Transit agencies agree to share certification of minority contractors
Construction Dive
JANUARY 17, 2023
Chicago and Philadelphia’s reciprocal arrangement for disadvantaged businesses could become a national model, organizers say.
A Fresh Take on Model Homes
Pro Builder
JUNE 11, 2021
A Fresh Take on Model Homes. The Houzz Inspired Home is an all-new, immersive, in-person and online model home experience that brings inspiration to life and puts the customer at the center of the creative process. But they also really enjoy physically walking model homes for inspiration.”. cbroderick. Fri, 06/11/2021 - 10:00.
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VBC Giving Foundation Launches Modular Housing Community for Veterans in Philadelphia
Pro Builder
APRIL 28, 2023
The $6 million, 47-unit new construction permanent housing community will serve as a template for future modular housing projects serving seniors, veterans, children aging out of foster care, abuse survivors, and refugees, the foundation said in a recent press release. Read more Modular Homes Affordability Community Development Modular Homes
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How One Former Model Aims to Empower Women in Construction
Pro Builder
MARCH 2, 2023
How One Former Model Aims to Empower Women in Construction ldeakins Thu, 03/02/2023 - 14:05 Monica Miraglilo is working to provide support for women in construction with her new online educational platform, GirlBuild Lab Philadelphia resident Monica Miraglilo is a longtime fashion model, but her recent business venture GirlBuild Lab, is also making (..)
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Philadelphia-Area Custom Homebuilder Chooses TYPAR for Durability, Performance
Pro Builder
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Philadelphia-Area Custom Homebuilder Chooses TYPAR for Durability, Performance. As builders of high-end custom homes in the greater Philadelphia area for more than 50 years, the team at DeLuca Construction knows a thing or two about choosing quality products that will meet their customers’ expectations for years to come. kcichowicz.
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Looking for a few good Philly models (for research)
Do
MAY 18, 2008
Autodesk has contacted me to help find Revit models of buildings in Philadelphia that firms would be willing to contribute for research under NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) conditions. This means that Autodesk would use the files internally, but that model data would not be released for public consumption.
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Moody’s Analytics Creates Amazon HQ2 Top 10 List
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 13, 2017
Austin, TX, followed by Atlanta, GA, and Philadelphia. With the additional geography category included, Philadelphia would move to first place and Pittsburgh would slide up to second.). And, if you want to know more about how the list was compiled, you can download Moody’s ranking model here. Don’t agree with Moody’s results?
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New Partnership Encourages Private Investment In Natural Infrastructure
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
OCTOBER 7, 2013
The report , which was developed in collaboration with the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, focuses on Philadelphia’s innovative Green City, Clean Waters program as a model for stimulating investment in natural infrastructure. billion over 20 years.
President Obama’s Promise Zones Initiative
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JANUARY 9, 2014
” The first five Zones, located in San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Southeastern Kentucky, and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, have each put forward a plan on how they will partner with local business and community leaders to make investments that reward hard work and expand opportunity. Philadelphia, PA (West Philadelphia).
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As part of the new Philadelphia Revit Users Group we will be hosting a presentation by the makers of E-Specs on Monday evening April 9th. Also anyone interested in Revit and some of the powerful uses of the BIM model should come too. Also anyone interested in Revit and some of the powerful uses of the BIM model should come too.
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don't think: Do Revit: A Tale of Two Normals
Do
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
As anyone who has used Revit to model geometry knows it does not really seem to care about "normals", which if youre familiar with most other 3D modeling software you know exactly what Normals are, even in Sketch-Up! Labels: hack , Massing , modeling tools , Revit , Vasari. Philadelphia Revit Users. A Tale of Two Normals.
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Modular Builder VBC On the Verge of $25-Million Buy for Katerra Assets
Pro Builder
AUGUST 3, 2021
Regardless of what you think about their execution or their business model, they were definitely ambitious and they weren’t wrong in a lot of ways,” says Buckley. CEO Vaughan Buckley says VBC will reach out to some Katerra employees and customers. Katerra did an amazing job in opening people’s eyes to what was possible.
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Top 10 Ivory Innovations Finalists for the 2023 Housing Affordability Prize
Pro Builder
APRIL 18, 2023
The fund seeks to build a community of practice and replication model to assist other cities in deploying this innovative fund model in their markets. RenoFi Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Finance Category RenoFi.com is the first one-stop-shop marketplace for financing a home renovation.
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New Partnership Releases Guide To Stimulate Private Investment In Natural Infrastructure
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 12, 2013
The new report, which was developed in collaboration with the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, focuses on Philadelphia’s innovative Green City, Clean Waters program as a model for stimulating investment in natural infrastructure. billion over 20 years.
Reed Construction Data introduced Intelligent leads to redefine construction project leads
Construction Cost Estimating
NOVEMBER 7, 2013
Intelligent Leads amalgamate the authentic database of construction projects from Reed Construction with RSMeans’ analytical cost models and provides supreme clarity into project opportunities. It is a new system to monitor the movements concerning a construction project all through the United States.
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45 don't think: Do Revit: House Panels
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NOVEMBER 23, 2011
Our Revit model is soon to be created in reality. I would love to see the model to final comparison if you had some images? So far we are tight to the design (model). I've posted pics of construction on Google Plus, so far it really does look like the model! Philadelphia Revit Users. dont think: Do Revit.
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UPDATE: Seven New Locations Added To President Obama’s Promise Zones Initiative
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JANUARY 16, 2014
” The first five Zones, located in San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Southeastern Kentucky, and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, have each put forward a plan on how they will partner with local business and community leaders to make investments that reward hard work and expand opportunity. Philadelphia, PA (West Philadelphia).
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don't think: Do Revit: Data mining
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JUNE 29, 2012
How to mine data such as wall types and line style use data from models. Philadelphia Revit Users. My journal of work in Revit as part of a 600+ member architecture firm. Friday, June 29, 2012. Data mining. alleycatbabe. at 2:55 PM. Reactions: No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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And now there are two: Part 1
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DECEMBER 11, 2008
Came to work in Philadelphia , seeing as I wanted to actually live with my husband and he graduated first so I had no choice of location. It was really interesting to hear the debate about how much people model vs. don’t model. Some people were under the category of modeling everything save you time.
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don't think: Do Revit: AEC Media Day: Update 7 - Trends?
Do
APRIL 6, 2011
That is rather then talking about a Building Information Model, ie an intelligent model of a particular building we seem to be moving to where we want to talk about Building an Information Model. Philadelphia Revit Users. Revit Beginners. Revit Family Man. Revit Inside (list of Revit firms). Revit Job Captain. Revit Zone.
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AEC Media Day: Update 8 - What's Phil thinking about.? - Do Revit
Do
APRIL 6, 2011
Fewer spreadsheets, more data in the model, with better reporting out of the model. Using the model to generate "live information" to keep people up-to-date on progress ("live" 4D?). Philadelphia Revit Users. Wrapping up with a presentation from Phil Bernstein and a couple of other "industry thinkers" at Autodesk.
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Top 25 Finalists for Ivory Innovations' Housing Affordability Prize
Pro Builder
MARCH 16, 2023
In the Finance category, finalists include organizations focused on construction financing, shared-equity models, and renter programs that support increased savings and equity. The fund seeks to build a community of practice and replication model to assist other cities in deploying this innovative fund model in their markets.
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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
APRIL 18, 2013
Cities across the country look to Downtown Indianapolis as a revitalization model. As more and more states decide to reconfigure their economic development operations from the traditional government-run structure to a public-private model, there are more entities to choose from when we make our annual pick of the best public-private programs.
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Housing, Industrialized: Designing for Off-Site
Pro Builder
JUNE 22, 2023
Builders Volumetric Building Companies' Vaughan Buckley on Restarting a Former Katerra Factory “Design casts the biggest shadow in the whole process,” says Sara Logan, AIA, VP of design and Volumetric Building Companies , a vertically integrated modular provider based in Philadelphia. Photo: Jeff A.
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don't think: Do Revit: The Danger of Shared Coordinates
Do
NOVEMBER 10, 2010
Someone working in Model A can become the borrower of the Project Information workset in Model B without ever having opened Model B. This has happened when the shared coordinates were defined in Model B and published to Model A. User can open Model B and SWC to fix. Philadelphia Revit Users.
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44 don't think: Do Revit: New toys, free toys!
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NOVEMBER 9, 2010
I think that it may introduce a few spruced up features, but this is really about encouraging people to get into using the Conceptual (core) modeling environment in Revit. Philadelphia Revit Users. This caught my attention. Oh by the way, since it will likely be on Autodesk Labs that means its Free! Revit Beginners. Revit Family Man.
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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
FEBRUARY 26, 2014
Mott is leading a rebalancing of information technology at GM under which the majority of IT work will be done by GM employees instead of being outsourced, which has been the GM model for most of the last three decades. “We The design of the Philadelphia headquarters expansion will begin in this year, with groundbreaking expected in 2017.
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Scaling for Success in the Plant and Manufacturing Industry Through Standardised Ways of Working
Autodesk Construction Cloud
NOVEMBER 7, 2021
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd are a leading global coatings provider dedicated to the development, manufacturing, delivery, and service of liquid and powder coatings, with their headquarters in Philadelphia, USA. Marco Schuh, BIM Manager at Axalta, has worked in the architecture, engineering and construction industry for the last 20 years.
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52 don't think: Do Revit: A Storm is brewing.
Do
AUGUST 29, 2011
I think it is interesting that we are starting to see a plethora of "apps" that leverage the model directly out of Revit for analysis. Philadelphia Revit Users. Well, actually it left yesterday, her name was Irene. But the word on the street says a Storm is coming to Autodesk Labs. Revit Beginners. Revit Family Man. Revit Job Captain.
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don't think: Do Revit: Subscription Advantage Pack available
Do
OCTOBER 22, 2009
Sometime in the last 24 hours Autodesk posted the new Build, Revit Extensions, Model Review (aka BIM Review) and DB connect on the subscription website. Philadelphia Revit Users. My journal of work in Revit as part of a 600+ member architecture firm. Thursday, October 22, 2009. Subscription Advantage Pack available. at 9:03 AM.
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40 don't think: Do Revit: Autodesk Blogger Day: CEA Tools
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
With the CEA tools you can fully control the volumes that you are going to analyze, which also means that you can create a more simplified "zone" model of a building for export to more detailed energy analysis programs. This is a bit of a manual process, but results in a cleaner, better model for use in IES, Ecotect or Equest.
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40 don't think: Do Revit: Conceptual Design Workshop
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010
Philadelphia Revit Users. Revit Beginners. Revit Family Man. Revit Inside (list of Revit firms). Revit Job Captain. Revit It (francois). BIM)X: A contractors BIM blog. Revit Zone. Revit Search. Visit this group. The comments and blog entries on this site represent the viewpoints of the author only.
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don't think: Do Revit: Closing talk quote
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JUNE 30, 2012
"Getting rid of text" assumes that your architectural staff is capable of knowing their virtual building model at the same level as software programmers that work with "object oriented programming" know their software throughout. Philadelphia Revit Users. Reactions: 3 comments: Dima Chiriacov. Revit Beginners.
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48 don't think: Do Revit: Hacking Vasari
Do
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
Now this is not to say youll be able to do everything and anything, but I do think it would be possible to do some fairly rudimentary modeling in Vasari with "typica"l Revit elements. Philadelphia Revit Users. Happy explorations! at 9:53 AM. Revit Beginners. Revit Family Man. Revit Inside (list of Revit firms). Revit Job Captain.
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The sales and business development challenge: Is there a magic answer?
Construction Marketing Ideas
APRIL 6, 2016
The Seller-Doer Symposium at SMPS Build Business in Philadelphia this August will address the research into the most effective sales and business development processes for AEC businesses and practices.
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don't think: Do Revit: Follow-up from Revit Blogger Day
Do
OCTOBER 20, 2009
When youre done, push the magic button and you get wood 2xs modeled all over your model. Model Review" this looks like Avatechs BIM Review, but more tightly integrated with Revit, I know there is a very close relationship there, so to say "Im not suprsised" is not to much of an overstatement. Philadelphia Revit Users.
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Are Wellington Boots Bad for Your Feet?
Work Gearz
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Wellington boots in their usual models come without much support or enough thickness to protect your legs from cold. KEEN Utility Men’s CSA Philadelphia Wellington Work Boot. KEEN Utility Men’s CSA Philadelphia Wellington High Composite Toe Waterproof Puncture Resistant Pull On Work Boot. Check out these tips.
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don't think: Do Revit: It Only Takes a Spark.
Do
AUGUST 30, 2011
This means that you can still at least link in a structure model or MEP model if you happen to be a small arch shop dipping your toes into Revit. Philadelphia Revit Users. Secondly, dont expect to be opening your Rvt file from Revit in Spark, it will be automatically converted to a link for you. Revit Beginners. Revit Zone.
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44 don't think: Do Revit: Upgrading to 2011: Deleted Levels!? Broken.
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MAY 13, 2010
Ive now seen this error show up in three different models, two from 2009 and one from 2010. At first I wrote it off, as the first two models were not 100% familiar to me, and I assumed it was some type of error related to the files, and something the user(s) had done. Philadelphia Revit Users. Revit Beginners. Revit Family Man.
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Learn Key Insights on Operational Efficiency at Autodesk University 2022
Autodesk Construction Cloud
AUGUST 18, 2022
In this case study session, you’ll see how IMC Construction, one of the largest contractors in the Philadelphia area, is using Autodesk Assemble software to condition and append data to their models. Through their examples, you’ll see how you can create a more innovative, collaborative approach to project delivery for your clients.
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don't think: Do Revit: The gag order is lifted!! Its 2012 Time!
Do
MARCH 21, 2011
Lastly 12 sees the release of new tool subset (currently only available in Architecture and Structure), we now have version 1 of "Construction Modeling" tools. Construction Modeling**: Parts - has great potential for panelized wall systems (a pet interest of mine). Four modes: Checkout Status, Owners, Model Updates, Worksets.
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don't think: Do Revit: Fun Tech
Do
MAY 19, 2011
What he is featuring is a an Augmented Reality (AR) demo that simply uses your webcam, a free player software and model. Philadelphia Revit Users. If youve been in a Lego store recently youve probably seen this, and Autodesk demoed something similar a couple of years ago at an AU keynote. Revit Beginners. Revit Family Man. Revit Zone.
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Business Facilities Names 2013 Deal of the Year Winners
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JANUARY 27, 2014
The result was a deal that not only keeps Urban Outfitters in Pennsylvania, but secures a commitment to build two new facilities–a $100-million headquarters expansion at its Philadelphia site and a new $110-million fulfillment center in Gap, PA in Lancaster County.
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Nature as the city: Why it’s time for a new framework to guide development
BD+C
MAY 10, 2024
The ‘Sponge City’ model looks to simultaneously address issues of flooding, water shortages and water pollution, turning entire districts and cities into landscape sponges to capture and retain stormwater and preserve it for future use.
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