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New Sustainable Projects Exhibit in 2017 AIA Contract Documents

Green Building Law Update

The new Sustainable Projects Exhibit is a potential game changer that could revitalize the now sluggish if not moribund domestic green building industrial complex, that suffers from the lack of regular involvement of the legal profession, and as I recently wrote the resultant, Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts Properly Drafted.

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L.A. City Council approves plan for new $1 billion Watts development

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Los Angeles city officials have voted to revitalize a notorious Watts housing project with shops, town homes, and green spaces. The City Council voted unanimously to approve a series of land use and planning laws that took four years to draft.

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CAD Shack: Imported DWG Files Have Thin Text

CAD Shack

There are times when AutoCAD files are required to be added to Revit project files. There two ways to incorporate AutoCAD DWG files into Revit. Inserted DWG files remain static and don’t change in Revit when they are updated in AutoCAD. Labels: AMEP , Fixes , How To , Revit , Revit MEP , Tricks and Tips.

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CAD Shack: Autodesk Labs Plugin of the Month

CAD Shack

ASHRAE Viewer for Revit MEP Revit MEP utilizes the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Duct Fitting Database to lookup coefficients for determining pressure losses through duct fittings. Labels: Autodesk News , Neat-O , Resources , Revit , Revit MEP. Revit MEP. (88).

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CAD Shack: Using Character Map in Text and Tags

CAD Shack

If you were not aware that you can use special characters in Revit to add things like a diameter symbol to text, check out my previous post. Revit MEP supports oval duct, but the symbol in tags my firm has used since hand drafting is the Greek letter PHI. Revit MEP Family Tutorial. AutoCAD vs. ABS vs. Revit Systems.

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First Steps

CAD Shack

Drafting speed will increase Engineering tools available Improved accuracy in scheduling New level of standardization - layers, styles, dwg management Direct interoperability with ADT Near automatic background clean up with ADT drawings. Robert Green counts mouse clicks and so do I. Revit was similar but different. That was ABS.

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Leading the Home Building Industry: Pro Builder's 2021 Forty Under 40

Pro Builder

Extracurricular • Volunteer, historical revitalization of Effingham’s town hall and town library. Secret Life • Graced with a green thumb, which she uses on her 500- square-foot produce garden. . . . Education • Green Building Certificate, Colorado State University. Andrew Gotlieb, 34. Business Development Director.