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How Smart Subcontractors Spot Revisions on Plans

Carol Hagen

When conditions and ideas change, so do the plans. When estimating the financial impact of these changes, subcontractors are often pressed for time and need an efficient way of locating the differences between plan sets. Revisions and Addenda are common in construction projects. So do you pull out the old light table?

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Looking for Home Designs With Indoor-Outdoor Synergy? These House Plans Offer Inspiration

Pro Builder

These House Plans Offer Inspiration. These house plans capture the outdoor excitement of lakefronts, atriums, and courtyards, with expansive views and sliding doors that open up to blur the line between indoors and outside. The idea of indoor-outdoor living dates far back in our history. Corner Courtyard Plan.

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Show Village 2021: 3 Idea Homes for the Way We Live Now

Pro Builder

Show Village 2021: 3 Idea Homes for the Way We Live Now. Home Plans for a Post-COVID Reality. A New Era of Idea Homes at IBSx. The New New Home main level floor plan. The New New Home upper level floor plan. . cbroderick. Thu, 02/04/2021 - 00:00. Michele Lerner. How We Built The New American Home 2021.

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Bluebeam Tips: Interactive Plan Sets Best Practices

Carol Hagen

This works great for Bluebeamers but when sharing construction plan sets with subcontractors and other team members that might not own Bluebeam Revu, they don’t have a back button available with Acrobat or other PDF viewers. Here’s a best practice tip that will make it easier for everyone using the plans.

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LIFE’S GOOD AWARD Winners Present Warm-Hearted Tech Solutions for a Better Future

Pro Builder

The company aimed to solicit ideas for environmental sustainability and accessibility, two key focuses of its long-term ESG initiative, the Better Life Plan 2030. developed an assistive information display device for the visually impaired composed of 2,400 braille pins – or ‘dots’ – which move up and down. ­­The

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Winning Projects with Interactive Construction Presentations

Carol Hagen

Here are a few ideas to convert your next presentation from drab to interactive: Make Your Information Visually Appealing. Hyperlinking Slide content to construction documents or real-time data collection that translates these field updates into easily understood moving visuals are recommended.

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How Do You Value Home Design?

Pro Builder

For a set of good floor plans, it is worth that and more, according to Housing Design Matters. Home building and designing professionals know the worth of well-designed architectural plans, but getting homebuyers to invest money into the idea can be a challenge.

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