Lets Build

MAY 5, 2022

One-click sharing means junior colleagues, sub-contractors, and even industry regulators can be trusted with access as and when necessary, without breaching data protection regulations. You can also upload images, creating inarguable date-stamped visual records of condition and status.

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Wolgast Corporation

OCTOBER 10, 2022

When these types of leaks happen, your AC has to work harder in the summer to cool your office and regulate the humidity, while in the winter the heater runs frequently to warm up the space and add necessary moisture for comfort. Also check your roof and roof flashing annually for any visual damage that could lead to leaks.

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BD+C

MARCH 4, 2024

Visual + Biological cues Photo courtesy Design Collaborative Lighting provides us with both visual and biological cues, both the ability to visually navigate through a space and to take in our surrounding environment. We’ve got some tools, resources, and next steps to guide you through this process.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Building Quality Assurance Act, Wet Kwaliteitsborging voor het Bouwen , is set to be introduced in mid 2023 and will radically change the building system regulations for the Dutch built environment. Providing a range of supporting resources, like checklists, videos and visuals, will help people with a range of learning styles.

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The Korte Company

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

And because most of those functions are heavily regulated, healthcare leaders and builders join forces for a rigorous process known as facility programming. CMS regulations. In such a restrictive environment, some might think that there’s little room for designers to conjure up visually appealing spaces.

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Pro Builder

JUNE 15, 2023

To prevent accidents and mitigate injuries on the jobsite, the Occupational Safety Health Agency (OSHA) regulations and personal protective equipment (PPE) standards are evolving , and manufacturers of workplace safety gear are responding with new and improved designs for hard hats , work gloves, and more. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 1, 2015

And the bill does not ban microbeads used in science research or fluid visualization and fluid flow analysis. A “personal care product” does not include a prescription drug. Illinois became the first state in June 2014 to ban the manufacture or sale of plastic microbeads effective 2018.

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Building Information Management

JULY 11, 2016

The primary issue is that many facility management and AEC professionals confused 3D visualization with asset life-cycle management. While 3D visualization is nice tool, is is just that, an individual component in the toolbox. Any government regulation should be directly solely at Owners.

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BIM & Beam

APRIL 2, 2013

Using the toolkit structural engineers can also verify and design structural elements according to local building codes and regulations which can be easily and quickly implemented by using the Code Checking framework. Read more. .

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

AUGUST 22, 2023

While aesthetics plays a crucial role in construction, sometimes the most impressive facilities aren't only those with the most visually stunning features. Often times they’re the ones that provide seamless and intuitive experiences for their users. My role as a director is to build a safety net underneath those teams trying something new.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The atrium also enabled the home to meet strict land-use regulations without sacrificing other space. The rest of the home follows suit, with a rich combination of glass and wood—inside and out—that lengthens sight lines, shares light, and provides visual warmth to a decidedly contemporary style. “By

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Safety Services Company

APRIL 30, 2014

Additional measures include: A dedicated spotter that is positioned to gauge clearance distance with visual aids like line of site landmarks and can give timely information to the operator through direct communication. The current regulation as it is written puts the cut-off date of non NRTL devices at November 8, 2011.

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Constructonomics

JULY 2, 2021

However, after the pandemic, there is much spotlight on worker’s health and safety in every industry as strict rules and regulations are in place. For example, using technologies like virtual reality, project owners, engineers, and architects can better visualize projects. A lot of U.S.

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Building Information Management

JULY 16, 2012

Regulators and the building industry should support efforts by codes and standards developers and adopting jurisdictions to format criteria in ways that simplifies and enhances the ability to verify compliance.

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BIM Life Cycle Consulting Sustainability 81

CK Power

MAY 20, 2020

You can visually detect it by looking for thick, black liquid in the exhaust pipe. The EPA started phasing emissions regulations for off-highway diesel power equipment in the 1990s. To meet these regulations, diesel technology had to change. For the full story, keep reading. A quick primer on wet stacking.

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Work Gearz

JANUARY 15, 2022

Pink, in contrast to red’s ability to elicit strong negative emotions, offers a visually relaxing experience for the majority of individuals who gaze at it. This is not, however, a hard and fast regulation, and other hospitals may require physicians to wear a different color or have no requirement at all.

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BD+C

JULY 20, 2023

With proper construction in conformance with code regulations, a “fire safe” building can be designed. For more information, including additional code-approved, fire-rated assembly designs, more visual examples, and details for glued laminated timber assemblies, download APA’s free Fire-Rated Systems design and construction guide.

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Safety Services Company

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

But good luck deciphering all the jargon with references to appendixes and other regulations. But in the application of these rules, there are situations that arise where OSHA has to explain how their regulations work in the real world. Control lines, that define the CDZ, are intended mainly as a visual warning.

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Safety Services Company

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

But good luck deciphering all the jargon with references to appendixes and other regulations. But in the application of these rules, there are situations that arise where OSHA has to explain how their regulations work in the real world. Control lines, that define the CDZ, are intended mainly as a visual warning.

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OSHA Regulation Safety Zoning 48

GCP Applied Technologies

MARCH 16, 2018

If a building owner is seeking a green roof in order to comply with these environmental regulations or to earn LEED credits, they’ll usually want the least expensive green roof option, like a sedum roof, while green roofs that serve as recreational spaces are likely to be more complex. . Additional considerations: Location.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

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. Change will only occur if fully supported throughout and organization, and linked to both government regulations and financial incentives for all participants.

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Fieldwire

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Some popular construction online training programs that are great for slicing up into a monthly timeline are: RedVector covers building codes and standards , OSHA safety regulations and the basics of project management. Visual technology can help scout potential sites for construction or 3D render mock-ups of proposed plans.

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Lets Build

APRIL 15, 2020

Work breakdown structure, which visually represents the scope breakdown into manageable chunks. Risk management plan, which identifies possible risks like nonviable time and cost estimates, budget cuts, regulation changes, etc. All work begins in this phase.

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Project Management Management Construction Feasibility 148

Building Information Management

JULY 16, 2012

Regulators and the building industry should support efforts by codes and standards developers and adopting jurisdictions to format criteria in ways that simplifies and enhances the ability to verify compliance.

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BIM Life Cycle Consulting Sustainability 40

Construction Specifier

JUNE 1, 2021

To overcome these limitations, the springs in high-performance closer hinges are adjustable and regulated by various types of mechanical and hydraulic devices. While overhead closers can be dressed up with handsome covers, they are still a visual intrusion. The closer hinges have built-in door stops. Photos © Michael Chusid.

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Natural Building

AUGUST 3, 2020

Rating tools were, in part, adopted to head off the growing imposition of onerous environmental impact assessment in the building sector via “industry self-regulation”. Therefore, in 2010, I proposed a tool for measuring and visualizing cumulative and tributary socio-ecological impacts.

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Construction Specifier

JULY 4, 2022

Additionally, although traditional construction materials are time-tested and there are good reasons for their continued use in many applications, material technology is ever evolving and often improving, as are the codes, regulations, and industry standards which govern their use.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JUNE 16, 2014

Each state and city also has its own data visualization showing its detailed survey results. Southwest Utah Entrepreneurs Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Pro-Growth Environment Regulations Small Businesses taxes Thumbtack.com' Survey methodology. Thumbtack.com surveyed 12,632 small businesses across the United States. New England U.S.

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Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Owners have reams of rules and regulations to follow in order to put a project out for bid fairly. Tasked with maintaining and repairing thousands of buildings nationally and internationally, military facilities managers found the normal route of federal acquisition regulations much too slow and bureaucratic.

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Business Facilities

OCTOBER 6, 2017

” In other words, the test sites will help FAA create federal regulations that will open the skies to a commercial drone industry that has the potential to become a growth sector worth hundreds of billions of dollars in coming years. For Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, the dawning of the Drone Age can’t come soon enough.

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Building Information Management

JULY 31, 2014

BIM value is NOT 3D pretty pictures, but data visualization and associated decision support. . These tasks form the pricing basis for collaboratively-scoped projects, thus providing price certainty and meeting most procurement regulations. and make changes that will improve the current economic and environmental landscape. .

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Building Information Management

JULY 16, 2014

I believe that the cause is largely cultural, however, any major improvement must be driven by Owners,and/or mandated by governmental regulation. Also, stop with the focus upon BIM from a 3D visualization perspective! My reasoning is simple, Owners pay the bills.

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CivilJungle

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The angularity of sand is measured by visual inspection using a low-power microscope. The porosity of the mould regulates its permeability, i.e. the capacity of the mould to allow the gasses produced during the spilling to pass through all the mould. The grains of sand range from well rounded, subrounded, angular and also very angular.

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The Korte Company

AUGUST 17, 2018

Across the commercial, residential and industrial spectrum, water quality is heavily regulated. Pre-cast concrete panels are known as “mass walls” that feature greater thermal mass and thermal lag That means they absorb more heat and better regulate interior temperatures, lowering energy costs. Addressing water use and reuse is tricky.

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Building Information Management

JUNE 6, 2013

While the specification system has detailed guidance and links to standards, regulations and suggested values, geometric BIM software has great visualization analysis and instance scheduling functionality. Figure 3: Connection to a wider source of information empowers the object.

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Visually inspect for corrosion. Make a visual inspection of the flue and chimney, checking for obstructions. Check throw regulator and spring assembly for tightness. Visually inspect equipment to ensure structural integrity, check all mechanical connections and fasteners for tightness. Check bolt torque. Check points: 1.

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FDR Safety

OCTOBER 11, 2018

We continue to encounter many mistaken beliefs about OSHA’s regulation CFR,1910.147 , The Control of Hazardous Energy. In this blog, we address the “myths” of Lockout/Tagout using verbatim quotes from OSHA’s Preamble to the regulation ( OSHA text in bold italics ). Myth: Each machine specific procedure must contain lots of detail.

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