Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 1, 2011

SOFTWARE |. Software & Technology. To begin a discussion of cloud computing, let’s draw some analogies from the world of public utilities. To draw an analogy, imagine a situation in which individuals connected their own personal power generators to create a shared power grid. Top 5 Trends in Construction Software.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Are software programs, automation, etc. Snow: Yes — automated large-scale equipment with GPS locators so you can automate an excavator with the ability to calculate CY added/removed, depth of excavation to dig to per spec/drawings and more. helping alleviate some of the labor and process concerns?

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Viewpoint IDEA Industrial Office 162

Carol Hagen

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

With today’s announcement that LinkedIn has opened up their API to software developers and TweetDeck stating in their blog that LinkedIn will be integrated into their next release, it is only a matter of time before we all have more business apps than the iPhone. .

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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. Drawing a house plan takes much more effort and patience than doing other things. Basics: Before preparing a perfect plan to draw some decisions need to be taken.

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Drawings Plans Housing Drafting 52

Lets Build

MARCH 3, 2023

This includes going over your spec book, construction drawings, etc. Understanding every single project document allows you to create a more efficient construction schedule: Analyse historical data of similar projects to get a better idea of how to allocate resources and time for different activities. using site drawings.

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Lets Build

APRIL 3, 2023

You might also like: 7 ideas to make implementing lean more successful for your construction projects 2. With the right construction management software , you can maximise efficiency, reduce risk, and shift tasks around quickly based on changes to the project’s scope.

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Carol Hagen

APRIL 11, 2012

MultiVista , a national firm, captures visual as-builts indexed according to your architectural drawings. If you haven’t seen augmented reality yet let me recommend you watch a short video on the Worlds Largest AR Marker for ideas. This is especially important when the owner is not local. Visualizing with Augmented Reality (AR).

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Construction Visualization Documentation CoreCon 262

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. So these design drawings can be categorized as: • Feasibility studies. Concept drawings.

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Revit OpEd

APRIL 22, 2014

The first response quite often was, "We''ve already got {insert your software here}, no thanks"! Which was then followed by "Oh gosh, you mean it doesn''t do "X" just like {insert your software here}? Such as, "We''ve got all these people who are {insert your software here} experts. Other responses were, "Really?

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Construction Marketing

JUNE 16, 2021

The advantages of prototyping have led to its adoption in several industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, and software development. . Using two-dimensional drawing will likely not meet the demand and more advanced ways such as prototyping will be needed. . It helps to give developers a vision of how the actual product should be.

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Constructonomics

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Mark Buckshon, who writes the Construction Marketing Ideas blog, wrote an article last year about the three biggest construction marketing mistakes. So I guess my opinion is that it won’t hurt and could draw people to your site and maybe toss your info in the direction of other potential clients.

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Carol Hagen

JULY 1, 2015

File | Export and choose Excel Workbook | Page Region and then draw a rectangle around the data, including the column headings. Here are a few other ideas of how you could use this: Accounting: Import the expenses from a credit card statement so you can sort by expense type and subtotal in Excel. Export to an Excel Workbook.

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Documentation IDEA Drawings Accounting 100

HardHatChat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Did your general contractor give you a big fat binder of information including your warranty letters, operating manuals, as-built drawings, etc? By moving to a paperless project management software system. If you have more ideas for decreasing operating costs, I’d love to hear them. But not anymore. Bill Di Santo.

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Commercial Documentation Construction Project Management 120

Construction Cost Estimating

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In this useful construction video tutorial, you will get the details of 3D reinforcement in civil structural drawing. In this regard, you should have clear ideas on the followings :- Stirrups 8Ø@150 C/C – It means the stirrups or rings should contain 8mm diameter. To get more clear ideas, go through the following video tutorial.

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Drawings Foundation IDEA Construction 40

Lets Build

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As such, small construction businesses should invest in construction management software to deliver high-quality projects in the allotted budget and time. In fact, over 40% of firms use construction software to ensure productivity, safety, and timely deliveries. On average, the use of software can cut construction costs by up to 20%.

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Lets Build

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As such, small construction businesses should invest in construction management software to deliver high-quality projects in the allotted budget and time. In fact, over 40% of firms use construction software to ensure productivity, safety, and timely deliveries. On average, the use of software can cut construction costs by up to 20%.

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Management Construction Software Software 78

Fieldwire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULING SOFTWARE Easy construction project scheduling with Fieldwire Learn more → 3) Motion Motion waste is a result of extra steps taken by people to accomplish their work. Optimize your inventory to reduce this type of waste. 7) Defects Defects are incorrect work that needs to be repaired, replaced, or redone.

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Inventory Construction Materials Transportation 98

Construction Specifier

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

They see trends toward integrating information better, both with building information modeling (BIM) and drawings, and between teammates. Software and the design process. He sees reliance on the full-time specifier continuing, but bridges being built slowly between that person and the drawings. Mark Dorsey.

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DebunkTheBIM

OCTOBER 19, 2019

The new generation of 20 somethings (and younger) in training or about to enter the AEC, are taught that documenting building is about creating drawings. A good modeller will have plenty of opportunities to model, but rule number one is, that the ‘drawings’ are priority, what consultancies get paid for. Don’t worry.

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BIM Drawings Modeling Industrial 68

Construction Cost Estimating

JUNE 3, 2020

Arguably the most famous and the most commonly used 3D modeling software ever, we all know about AutoCAD. That’s a bad idea. What would be better is to keep a handy “basic” drawing available that is common to all of these drafts you have to make. Then keep using this “format” every time you start a new drawing of that kind.

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AutoCAD Drafting Drawings Autodesk 52

Pro Builder

MAY 2, 2023

is developing software to make design and planning of electrification retrofits significantly faster and easier for homeowners and contractors. will use smart circuit switching between 240-volt electric end uses while monitoring whole-home current draw to provide control logic and eliminate coincident peak loads.

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San Francisco Innovation Electrical Remodeling 98

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JULY 3, 2023

The idea behind a good construction meeting is to ensure it’s worth everyone’s time. If that sounds a little daunting, never fear: there’s also software for that. We’ll look at how to create an ideal agenda, ace meeting minutes and follow-up action items, and utilize the right software to your advantage. Let’s dive in.

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Construction Software Software Project Management 88

BIM & Beam

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

When we can, we’ll also share videos that illustrate some of the work-in-progress software. The feature enhancements are focused on productivity and usability requirements prioritized by users through the Advance Steel Idea webpage. We’re planning to periodically update the roadmap because it is subject to change.

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BIM & Beam

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

When defining what an entire object will look like, it is a good idea to create a new material (using a specific color or texture) and assign it to this object. Using specific colors for parts on drawings. You can use specific rules to assign some of the standard AutoCAD colors to Advance Steel objects displayed on drawings.

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Office Drawings AutoCAD Modeling 64

DebunkTheBIM

JANUARY 26, 2011

From all participants working in construction, steel manufacturers have managed to mimic manufacturing processes to highest degree.

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BIM Drawings CAD Visualization 48

CAD Shack

JULY 27, 2006

Well right out of the gate, if you want to implement new software and change processes, you'll have some things to nail down and a lot of issues to deal with. 1) Sell the idea of changing software to management Everybody's boss is different but here are some ideas based on ABS. Here's an example.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JULY 25, 2022

While humans have been engineering architectural feats for thousands of years, traditional drawings are often siloed, stagnant, and vulnerable to rapid obsolescence. . This is exactly what The Big Room is for, a place to discuss and share big industry ideas. . – Michael Isaak, Design Manager at AECOM Gilbert Garcia .

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Lets Build

MARCH 11, 2021

So it all boils down to this idea: if you know what is happening on site you build better and faster. All the things mentioned above that your teams similarly suffer through can be avoided if you move your programme to the cloud as you might have already done with your drawings. Like a freight train that takes a diversion.

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Construction Cost Estimating

DECEMBER 31, 2013

As an instructor for various cost estimating software training classes, he gathers these suggestions from dealing with customers. Scrutinize part drawings & specs in detail - A missed tolerance, surface finish or specification call out could impact, break or acutely influence decisions on the job.

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DebunkTheBIM

JULY 26, 2014

This approach is somewhat surprising considering that in most contemporary construction contracts PDF’s as the digital representations of drawings have often higher standing than model files or even DWGs. Why are there no more efforts made to guide PDF users through thousands of drawings by the originators?

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Revit OpEd

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Ever since we started using computers to generate architectural and engineering drawings we''ve been inclined to provide a place on a title block to help people find the file. The file name is useful to anyone who happens to be looking at the drawings as long as they are in a position to access the digital version of the file too.

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Revit Drawings AutoCAD Deals 58

DebunkTheBIM

JULY 23, 2011

Interesting idea, but can it be right? What has changed since the ‘do not scale’ mantra of the drawing based documentation? Software vendors need to sharpen up their programming skills to allow for meaningful 3D dimensioning and setting out.

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BIM Drawings IDEA Documentation 48

BIM & Beam

DECEMBER 22, 2017

We embrace the concept of the social enterprise and draw upon our long history of expertise in virtual technologies to open new perspectives of innovation for a more sustainable world. Our focus is on the mentoring Dassault Systèmes’ experts can offer to nascent companies with amazing ideas. 3DP: Can you share a few success stories?

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Innovation Organization US Software 61

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Throughout the ongoing process, however, all of the following are address and/or improved upon: Who can offer change ideas (informally and formally) Who assesses the impact of the proposed change Who reviews the proposed change and its impact for approval How is the change implemented Documentation of the outcome.

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Project Management Organization Capterra Management 163

Autodesk Construction Cloud

MARCH 7, 2022

For more ideas on how to achieve better results in your business through technology, download our “How Plumbing Contractors Can Leverage Software for Better Business Outcomes” ebook now! Plumbing Contracting in 2022 and Beyond.

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Contractors Innovation Bidding Resource 98

DebunkTheBIM

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Rather than turning to smart tools, software packages, programmes and systems, the onus of the strategy is put on the non-BIM construction practitioners to raise their performance. Use words, drawings, tables, schedules, sketches, whatever. A truly promising idea for the industry? Apparently, I’m not selling the idea very well.

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Site BIM IDEA Construction 48

BD+C

APRIL 3, 2023

OTA+ uses current design software and CNC machine tools to both generate and construct conceptually rigorous and formally unique design proposals. The students used that feedback to then create their own ideas using the data from the AI. Kory reinforces his idea about the iterations are more important than the actual prompt.

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