Types of Drawings used in Building Construction
The Constructor
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Different types of drawings is used in construction such as architectural drawings, structural, electrical, plumbing and finishing drawings.
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Difference between architecture drawing and engineering drawing
Learn Civil Engineering
MAY 16, 2022
What is architecture drawing? Architecture drawing is drawn by hand or produced digitally is a technical drawing that shows the design of a building or a product. These drawings give a guideline for how a building or a structure […].
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Commercial Construction Project Planning: 3 Warning Signs Your Budget Might Go Bust
HardHatChat
AUGUST 28, 2018
In a best-case scenario, a general contractor budgets a job based on thorough architectural and engineered drawings that encompass not only the client’s design intent, but also careful planning for everything from mechanical systems to cosmetic finishes. Getting Too Specific on Specifications.
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Common Sources of Errors in Structural Design
The Constructor
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
There are several sources of errors in structural design and drawings. It is important to specify and explain these sources to avoid such mistakes in.
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Refine versus shine: Defining and defending design intent with refined concrete
Construction Specifier
JANUARY 13, 2025
Owners and design teams are not protected by todays inadequate and vague polished concrete specifications. Contractors and design teams will continue to pay out contingencies without understanding what went wrong and how to protect themselves in the future.
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Common construction cost estimating problems
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 2, 2025
Poor Communication: Lack of clear communication between estimators, designers, and project managers can result in misunderstandings and inaccurate cost estimations. Developed and maintained by experienced professionals with decades of cost engineering expertise, including past roles at RSMeans, U.S. Cost, and VFA, Inc.
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COMMON STRUCTURAL FAILURE CAUSES
The Constructor
NOVEMBER 19, 2011
Even experience in extensive design in academic context can provide only limited perspective in engineering decision making. 3) Bad workmanship, which is often the result of failure to communicate the design decisions to the persons, involved in executing them. (4) 2) poor communication between the fabricators and erectors. (3)
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Effective Marketing For Diverse Construction Job Categories
Construction Marketing
JANUARY 24, 2024
Architects Design and plan construction projects, considering both aesthetic and functional aspects. Engineers (Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical) Civil engineers focus on the design and maintenance of infrastructure. Structural engineers design and analyze structures for stability and safety.
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5 Reasons Prototyping Is Essential In Design And Construction
Construction Marketing
JUNE 16, 2021
Construction is one industry faced with many planning and designing before the actual structure is put in place. A plan is always drawn in blueprints to give clients and engineers insight into how the building should be. A prototype is like a version or a product model that’s first designed during the testing stage.
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5 Helpful Resources for Designing & Building with Engineered Wood
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
APA – THE ENGINEERED WOOD ASSOCIATION Multifamily Housing Engineered wood’s combination of benefits—from beauty and versatility to sustainability and strength—has made it a popular material for commercial projects such as mixed-use buildings, low-rise office structures and even eight-story mass-timber high rises.
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REINFORCEMENT COVER AND PRE-CONCRETE CHECKS
The Constructor
MARCH 20, 2012
The required amount of cover will always be specified on the design drawings, but no time should the cover be less than the maximum size of aggregate plus 5mm. The second part is carried out by a surveyor, who will check the steel levels against the required levels from the design drawings.
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Secrets of a structural engineer
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Secrets of a structural engineer 0 dbarista Fri, 09/08/2023 - 11:54 Engineers Walter P Moore's Scott Martin, PE, LEED AP, DBIA, offers tips and takeaways for young—and veteran—structural engineers in the AEC industry. Below is a summary of the presentation “Secrets of a Structural Engineer” that I gave to the students.
Lean Construction – Overcoming decades of mistrust, lack of communication, and opposition between facilities owners, designers, engineers, and builders.
Job Order Contracting
JULY 29, 2021
Lean Construction – Overcoming decades of mistrust, lack of communication, and opposition between facilities owners, designers, engineers, and builders… possible? Design-Bid-Build. Traditional design-bid-build (DBB) delivery process with design, bidding, and construction in separate, sequential steps.
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Curtain wall design-assist: Navigating the process for success
Construction Specifier
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Whether creating new architectural expressions or rehabilitating architecturally significant historic buildings, from stick-built to unitized, “off-the-shelf” commodity to custom bespoke systems, utilizing insulating glass units or opaque spandrel panels, simple flat or complex geometry; it seems the sky is the limit with curtain wall design today.
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FORMWORK AND GOOD FORMWORK PROPERTIES
The Constructor
MARCH 19, 2012
Its importance is evident when you consider that the cost of fabrication, erecting and striking the formwork, often exceeds the cost of the concrete it is designed to shape and support. For anything other than most smallest of concreting jobs e.g. walls over 1m in height, a drawing should be provided, showing what formwork is required.
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Learn What’s New in Revit 2019 for Structural Engineers and Detailers
BIM & Beam
APRIL 11, 2018
Building on Autodesk’s strategy to make Revit a robust model authoring tool for designing and detailing, the Revit 2019 release includes a number of new features that increase modeling versatility, accuracy, and productivity for engineers and detailers. Detailed Steel Design. Standard and Custom Connections.
Innovative Approaches to Industrial Construction Project Management
Construction Marketing
APRIL 11, 2023
This has obviously led to large-scale improvements in the way structures are designed and building materials are fabricated. Incorporate the Latest Project Management Software Computer-animated design (CAD) technology revolutionized design when it was introduced decades ago. It streamlines scheduling.
Commercial Construction Trends: Why More Clients Are Choosing the Design-Assist Model
HardHatChat
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
Working with a client on a design-assist or design-build basis, as Englewood Construction is with the reimagining of Stratford Square Mall, allows the commercial contractor to provide valuable input during the initial planning stages. Design-assist is a bit of a hybrid of the design-build process.
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LEAN Job Order Contracting – What Public Sector Facilities Professionals Need to Know
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Job Order Contracting (JOC) has been distorted into a way to simply speed the procurement of repair, renovation, and new build construction, bypassing procurement rigors and doing little to assure mutually beneficial benefit to owners and design-builder or overall efficiency. Enhanced owner and design-builder capabilities.
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3 Tips On How To Find The Perfect Commercial Construction Contractor… And Be A Great Construction Client
HardHatChat
JULY 27, 2020
Earlier this spring, I had the opportunity to talk with Restaurant Development + Design Magazine for an article on “How to Find the Perfect Construction Partner” that just published in the July/August issue. Doing so tells us they are as serious about the project as we are.
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any one give the autocad drawings for cricket stadium plans?
The Constructor
SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
i am a student.studying civil engineering,now i take the one project,the project name is “design and analysis of cricket stadium” please.
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INSPECTION OF A BRIDGE STRUCTURE - The Constructor
The Constructor
MAY 29, 2012
For instance, the concrete sub and superstructure should not need replacing during 120 year design life. Here the data is fed into the agency’s database such that it can gain an overall picture of the state of the bridge and calculate an estimate of likely future expenditure. Not all the components of a bridge is deteriorate at the same rate.
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PRE-CONCRETE CHECKS FOR FORMWORK & RELEASE AGENTS
The Constructor
MARCH 19, 2012
Below are the checks that should be verified before pouring begins: Is the formwork erected in accordance with the approved drawings? The cost of remedial work due to formwork deflection will usually exceed the original cost of doing the job properly. Is the formwork restrained against movement in all directions?
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3 Ways Lean Design Can Help Home Builders Recover Margins
Pro Builder
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
3 Ways Lean Design Can Help Home Builders Recover Margins. Using a Lean design and construction approach, home builders can reduce waste and costs without sacrificing amenities or marketability of their produc. What Is Lean Design in Home Building? Lean Design is a tool builders all over the country use to reduce costs.
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How BIM Helps General Contractors Win More Business
Construction Business Owner
JANUARY 18, 2021
For the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, this holds especially true. Thanks to the recent emergence of cloud-based BIM solutions, GCs, designers and owners can now work together to identify and resolve errors in real time, avoiding costly mistakes and reducing rework. Greg Ragsdale. Mon, 01/18/2021 - 15:19.
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Commercial Construction Tips: Six Best Practice Resolutions for 2011
HardHatChat
JANUARY 18, 2011
Bill Di Santo (right) overseeing a design-build project for Englewood Construction. Working with design-build GCs is a good resolution for 2011. Now, how many of you have had to pay for a second set of drawings because your GC found something that would alter the architect’s original plans? Take a leap of faith.
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FIXING OF PRECAST CLADDING
The Constructor
AUGUST 23, 2012
Restraint fixings are designed to hold panels back and transfer all horizontal forces (such as wind pressure or suction) to the structure. Design of fixings in precast cladding: The basic requirement in any cladding design is that support and restraint to the main structure to be provided.
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Three Easy Steps to Building a Commercial Building
Wolgast Corporation
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Whether it is a healthcare practice, manufacturing facility, office building, auto dealership, or restaurant, or if it is new construction or a remodel, we use the steps or phases of Design-Build construction to break down the commercial construction process most efficiently for our clients.
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Six Ways to Control Rising Commercial Construction Costs
HardHatChat
JULY 11, 2013
According to Engineering News Record , June costs for commercial construction, building and materials were up more than two percent when compared to year ago. If there is one aspect of a commercial construction job worth extra investment, it is the planning and drawing stage. Design Build Firms. Chuck Taylor. Questions?
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Behind the Build: Interview with Mostafa Saber, BIM & Design Manager at Diamond Developers
Autodesk Construction Cloud
JANUARY 10, 2024
We sat down with Mostafa Saber , BIM & Design Manager at Diamond Developers as he walked us through his career journey, the challenges he faces while modernising and his vision for the future of construction. Within five years, I exclusively used Autodesk’s Revit to deliver all my architectural designs.
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How Working with a Design-Build Construction Firm Can Boost the Bottom Line
HardHatChat
MARCH 17, 2015
Interestingly enough, we have found owners for many of the commercial construction projects out-to-bid are looking to work with design-build construction firms. Englewood Construction is currently working on a design-build project for the renovation of Stratford Square mall in Bloomingdale, Ill. True partnership.
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How is artificial intelligence impacting data center design?
BD+C
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
How is artificial intelligence impacting data center design? 0 qpurcell Wed, 11/22/2023 - 17:00 Data Centers As AI is reshaping how we interact with machines and the world around us, the design of data centers needs to adapt to this fast-changing landscape. And there is no one-size-fits-all approach for data centers.
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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
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. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.
Development Length | Why Development Length Is Provided | Development Length Calculation
Civiconcepts
OCTOBER 14, 2022
As a structural engineer or site engineer, we frequently work with various types of designs and details. One word, “development length,” or the denotation “Ld,” is mentioned in the drawing.
Design Trends Survey: What's in Store for Housing's Look and Feel
Pro Builder
JUNE 14, 2021
Design Trends Survey: What's in Store for Housing's Look and Feel. A recent survey of architects and design-minded home builders reveals what's in store for the look and feel of housing during the next three to five years. Mon, 06/14/2021 - 08:00. Caroline Broderick, Associate Editor. . Trends in Exterior Cladding.
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Balancing construction realities with ideal fenestration design
Construction Specifier
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Regan, PE Providing a comfortable and attractive interior space for the building’s inhabitants is a primary concern of the design team. Submittals process During construction, the first place the design team will review information for the project is during the submittal process.
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What are ‘As-Built Drawings’: Importance and Usage in Construction
Building Radar
AUGUST 5, 2024
As-Built drawings play a crucial role in documenting the completed state of a project. These drawings reflect the exact dimensions, locations, and specifications of all elements as they were constructed, providing a comprehensive record of the final product. What Are As-Built Drawings? Importance of As-Built Drawings 1.
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Construction blueprints 101: What you need to know
Lets Build
APRIL 3, 2020
Construction blueprints (also known as construction plans or construction drawings) are two-dimensional drawings that contain all the details that are needed for a project. Historically, blueprints were literally blueprints and were made to reproduce technical drawings through a contact print process on light-sensitive paper.
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Blind Ambition: Insights from a blind architect on universal design
BD+C
APRIL 27, 2023
Blind Ambition: Insights from a blind architect on universal design 0 qpurcell Thu, 04/27/2023 - 14:53 Architects Blind architect Chris Downey shares his message to designers that universal design goes much further than simply meeting a code to make everything accessible. Universal Design Insights Downey is blind.
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How to Draw a House Plan Step by Step
CivilJungle
AUGUST 5, 2022
How to Draw a House Plan Step by Step? You should know the right process to draw a house plan before you start drawing a plan on paper. So before you start bringing out the design of your desired home you should read it carefully. Drawing a house plan takes much more effort and patience than doing other things.
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Designing higher education facilities without knowing the end users
BD+C
JUNE 14, 2023
Designing higher education facilities without knowing the end users 0 dbarista Wed, 06/14/2023 - 14:29 Higher Education A team of architects with Page offers five important factors to consider when designing spaces for multiple—and potentially changing—stakeholders. Courtesy Page 2.
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98 Trapezoidal Footing Formula
The Constructor
OCTOBER 16, 2018
The trapezoidal footing formula gives the equation to determine the volume of the trapezoidal footing from the respective drawing specifications.
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Why Projects Fail
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Real property owners, architects, engineers, and builders all would profit greatly from just applying “Change Management 101” effectively as a priority. The latter includes all internal personnel and departments as well as all external services providers (architects, engineers, contractors, consultants, etc.).
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