical hookup for a sign or security system. One recent project we bid even had the pre-fabricated steel structure of a building as an OFI.

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NIBS – Building Innovation 2012 – January 7th-11th, 2012, Washington, D.C.

Building Information Management

Federal Government — the world’s largest facility owner and procurer of design and construction services. Find out first-hand all about these IE standards, as well as the new information exchanges for Building Programming (BPie), HVAC (HVACie), Electrical Systems (SPARKie), Building Automation Modeling (BAMie) and Water Systems (WSie).

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7 Advancements in MEP Tech that Make Life Easier on Contractors

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Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems are essential to commercial and residential buildings. Fabrication Software. Fabrication software is incredibly helpful in providing real-time insights for better decision making—from the shop to the field. In turn, MEP contractors are critical to modern infrastructure projects.

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5 Types of Subcontractor Software Transforming the Trades 

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However, project management tools diverge in that they focus on project progress, rather than progress along a sub process, like fabrication or installation. The software helps subcontractors standardize their project management process with solutions for specific trades such as concrete, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and more. .

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POST TENSIONING IN REHABILITATION OF STRUCTURES

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Reinforcement was fabricated and fixed along with post tensioned mono strands (encased in HDPE pipe) to profile. After fabricating and fixing shuttering in position, micro concrete encasement was carried out throughout the core holes in the slab. End anchors of post tensioned strands were fixed in position.

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