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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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.
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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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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.
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.
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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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. From these experiences from past, the common causes of structural failures are understood. 8) inadequate preparation and review of contract and shop drawings. (9)
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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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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.
GRAITEC Unveils New Range of Revit Reinforced Concrete Extensions
BIM & Beam
DECEMBER 9, 2014
Autodesk University is the ideal event to experience inspirational seminars on everything related to design and engineering. 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.
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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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119 BIM for Reinforced Concrete – From Design to Detailing in One Model
BIM & Beam
AUGUST 1, 2018
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. Allows users to design and detail with rebar clash prevention in mind to reduce clashes both in the preconstruction and site execution project phases.
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More about design drawings and model planning
Construction Cost Estimating
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
Plans are like a set of drawings or two-dimensional diagrams that are used to narrate a place or object or to communicate building or fabrication instructions which are drawn or printed on paper and can take the form of a digital file. and many more.
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Some crucial technical drawings terms in construction
Construction Cost Estimating
AUGUST 27, 2018
Given below the details lists of technical drawings terms essential at construction site. Tender drawings: These types of drawings are provided to the bidders at the tender time to estimate the blank BOQ. Tender drawings & specifications play an important role in the post contract phase to manage variations.
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Design is in the process: Early consultant collaboration drives better teams, designs, and buildings
Construction Specifier
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
By Sarah Sindian, AIA, NCARB Photos by Quarterra/courtesy KTGY Design, like people, can be messy. On other days, one may find themselves in a creative flow, making significant progress, only to discover that the carefully developed unit plan or amenity space, previously vetted, now requires structural reevaluation.
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SHOP DRAWING creates maximum benefits for construction companies
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.
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How to draw SFD and BMD of one sided overhand beam
Construction Cost Estimating
APRIL 13, 2017
This construction video provides some useful guidelines for creating the drawing of SFD and BMD for one sided overhanding beam with point loads. The structural engineers or other construction professionals, who handle forces in materials, utilize bending moment and shear diagrams.
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Reaching a new level of sophistication with panelized construction
Construction Specifier
JULY 16, 2020
The decision to go with panelization must start early in the design process. Shop drawings must be created, approved, and coordinated with other elements of the building, and, therefore, this process should ideally begin eight to 12 weeks before construction and panel fabrication starts.
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Definition of Design Period | Why Design Period is Provided | Factors Affecting Design Period | Design Period Values
CivilJungle
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
Definition of Design Period: Design period could be defined as the number of years in the near future in which the supply will surpass the demand. Why Design Period Is Provided? The main reasons behind providing Design Periods are: It is prodigiously strenuous or unfeasible to produce frequent. Life of the structure.
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The True Value of 3D Modeling for Home Builders
Pro Builder
JULY 14, 2021
For an increasing number of them, this transition entails moving from two-dimensional (2D) drawings to three-dimensional (3D) digital modeling. In a 3D environment, flat plans are brought to life, making it possible to visualize and understand precisely how a home’s design will come together. Tech Tools for Builders: Mobile Apps.
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Can a VR-enabled AEC Firm transform building projects?
BD+C
JUNE 16, 2023
0 dbarista Fri, 06/16/2023 - 14:36 Virtual Reality With the aid of virtual reality and 3D visualization technologies, designers, consultants, and their clients can envision a place as though the project were in a later stage. This innovation in technology has greatly impacted the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, & Construction) industries.
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75 How to create design & analysis of a simple structure with Orion 18
Construction Cost Estimating
MARCH 25, 2016
This is a useful construction video that shows how to use Orion V18 software to create the design of a basic structure. Orion is a construction program as well as structural engineering software from CSC (currently acquired by Tekla) that can be used for developing efficient structural design.
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Some best software for structural analysis and design
Construction Cost Estimating
SEPTEMBER 23, 2018
Now-a-days, lots of software emerge in the market to design, analyze and develop large projects rapidly. The 3D integrated structural design and analysis software become very popular amid structural designers. These simplified structural analysis and design software are applied to increase productivity.
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EdiLus-RC – A powerful software for concrete design & reinforced concrete structural calculation
Construction Cost Estimating
AUGUST 29, 2018
EdiLus-RC is an exclusive software for making perfect concrete design that deals with structural calculations toward new and subsisting buildings in reinforced concrete by means of the most simple and effective SMART BIM object input. The first structural calculations BIM software for reinforced concrete buildings.
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How to Building Construction Process Step by Step
CivilJungle
OCTOBER 18, 2021
This per construction possesses some points like plot hiring, planting, budget, consult hiring, contractor, Design process, etc. After selecting proper land for building, seek the help / constantan of a professional architect to create building designs, and take advice. Design Process. All drawing like Plan, Elevation, Section.
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Guidelines for rebar detailing of RCC structures
Construction Cost Estimating
AUGUST 29, 2019
Reinforcement Detailing or Rebar detailing is a detailed construction engineering process normally accomplished by the Rebar fabricators, structural engineering consultants or the contractors for generating ‘shop/placing’ drawings or shop drawings and bar bending schedule of steel reinforcement for construction.
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Some useful design and analysis software for engineers
Construction Cost Estimating
MAY 1, 2017
This construction video provides the detailed lists of most recognized design and analysis software for Civil Engineering. The lists include the following :- Bentley Staad Pro – It is used for 3d structural analysis and design. The software can be applied for concrete, steel, and reinforced concrete design of structures.
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Streamlining Construction Workflows: Hodari Africa Excels with Autodesk Build
Autodesk Construction Cloud
OCTOBER 15, 2023
Deric Van Staden, Lead Design Manager for Hodari Africa, acknowledges the investment GREA made upfront in its commitment to excellence. “As At the same time, the architects and structural engineers worked from South Africa. The geographical separation made sharing information and coordinating efforts a constant struggle.
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Civil Engineering Software | List of Civil Engineering Software | List of Engineering Software
CivilJungle
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Civil Engineering Software: Civil engineering software encompasses a variety of tools to assist civil engineers throughout both the design and construction process. This software can help in drafting & documenting, designing, visualizing & analyzing & so on. Software Required for Drafting or Drawing.
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Usefulness of Construction Geometry for Roof Framing
Construction Cost Estimating
APRIL 18, 2016
Construction Geometries are used to draw shapes, angles or lines precisely. Points, lines, measurements and angles are frequently utilized to lay out the building by following the architect drawings. The geometries can simplify the estimation of roof framing. The roofers apply pitch and angles to assure drainage of rainwater.
With BIM, steel detailing can be delivered fast. See how Autodesk customer TSI Structures did it.
BIM & Beam
JUNE 6, 2016
“The bidirectional link between Advance Steel and Autodesk Revit software— used by BWB’s structural engineers—made it easier to reuse their design model and work more efficiently with their engineers using a BIM workflow,” says Adrian Betts, drawing office manager at TSI Structures.
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Can a VR-enabled AEC firm transform your project?
BD+C
JULY 8, 2024
0 qpurcell Mon, 07/08/2024 - 09:59 Virtual Reality With the aid of virtual reality and three-dimensional visualization technologies, designers, consultants, and their clients can envision a place as though the project were in a later stage. Architects are trained to interpret 2D drawings and imagine designs in our heads.
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Finish Floors and Doors
Revit OpEd
OCTOBER 16, 2013
It''s a fairly common practice to create separate floors for structure and finishes. The structural "layer" of a floor may actually be modeled by the structural consultant, assuming the structural engineer we are working with uses Revit and isn''t working directly in the same model with us (architecture bias in this post).
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53 Watch The Demo Of Advance Steel, A Powerful 3D BIM Steel Detailing Software
Construction Cost Estimating
JULY 2, 2016
The software offers huge benefits to Structural engineering professionals to speed up the process for design, steel detailing, steel fabrication, and steel construction. Steel shop drawings Apply adjustable templates to produce superior-quality drawings.
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40 The lifecycle of a detail – BIM and butterflies
DebunkTheBIM
JUNE 2, 2017
Designs evolve, grids get moved, storey levels get changed – entire floors added or deleted etc., Designs evolve, grids get moved, storey levels get changed – entire floors added or deleted etc., And I mean, everything, getting IFC drawings, as-builts, shop-drawings, or magical, know it all 3-7D (+) models.
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How Pre Engineered Building Is Better Than Conventional Building | Advantages & Disadvantages of Pre Engineered Buildings | Use of Pre Structure
CivilJungle
JANUARY 6, 2021
Pre-engineered buildings are steel structures from which the structure members are constructed like columns , roof truss , purlins etc. Pre-engineered steel buildings are constructed using Steel built-up sections that are designed and fabricated in the factory and assembled at the site by using various bolted connections.
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52 PR Announcement at NASCC
BIM & Beam
APRIL 13, 2016
Updated Autodesk Structural Fabrication Suite helps advance connected BIM-based steel design and construction workflows. In addition, advances in technology are revolutionizing how the built environment is designed and constructed. Preparing the Steel Industry for a Connected Future.
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Rebar Projects in Revit
BIM & Beam
JUNE 29, 2015
The visual capability of Revit, coupled with the ability to design reinforced concrete in 3D, allows users to gain more insight into the design during the project than would otherwise have been the case. They offer a full range of civil engineering and design services.
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Manage Changes, Don’t Let Them Manage You
Autodesk Construction Cloud
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Nowadays, it’s not uncommon to be inundated with information highlighting the importance of collaboration and communication in design and construction projects. However, it is also common for architecture and engineering, as well as general contracting firms, to struggle with precise and timely communication of changes.
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Conceptual Estimating is ideal for project feasibility study
Construction Cost Estimating
JUNE 17, 2010
Owing to high number of design constraints and intricacy of construction a system known as conceptual cost estimation (also referred to as predesign cost estimation ) has been developed to conceptually estimate the costs for construction industries.
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40 Current and Future Use of BIM – 2013 – UK
Building Information Management
AUGUST 30, 2013
The majority of BIM use remained in the design, procurement and planning stages and as such, only isolated current impacts on the CM were suggested. Eastman suggested the use of integrated databases and standardized drawings to aid in project control (Eastman, Teicholz, Sacks & Liston 2008).
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Some useful methods to work out ideal column spacing for pallet racking
Construction Cost Estimating
AUGUST 9, 2019
Although the layout drawing is adjusted properly but collapsing of columns in the middle of a drive aisle or in the racking itself can’t be avoided. They are available with different types of sizes and designs. To develop a pallet racking structure, two upright frames are required on each side to support the horizontal beams.
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16 Types of Building Components | How a Building Is Constructed | 19 Different Types of Building Construction Phases
CivilJungle
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. Building design requires an immense volume of material as well as expenditure. Pcc and Excavation-.
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