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New Ideas for Old Shopping Malls: 3 Ways Retail Developers are Remixing the Shopping Center Experience

HardHatChat

It’s not enough to have a mall filled with specific brands and storefronts to draw in shoppers – developers know they also have to create a unique destination that offers a great experience to attract consumers. 3) Toast of the Town.

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Commercial Construction Tips: Six Best Practice Resolutions for 2011

HardHatChat

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? Also, negotiated projects foster more team spirit, which is a great way to begin any collaboration. Bring your GC in early. Try switching it up in 2011 and bring in your GC first.

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What is Plane Table Surveying

Construction Cost Estimating

Drawing Board : It is a board made of seasoned wood. This enables the surveyor to draw on the board from any angle. This enables the surveyor to draw on the board from any angle. This is used on the drawing board to draw lines and rays according to the field. The alidade may also have a spirit level on it.

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Web Presense For The AEC Industry

Constructonomics

I actually provided some commentary on this back in 2011 and there was some spirited commentary on both sides of the fence. 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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Harnessing AI to revolutionize architectural design and creativity

BD+C

While very preliminary and not at all detailed, they capture the essential spirit of the project. While there are concerns about AI's role in automating technical drawing production—a significant profit center for our industry—we expect the overall impact to free up time for critical creative work instead of working on mundane tasks.

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The benefits that good Design Managers and good BIM Managers bring are by no means mutually exclusive.

DebunkTheBIM

The celebrated conductors of grand building symphonies of past, put under the management of drawing checkers, box tickers, minute takers. Someone that can pull hundreds of PDF drawings into a single file (given the right software) and check the entire design in one cohesive environment. A grim picture, I know.

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What Do Roman England and Construction Technology Have in Common?

Autodesk Construction Cloud

With so much of these advancements shaping the way our communities and society operates, we can draw many parallels between Roman England and the technological advancements of the infrastructure sector that we’re experiencing today. Living in a time of such significant innovation must have been exciting for inventors and creators.