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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

BD+C

Issue 3: Structural design for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing Coordinate with the structural engineering team as you plan unit layouts, plumbing, and HVAC. A conversion will greatly impact existing and new MEP systems, so the structural team will need to account for new floor and wall openings for conduit, piping, and HVAC.

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How the CEO of This Housing Technology Firm Is Driving Innovation in U.S. Home Building

Pro Builder

Veev takes a vertically-integrated approach to produce full-clad panelized wall systems equipped with mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP), which are delivered onsite and installed using the company’s plug & play system.

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Tech-Enabled Home Builder Veev Closes on $400M in New Funding

Pro Builder

Veev’s main goal is to address the nation’s housing crisis by delivering a high-speed prefab system at a portion of the cost of traditional builds with a much smaller carbon footprint.

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Adaptive reuse: 5 benefits of office-to-residential conversions

BD+C

Any conversion project requires critical consideration of the existing building conditions: the size of the floorplate, the placement of the building on the block, the viability of the MEP systems, even the condition of the window. Let's look at those five benefits of adaptive reuse, office-to-residential.

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Demystifying Autodesk Technology: Unlocking Efficiency for Factory Planning and Factory Design

Autodesk Construction Cloud

As an example, let us look at HVAC systems. Creating a Data Exchange for Specific Views: Interested in the HVAC system? Logging the Data Exchange into Inventor: Once the desired views are selected, log this data exchange into the system in Inventor.

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Southland Industries offers analytics, building automation and more with Envise subsidiary

Contractor Magazine

Southland Industries, one of the nation's largest mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) building systems experts recently launched a new wholly owned subsidiary, called Envise. read more.

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Building for Sustainability, One Block at a Time

Pro Builder

The 2021 Sustainable, Healthier Home kicks off with a cost- and labor-efficient structural system . The year-long rise in lumber prices has renewed builders’ interest in alternative structural solutions, from concrete block and steel to more “niche” systems, such as insulated concrete forms, or ICFs. Nick Vaccaro.