Construction Specifier

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Renovating and expanding an art museum designed by a well-known Italian architect comes with its share of design challenges. For the Denver Art Museum, an institution of visual art, it was a necessary revitalization effort to better serve the increase in foot traffic, which has now grown to more than 800,000 visitors annually.

Denver 57

Denver Revit Design Boston 57

Lets Build

JULY 15, 2022

With construction design software, you can visualize different design possibilities, create professional presentations, better assess risks , and make more informed decisions. The software does offer a decent amount of customization along with 3D visualization, sketching, and rendering tools.

Software 148

Software Software Design AutoCAD 148

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 25, 2019

Forget BIM, Forget ISO, … Sure, BIM and ISO have their role, but neither provides a robust, usable methodology and associated suite of tools and services to consistently deliver quality facilities repair, renovation, and construction projects on-time, on-budget, and to the satisfaction of all participants and stakeholders.

BIM 130

BIM Life Cycle Environment Visualization 130

BD+C

MAY 8, 2023

3 ways computational tools empower better decision-making 0 qpurcell Mon, 05/08/2023 - 09:01 BIM and Information Technology NBBJ explores three opportunities for the use of computational tools in urban planning projects. While important to all aspects of design, it is especially relevant to planning neighborhoods, districts and cities.

Plans 59

Plans Modeling Travel Design 59

Building Information Management

JANUARY 17, 2012

The ever increasing competitive financial and environmental landscape are requiring public and private institutions to further maximize facility planning and management. Current the most common being use of proprietary 3D visualization software for the purpose of supporting the design and construction phases of the facility life-cycle.

BIM 78

BIM Visualization Life Cycle Software 78

CivilJungle

MAY 28, 2021

The overwhelming majority of building construction projects are bijou renovations, like incrporation of a room, or repair of a bathroom. So, those with profound experience within the field generate detailed plans for a positive result. How to do Planning of Building Construction? Strategic Planning. Acquire Land.

Plans 52

Plans Construction BIM Permits 52

Autodesk Construction Cloud

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Picture this: your construction firm is looking to bid on a project to renovate an old factory into a new office building. Being able to track progress on-site provides a visual account of what was done in each phase of the project using laser scan snapshots. Let’s go back to that project… .

Design 119

Design Autodesk BIM Modeling 119

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 14, 2017

An integrated project delivery method is arguably required in order to achieve desired quality, satisfaction, timing, and cost for over 90% of renovation, repair, or new construction projects executed. Within a Job Order Contract integrated project delivery method, the Common Data Environment is provided by the Unit Price Book, UPB.

Life Cycle 100

Life Cycle Renovating BIM Environment 100

BD+C

AUGUST 14, 2023

Savvy property owners acknowledge the role a base building plays in attracting and maintaining occupancy, but the traditional playbook that counts on leveraging a lobby renovation, public area refresh, or amenity addition to lure workers back to the office is proving less and less relevant and effective. So, what works? So, what works?

Office 98

Office Zoning Atlanta Renovating 98

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 23, 2017

Job Order Contracting provides the ability to deliver over 90% of renovation, repair, and minor new construction project projects on-time, on-budget, and to the satisfaction of all participants. Prioritizing Job Order Contract Task Orders is a key part of providing efficient facilities management services on an ongoing basis.

Contract 100

Contract Budgeting Budget Schedule 100

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 24, 2016

A Job Order Contract Unit Price Book, provides thousands of tasks for commonly encountered renovation, repair, maintenance, and new construction activities, with associated definitions of each, as well as detailed labor, material equipment costs. The Contractor”. The Facility Manager”.

Contract 100

Contract Life Cycle Software Software 100

Fieldwire

JUNE 28, 2023

In construction, a Request For Information (RFI) seeks the clarification of plans, drawings, specifications, and agreements. During the construction process, the contractor encounters a discrepancy between the architectural plans and the structural drawings. Assume that a construction project involves building a new hospital.

Documentation 52

Documentation Drawings Project Management Materials 52

The Korte Company

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The ways these spaces are planned and built are directly tied to the functions they perform. Not every designer has the skills and experience necessary to help leadership teams navigate the healthcare construction planning process. Moving from master plan to building program.

Design 52

Design Guidelines St. Louis Illinois 52

CivilJungle

JULY 27, 2022

Designing and decorating, selection of furnishings, having supervision for construction, and renovating or remodeling a building. There is a term called visual weight. Visual weight is the property that gives elements in a design an ability to draw attention. Visual balance works just the same as physical balance.

Architecture 52

Architecture Design Visualization Drawings 52

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 8, 2017

Distribution and sharing of information by the Facilities Management Team is crucial to achieving cost efficient and high performing facilities, however, 3-D BIM visualization and modeling software is generally very sophisticated, relatively expensive, and very complex.

BIM 100

BIM Life Cycle Visualization Environment 100

Building Information Management

APRIL 20, 2015

Your budget is largely operations/repair/renovation/maintenance, not new construction. Many/most Owners do not have the knowledge, capability, or organizational buy-in to support life-cycle management of the built environment. Far too often focus is upon first-costs vs. life-cycle costs. Focus upon maximizing ROI in your costliest areas.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Environment Management Visualization 40

The Korte Company

JANUARY 19, 2024

Now, designers can use software like Revit and Navisworks to visualize wall thickness, layout, facility equipment and details like piping and ductwork. Thanks to the technological accuracy of this data, Alex could get to work with design and construction planning, even as the plans changed while the project evolved.

Design 52

Design Modeling BIM Consulting 52

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

While Shakespeare was a great playwright, he has little to contribute to improving renovation, repair, and new construction outcomes. 3D visualization is an advantageous tool, but only one of several technologies and business processes required to improve productivity, quality, and sustainability of built structures. The Path Forward.

Management 100

Management Life Cycle BIM Renovating 100

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

And this is just one example of many…across multiple knowledge domains whether it be capital planning and management, maintenance and repair management, building automation systems, procurement, bidding, project delivery, … (Figure Source – White Paper on IDDS “Integrated Design and Delivery Solutions”, CIB Publication 328.).

Renovating 45

Renovating Life Cycle Sustainability Products 45

Building Information Management

MARCH 28, 2013

BIM therefore, requires the integration of multiple knowledge domains, stakeholders and supporting technologies… from strategic and capital planning, through design, construction, operations, utilization, repair, renovation, adaptation, maintenance, and deconstruction.

BIM 49

BIM Life Cycle Environment Visualization 49

Building Information Management

MAY 23, 2012

BIM, facilities life-cycle management supported by digital technology will create a high demand cost estimators with a thorough understanding of building systems and associated repair, renovation, sustainability and construction techniques, materials, equipment, and labor.

Estimating 45

Estimating BIM Life Cycle Renovating 45

Building Information Management

APRIL 22, 2015

It is NOT 3D visualization, but visualization of all dimensions including time, cost, workflows, metrics, and specific competencies. Integrated Project Delivery, IPD, for new construction, and Job Order Contracting, JOC, for renovation, repair, maintenance, and sustainability projects.). Forget BIM as you man now know it.

BIM 40

BIM Life Cycle Management Infrastructure 40

Building Information Management

MAY 15, 2012

While the industry is currently fixated upon 3D visualization tools, aka Revit, Archicad, Bentely… they only represent components of a BIM solution. Here’s a list of BIM Construction Cost Estimating Requirements: 1.

Estimating 49

Estimating BIM Life Cycle Construction 49

Building Information Management

APRIL 10, 2015

Renovation, repair, and maintenance represent the bulk of facility management related costs, exceeding that of new construction for many/most. Greater Cost Visualization and Control. Programs without well thought out implementation plans, metrics, supporting software, ongoing training, and continuous improvement. The Future.

Contract 40

Contract Renovating Bidding Construction 40

Building Information Management

JULY 21, 2016

The fundamental problem with the UK’s BIM Strategy is found within the following quotation “digital technology is changing the way we plan, build, maintain and use our social and economic infrastructure.”(Source: ”(Source: 2015, Level 3 Building Information Modelling – Strategic Plan, HM Government).

BIM 58

BIM Life Cycle Infrastructure Modeling 58

Building Information Management

AUGUST 6, 2012

3D visualization software products currently promoted as BIM (Building Information Modeling) are not solutions for this task. The former for new construction and the latter for renovation, repair, sustainability, and minor new construction. Collaboration. Big Data for BIM / Efficient Facility Life-cycle Management.

Life Cycle 81

Life Cycle BIM Environment Management 81

Construction Cost Estimating

OCTOBER 19, 2010

This software is ideal for renovating, reconstructing, remodeling, home designing, decks & landscaping, interior designing, site Planning & Estimating. The users can easily design in 2D or 3D and generate 3D models to visualize at any angle before the commencement of actual construction.

Architecture 40

Architecture Design Software Software 40

Building Information Management

JANUARY 8, 2013

and… the communication and adoption of standard and/or “best practice” construction planning and delivery methods specific to all aspects of efficient life-cycle management of the built environment. Collaboration, transparency, and performance-based win-win relationships are all BIM requirements.

Conference 45

Conference Innovation Life Cycle BIM 45

Construction Cost Estimating

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Several useful applications emerges out which can make your construction project management process superior from project planning to achievement. The construction software enables the users to distribute plans, markups, photos, specifications, reports with the whole project team members effortlessly.

Project Management 45

Project Management Management Construction Estimating 45

Building Information Management

JANUARY 8, 2013

and… the communication and adoption of standard and/or “best practice” construction planning and delivery methods specific to all aspects of efficient life-cycle management of the built environment. Collaboration, transparency, and performance-based win-win relationships are all BIM requirements.

Conference 40

Conference Innovation Life Cycle BIM 40

Building Information Management

JULY 21, 2016

The fundamental problem with the UK’s BIM Strategy is found within the following quotation “digital technology is changing the way we plan, build, maintain and use our social and economic infrastructure.”(Source: ”(Source: 2015, Level 3 Building Information Modelling – Strategic Plan, HM Government).

BIM 40

BIM Life Cycle Infrastructure Modeling 40

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

BIM Planning Guide for Facility Owners”. The benefits include centralized and visual communication, early exploration of options, sustainability, efficient design, integration of disciplines, site control, as built documentation, etc.–effectively From a BIM planning perspective there are multiple levels to be considered: .

Modeling 40

Modeling BIM Management Life Cycle 40

Pro Builder

JUNE 9, 2023

Fresh Design Ideas for Open-Plan Kitchens and Living Spaces ibush Fri, 06/09/2023 - 13:00 Pro Builder 's House Review team offers ways home builders can update and improve the design of open-plan kitchen, dining, living spaces Larry W. The kitchen and dining spaces receive abundant natural light from several skylights.

IDEA 52

IDEA Design Plans Los Angeles 52

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 4, 2022

An as-built plan offers four important benefits, like improving onboarding, assisting the facilities team, streamlining the permitting process, and improving the renovation process. If you’re a subcontractor, as-builts can be especially important as you might be hired for system maintenance and renovations.

Drawings 52

Drawings Documentation Renovating Permits 52

The Korte Company

JULY 21, 2023

The irony isn’t lost on him, a member of The Korte Company’s Diversified Operations Group and the man in charge of an ongoing renovation of the Louis Latzer Memorial Public Library in Highland. He was tasked with planning and building a baptismal font in the center of the church, and he’s proud of that achievement. “I Paul Church.

Rhode Island 52

Rhode Island Hawaii Remodeling Kansas City 52

Building Information Management

JANUARY 29, 2013

With 345,000 buildings, with over 105,000 buildings more than 50 years old, the importance of efficient renovation, repair, and sustainability of existing buildings is paramount. LEED Silver certifiable construction – 2009 LEED for New Construction and Major Renovations. Visual Estimating. DoD Building Treatment Terms.

Sustainability 45

Sustainability Life Cycle Procurement Estimating 45

Building Information Management

JANUARY 29, 2013

With 345,000 buildings, with over 105,000 buildings more than 50 years old, the importance of efficient renovation, repair, and sustainability of existing buildings is paramount. LEED Silver certifiable construction – 2009 LEED for New Construction and Major Renovations. Visual Estimating. DoD Building Treatment Terms.

Sustainability 40

Sustainability Life Cycle Procurement Estimating 40