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What is Substructure and Superstructure in Building Construction?

The Constructor

Reinforcement shall be cut and placed as per the structural drawings and approved bar bending Schedules. Cover blocks should be tied with reinforcement by using binding wires for preventing misplacement from its location during concreting The post What is Substructure and Superstructure in Building Construction?

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. RELATED ARTICLE: About 11% of U.S.

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COMMON STRUCTURAL FAILURE CAUSES

The Constructor

Other common causes of structural failure are: (5) lack of appropriate professional design and construction experience, especially when novel structures are needed. (6) 8) inadequate preparation and review of contract and shop drawings. (9) 7) unwarranted belief in calculations and in specified extreme loads and properties. (8)

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Learn What’s New in Revit 2019 for Structural Engineers and Detailers

BIM & Beam

Benefit: This allows structural engineers and designers to design steel connections with a higher level of detail within the Revit environment. You can use a set of dedicated tools to create precise and detailed engineering drawings where steel connections are represented accurately. Documentation with steel details.

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GRAITEC Unveils New Range of Revit Reinforced Concrete Extensions

BIM & Beam

This year GRAITEC introduced their new range of powerful Revit extensions, called Advance BIM Designers - this solution focuses on better connecting reinforced concrete design and detailing workflows in Revit. This disconnect takes extra work to coordinate and is not very reliable.

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What’s New in Autodesk Revit 2015 R2 for Structural Engineers

BIM & Beam

There are new features and enhancements in Autodesk Revit 2015 R2 dedicated especially to structural engineers. Improved rebar modeling : When reinforcing concrete elements, you can now place rebar in any 2D view. You can snap to an imported and non-exploded CAD drawing. 3D snapping has been enhanced.

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BIM for Reinforced Concrete – From Design to Detailing in One Model

BIM & Beam

This is the third blog post in a series that discusses the advantages of working on concrete projects in a BIM process for structural engineers. Take, for example, a precast concrete wall. Revit-model-driven structural-analysis. The structural engineer creates the analytical model and structural system.