Construction Cost Estimating

MARCH 2, 2019

Here the calculation is carried out by associating the drawing to the HTML section. The drawing of entities are created on the plan while exploring on a CAD drawing. Based on the formula provided to the item, the linear value of your phase value is impacted automatically.

Drawings 40

Drawings CAD Estimating Documentation 40

DebunkTheBIM

APRIL 9, 2012

How well can you tell? (…If the drawings in front-of you have been produced via 2D or 3D methods?). I’m often asked: have the documents been coordinated? The moment you are exposed to drawings (hard or soft copies) you become extremely vulnerable to them. Reconstructing drawing-sets and the case of the 'G.

Drawings 48

Drawings Documentation BIM Modeling 48

Carol Hagen

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Everyday PDFs are instrumental in the construction conversation to show mark ups on Microsoft Office documents, interactively draw on tablet PCs and then share these PDFs on Servers. Create PDFs from any CAD or Windows file.” It then sets a pointer to the document in the ECM where the original document resided.

Industrial 142

Industrial Documentation CAD Estimating 142

cnstrctr

APRIL 7, 2019

A construction plan is a detailed document, both written and visual which outlines how you will complete a project or portion of one. Depending upon the phase of the project you may not have a full set of drawings available. Drawings Specifications Existing Services Google Maps Contracts. What Is A Construction Plan?

Plans 74

Plans Construction Drawings Documentation 74

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 20, 2022

With rapid expansion and the need to improve information flow on their projects, Vrolijk worked with NTI CAD & Company , an Autodesk Construction Cloud partner, to identify the best solution to fit their needs. “To Our own drawings and documents are correctly formatted using the ISO 19650 naming conventions that we comply with.

Regulation 52

Regulation CAD BIM Autodesk 52

DebunkTheBIM

OCTOBER 19, 2019

The new generation of 20 somethings (and younger) in training or about to enter the AEC, are taught that documenting building is about creating drawings. A good modeller will have plenty of opportunities to model, but rule number one is, that the ‘drawings’ are priority, what consultancies get paid for.

BIM 68

BIM Drawings Modeling Industrial 68

Construction Cost Estimating

JUNE 16, 2010

The shop drawing is a drawing or collection of set of drawings, diagrams, illustrations, schedules, and other data or information specifically generated or assembled by the contractor, supplier, manufacturer, subcontractor, or fabricator to demonstrate some portion of the work for the approval of architect or engineer.

Drawings 40

Drawings Fabrication Construction Documentation 40

Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Billy streamlines the collection and verification of compliance documents, such as Certificates of Insurance, business licenses, and certified payroll. DataSeer allows construction professionals to identify, extract, and convert unstructured drawings and documents into standardized output formats, including CSV and CAD files automatically.

Autodesk 118

Autodesk BIM Visualization Construction 118

DebunkTheBIM

FEBRUARY 14, 2015

Should documentation that is based on a coordinated 3D digital model be charged at a higher price than straight CAD-ed one is? They claim not to be, though the day-to-day results show otherwise, it is definitely not faster than if done by competent 3D modellers/documenters.

CAD 48

CAD BIM Drawings Consulting 48

Carol Hagen

JULY 26, 2012

Construction communication challenges often arise as preferred technologies (BIM, IPD, CAD) often leave non-techie types out of the conversation loop. Everyone in construction operations is visual and depends upon drawings, plans and models to convey ideas. Remember the PDF?

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Innovation Construction Documentation CAD 146

Lets Build

MAY 9, 2017

In this phase, the production and sharing of the information are taking place with the help of paper and non-interoperable electronic documents. CAD drawings are used during Level 0, but there is no sharing of the generated information models. To the contrary, everyone is free to use a distinct CAD model.

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BIM Aconex Aconex Construction 168

DebunkTheBIM

JULY 26, 2014

This approach is somewhat surprising considering that in most contemporary construction contracts PDF’s as the digital representations of drawings have often higher standing than model files or even DWGs. One would presume a chunky market to be there for developers of PDF focused tools.

BIM 59

BIM ArchiCAD Drawings CAD 59

DebunkTheBIM

MARCH 24, 2013

They, being the CIC, the ‘architects’ of this document and its sisters, the various guides and ‘best practice’ manuals. The contractor receives these CAD files and distributes them between various impacted subcontractors as well as uses them to prepare own shop drawings. Or more precisely, they wish. Or, will they?

BIM 48

BIM Modeling Insurance CAD 48

DebunkTheBIM

APRIL 1, 2018

It started off with CAD, then, when BIM was getting strong enough to stay – it extended over almost anything to do with Construction Information Management. Almost, I state – as the non-graphical data management is still somewhat outside its claws, i.e. project, people and time document management.

Autodesk 71

Autodesk CAD ArchiCAD BIM 71

Carol Hagen

JANUARY 16, 2015

Studio Projects lets you share project files and folders including Word documents, Excel Spreadsheets, images, PDFs, DWGs, etc. You can check out documents from Studio Project, make revisions and check them back in or in the case of PDFs, collaborate on these documents in a Studio Session. A perfect audit trail.

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iPad Documentation Drawings Plans 100

DebunkTheBIM

JANUARY 11, 2012

The clandestine practice of consultants modelling for tender documentation. Thanks to CAD, these drawings would number in the hundreds if not thousands for even modest buildings. Thanks to CAD, these drawings would number in the hundreds if not thousands for even modest buildings. Then, a slight shift happened.

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Consulting Modeling Documentation CAD 50

DebunkTheBIM

APRIL 26, 2011

This is part of the daily drudgery of many BIM practitioners: I am working on a job where the consultants provided DWG and DWF files of their drawings. When I question it, as I often do – I get this kind of response (commonly, not on this particular job): ‘The DWF is the digital (non editable) representation of the contractual document.

BIM 48

BIM CAD Documentation Drawings 48

NH Construction Law

OCTOBER 1, 2022

This is not your father’s CAD system. Whether a BIM model is considered a Contract Document required to be followed is a matter for agreement among the project participants.

Modeling 40

Modeling BIM Contract Documentation 40

DebunkTheBIM

JANUARY 7, 2011

Definition: Computer aided drafting that uses purely orthogonal projections and ignores most of the rules and principles of ‘traditional’ documenting. You’ll find small buildings documented using hundreds and hundreds of sheets. You’ll find small buildings documented using hundreds and hundreds of sheets.

Drawings 48

Drawings Documentation CAD Drafting 48

DebunkTheBIM

JUNE 11, 2011

Or have they been designed NOT to booby trap – i.e. instead support speedy navigation and interpretation of documents? Maybe there are clever navigation gadgets built in those documents that I am yet to discover? the Windows thumbnails do not count – at their size one can’t properly assess the content of the drawing;

Drawings 48

Drawings Documentation CAD Accidents 48

Pro Builder

JUNE 22, 2023

That may be OK-ish with a traditional stick-built production home, where construction documents are commonly open to a certain amount of interpretation and making changes in the field isn’t uncommon. Our CAD [computer-aided design] modelers and drafters have become experts in how to build a house,” Carpenter says. Not so in a factory.

Site 92

Site Housing Design Industrial 92

DebunkTheBIM

OCTOBER 24, 2012

In fact, it is viewed as a bit of a ‘dirty concept’ to expect instantaneous updating of all documents following a design change. Digital, ‘Model-based documentation’ is of course, the answer for those architects/engineers that DO want to improve their ‘response-time’ without compromising on quality or taking on additional risks.

Engineering 62

Engineering Travel Drawings CAD 62

Construction Cost Estimating

JANUARY 7, 2015

PlanGrid, the most recognized CAD drawings viewer and cloud -collaboration tool in AEC, recently launched a dedicated all-in-one RFI solution that will provide immense benefits to the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. RFI PDF reports are also created for allocation to the team through email.

Drawings 40

Drawings CAD Drafting Materials 40

Construction Cost Estimating

MAY 1, 2017

For more information, visit, ppm.intergraph.com Microstation – It is a CAD software product from Bentley Systems for two and three dimensional design and drafting. With MicroStation, it is possible to efficiently view, model, document, and visualize projects of any size or complexity.

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Software Software Engineering Design 40

Revit OpEd

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The fact that we can generate elevations and sections easily and that they are derived from the model without drawing them completely from scratch is wonderful. If we can make mistakes in cad and in Revit then what''s the difference? With the separate file process used by cad a team can be quite isolated from one another.

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Revit CAD Drawings Modeling 55

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 27, 2022

In 2018, Eoin Nield joined as the company’s first BIM Manager, with the remit of supporting the transition from traditional CAD design to integrated delivery methods. “My People would carry around huge rolls of drawings, which would be stored in site offices. Document controllers are not required to chase up actions.”.

Autodesk 59

Autodesk Site BIM Management 59

DebunkTheBIM

MAY 27, 2011

Or anyone really, that is assessing construction documentation with the intention of committing to create something out of nothing based on drawings compiled in packages often labelled “for tender”. Could be a client representative too, charged with overseeing the project!

Contractors 48

Contractors Drawings CAD Bidding 48

Construction Cost Estimating

APRIL 25, 2019

Download CostX CostX can instantly capture exact measurements from scanned, PDF and CAD drawings together with formation of automatic BIM quantities from 3D/BIM models. The application supports digitizer integration, file integration (CAD, PDF, etc), and 2D takeoff. Users can also evaluate subcontractor and supplier quotes.

Bidding 40

Bidding Estimating Software Software 40

DebunkTheBIM

JULY 8, 2011

We produce documentation for our buildings ‘the good old way’ and use CAD where absolutely necessary and only to mimic the traditional processes. Our buildings don’t come from cookie-cutters, we fashion each-and-every one from scratch by painstakingly drawing up separate views for all plans, elevations and sections.

BIM 50

BIM Drawings CAD Consulting 50

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 2, 2023

I applied it more in the residential space by doing house drawings and house plans, and learning the parametric modeling side for families. Metromont was one of my customers when I was there with that company, and their CAD manager was retiring that year and I took the opportunity to replace them.I I think the core of BIM is data.

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BIM Management Autodesk Modeling 98

DebunkTheBIM

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

They both are confident to be following well established building-documenting practices. There is a code on the structural drawing that can be tracked to the schedule and the dimensions are noted. The structural engineer sizes the concrete column; the architect places it in the space.

Structural Engineering 48

Structural Engineering CAD BIM Modeling 48

DebunkTheBIM

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Digital Platform based Shop-drawing assessment Construction Information Management has been an interest of mine for a good 30 years. Over this time I become a fairly competent BIM implementer and had been involved with some pretty large projects all over the world.

Drawings 48

Drawings BIM Modeling Management 48

DebunkTheBIM

JULY 1, 2011

2/ SA: 40-50 JA: late 20s SA will know what documents should be created (in 2D) but will not have a good understanding of how to check them; Suggest ways to restructure outputs for checking to become easier; (reduce number of drawings); 3/ SA: 30-40 JA: late 20s SA will be somewhat hands on and very vulnerable. Don’t call it anything!

BIM 48

BIM CAD Drawings Documentation 48

DebunkTheBIM

DECEMBER 6, 2017

I got hooked very early on the idea of using the power of computers to assist the profession in design, documentation and construction management. While the documentation part converted to its electronic equivalent ‘relatively’ painlessly, the idea of designing with no free hand sketching and paper involved, was an absolute no-no for most.

Industrial 48

Industrial Documentation Architecture IDEA 48

BIM & Beam

AUGUST 1, 2018

Before we dive in, let’s quickly review the four benefits of BIM for engineers: Combines the versatility of 2D documentation with the higher level of fidelity and accuracy of 3D modeling of steel reinforcement and concrete accessories, with minimal effort to produce both. Once the rebar modelling is complete, detailing can begin.

Modeling 75

Modeling BIM Concrete Design 75

Revit OpEd

MARCH 2, 2012

Obviously there is some reluctance to review drawings on screen, on the computer. I've encountered drawings coming off the plotter only to see some obvious typo or other problem that we clearly missed on screen for days, weeks or even months. The document reviewer can open the DWF sheet files and check progress on picking up changes.

Design 60

Design Revit iPad Documentation 60

Revit OpEd

AUGUST 18, 2015

A good many of us in the AEC business are familiar with the concept of using keynotes on drawings. Regardless, for us it is a system to reduce clutter on drawings by placing symbols that either carry numbers or letters or both to identify different conditions that we should look to a separate place to read more information.

Drawings 40

Drawings Schedule CAD Drafting 40