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How BIM Helps General Contractors Win More Business

Construction Business Owner

Using a 3D model to visualize what’s happening on the project provides the most value, as it’s much easier to digest for non-specialists. Provided owners better visualizations and transparent project details to remove any doubt and enable faster decision-making. Winning More Business Is Just One Benefit of BIM Software.

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What is a submittal in construction? A comprehensive guide

Lets Build

Samples Samples are mostly used by interior designers to review and visualize surface materials like floor tiles, fixtures, carpets, masonry, countertops, etc. In most cases, a lack of communication and coordination is usually the main course of these challenges. This approach minimizes delays, costly setbacks, and material wastage.

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What is a submittal in construction? A comprehensive guide

Lets Build

Samples Samples are mostly used by interior designers to review and visualize surface materials like floor tiles, fixtures, carpets, masonry, countertops, etc. In most cases, a lack of communication and coordination is usually the main course of these challenges. This approach minimizes delays, costly setbacks, and material wastage.

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What is a submittal in construction? A comprehensive guide

Lets Build

Samples Samples are mostly used by interior designers to review and visualize surface materials like floor tiles, fixtures, carpets, masonry, countertops, etc. In most cases, a lack of communication and coordination is usually the main course of these challenges. This approach minimizes delays, costly setbacks, and material wastage.

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Autodesk Acquires AI Company, Pype, and Makes Investments into Two Others

Construction Junkie

Autodesk plans to intregrate Pype’s 4 main products to their Autodesk Construction Cloud after the acquisition to help build their portfolio to encapsulate a project’s entire lifecycle. Bridgit Solutions On July 14, Autodesk announced a $7 million strategic investment into the Canadian based workforce planning software, Bridgit Solutions.

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10 Principles of Architecture | What Is Architecture | Why Need Design Principles in Architecture

CivilJungle

There is a term called visual weight. Visual weight is the property that gives elements in a design an ability to draw attention. If an element has a light visual weight that means that the element is unlikely to catch the attention or draw the eye of someone. Visual balance works just the same as physical balance.

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Construction Industry Steps to the Cloud and Mobile Devices

Carol Hagen

Much of what happens on a construction site involves a high degree of collaboration so smartphone screens will likely not suffice for visual project management teams. The Deloitte CIO Journal Tech Trends 2012 and this Cloud Surveys article written by Ben Kepes actually recaps some of the discussion. What Cloud Solutions Are Easy to Implement?

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