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Connecting on Precast Connections
August 22, 2019Credit: Original article published here. An Engineer of Record (EOR) puts in the time and effort to ensure they put out the best version of final Contract Documents for the job to go out for bid. Once it is awarded calls and emails pour ...
Business Process Integration in Construction
August 21, 2019Credit: Original article published here. In this article, Daniel Bévort, CEO of ADEACA, describes how Project Business Automation (PBA) can be used to integrate the fragmented array of business applications used by construction...
What causes color variations in precast concrete finishes?
August 14, 2019Credit: Original article published here. Concrete contains natural materials, and it is these materials’ inherent beauty that is most often expressed in architectural concrete. The limitations of these natural materials with respect to u...
Firm Profile: Plaza Construction
August 8, 2019Credit: Original article published here. Plaza Construction one of the foremost construction management and general contracting firms in the US, shares its perspective on AEC technology in this Firm Profile. URL:...
The process of selecting an architectural precast mix and finishing
August 8, 2019Credit: Original article published here. There are many different architectural finishes that come into play on specific projects. It’s important to work with our customers in the beginning stages of each project to make sure that their ...
Visicon: Model Review and Validation
August 2, 2019Credit: Original article published here. Visicon is a new solution in the AEC technology field which, at first glance, seems to be entering into an already crowded field of BIM viewing, model checking, coordination, and collaboration sol...
The Look of Parking Today
August 1, 2019Credit: Original article published here. Parking structures have long been part of our community. Some of the early precast parking structures used deep horizontal flat spandrels around the perimeter that sloped to follow the drainage of...
Firm Profile: LandDesign
July 25, 2019Credit: Original article published here. LandDesign, an award-winning design firm offering urban design, planning, civil engineering and landscape architecture solutions to public, private and federal sector clients across the US,...
A Bonanza of New Materials
July 18, 2019Credit: Original article published here. Long ago fire was invented by Zug Zug. Much later Suzy Zug Zug forged iron for an early civilization. Julius Zug Zug then made concrete for the Romans. 100 years ago Adolphus Zug Zug began work...
Integrating Construction Technologies to Enhance the Value of Design Deliverables
July 18, 2019Credit: Original article published here. In this Viewpoint article, Graham Twigg, CTO of Multivista, emphasizes the importance of integrating visual as-built data directly into the BIM models created for a project by the design team for ...
AIA Conference on Architecture 2019
July 11, 2019Credit: Original article published here. This article provides an overview of the technology applications for architecture that were exhibited at the annual AIA conference last month. Broadly speaking, they fell into the categories of BI...
Precast Concrete Computes for Data Centers
July 11, 2019Credit: Original article published here. Precast concrete structural and envelope systems meet the demands of data centers by providing cost-effective open spans, passive fire resistance, and durable, high-efficiency, low maintenance bui...
Precast for Food Processing
July 2, 2019Credit: Original article published here. Precast concrete is the material of choice for the design and construction of food processing plants. Agropur – Lake Norden, SD High performance precast concrete building systems provide the versa...
What’s Your BI Tool?
June 26, 2019Credit: Original article published here. The amount of data stored by companies is growing exponentially and the need to translate this data into information to plan for future business strategies is a top priority for financial executiv...
GRAPHISOFT 2019 Key Client Conference
June 20, 2019Credit: Original article published here. GRAPHISOFT’s 2019 KCC event, that was held earlier this month in Las Vegas, included updates from GRAPHISOFT, the global launch of ARCHICAD 23, and presentations from several firms across the worl...
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