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Winning Projects with Interactive Construction Presentations

Carol Hagen

Here are a few ideas to convert your next presentation from drab to interactive: Make Your Information Visually Appealing. Hyperlinking Slide content to construction documents or real-time data collection that translates these field updates into easily understood moving visuals are recommended.

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REINFORCEMENT COVER AND PRE-CONCRETE CHECKS

The Constructor

The first part is a visual inspection by the clerk of works or equivalent. If these levels are satisfactory and the clerk has completed the visual checks then the pour will proceed. Pre-Concrete Checks for Reinforcement: The pre-concrete check for reinforcement essentially comes in two parts.

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Federal Role in America’s Infrastructure

Building Information Management

New House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) ” The goal of the meeting is likely encourage his peers to exempt transportation from their proposals to scale back government spending. Congress approved a two-year, $105 billion surface transportation bill last year.

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Curtain wall design-assist: Navigating the process for success

Construction Specifier

Design-assist also allows the subcontractor and CM/GC the opportunity for early coordination of construction logistics, including selecting key material suppliers ( e.g. glass, opaque panels), mockup testing, factory fabrication, transportation, and field installation. Photo courtesy Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.

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2013 Global Construction Survey

Building Information Management

federal departments/agencies, as well as state/county/local governments, colleges/universities, healthcare, and airports/transportation. federal departments/agencies, as well as state/county/local governments, colleges/universities, healthcare, and airports/transportation. RSMeans Strategic Partner. . . 4Clicks.com'

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Collaborative, Efficient Construction Delivery Methods – The Real Obstacle to BIM

Building Information Management

The benefits include centralized and visual communication, early exploration of options, sustainability, efficient design, integration of disciplines, site control, as built documentation, etc.–effectively Visualization of information will be critical, not 3D pretty pictures. Value will be places upon information vs. data.

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Big Data, BIM, Cloud Computing, and Efficient Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment

Building Information Management

Yet far too much emphasis to date has been upon the 3D visualization component of BIM vs. collaborative construction delivery methods, a standardized and robust ontology, and the use of open cloud computing technologies. RSMeans Strategic Partner. means RS Means rsmeans'