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Material health: Metal fabric in healthcare design

Construction Specifier

By Dale Payne Photos ©Moris Moreno Photography/courtesy GKD Metal Fabrics Pandemic-level illness, a nationwide mental health crisis, and healthcare worker burnout are fueling a reimagined future for America’s healthcare infrastructure. Why metal fabric? percent annually this year and next.

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Curtain wall design-assist: Navigating the process for success

Construction Specifier

Technological advancements in curtain wall design tools, materials, prototyping, and fabrication techniques offer new avenues for achieving these lofty design and performance goals. The architectural design of curtain walls must be developed alongside increasing demand for high-performing, energy-efficient solutions.

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AEC Collection Workflows: Dynamo for Structure

BIM & Beam

The visual programming interface of Dynamo for Revit is enabling structural engineers with the tools to build structural models with minimal energy and make their own structural design tools. Within Dynamo structural engineers can automate processes in Revit, and build complex and logic structures with minimal energy.

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Connecting it all: Role of joints as a primary component

Construction Specifier

Photos courtesy Hoffmann Architects + Engineers. They have a ubiquitous presence within a building’s visual language and physical fabric, yet are often overlooked or even fundamentally misunderstood. How can joints represent a marriage between pragmatic responsibility and visual poetry? By Richard W.

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What is a submittal in construction? A comprehensive guide

Lets Build

A good example is the shop drawing, which provides detailed plans for fabrications that are completed off-site. The illustrations allow contractors or fabricators to know what on-site teams want and what materials are needed. They can be drawings for windows, roofing assemblies, storefronts, etc.

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What is a submittal in construction? A comprehensive guide

Lets Build

A good example is the shop drawing, which provides detailed plans for fabrications that are completed off-site. The illustrations allow contractors or fabricators to know what on-site teams want and what materials are needed. They can be drawings for windows, roofing assemblies, storefronts, etc.

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4 No-Brainer Workflows with Autodesk Construction Cloud Connect 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

We also recognize that not all companies have the engineering resources or time to build custom integrations. Project managers and project engineers have their work cut out for them. Implementing interoperable workflows allows architects, engineers, and contractors to work better together and overcome these challenges. .

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