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Behind the Build: Interview with Chad Demick, BIM Manager at Control Air Enterprises

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Starting out as a Local 105 Sheet Metal Worker, Chad Demick has grown from working in the field to becoming BIM Manager at Control Air Enterprises. We recently sat down with Chad to talk about his journey in the industry and his role at Control Air Enterprises. One division, Optimum Energy Design (OED), will design buildings too.

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Revit OpEd: Reference Planes and Wall Closure

Revit OpEd

Control Wall’s Material Return. A door or window family has the ability to control the return of materials (i.e. The exterior and interior materials can be controlled separately. These adjustments change the 3D model, not just the 2D plan-view. A single door family is controlling the various conditions shown below.

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Productive Construction – Traits of Collaboration

Job Order Contracting

Based upon the above, why would anyone be surprised by the lack of productivity and rampant economic and environmental waste endemic to public sector facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds? Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery System Performance is CRITICAL to Improving Productivity. Learn more? Chelson, D.

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 - View Types

Revit OpEd

It is now possible to create new view types for all views except for area plans and sheet. This means you can create your own versions of floor plans according to discipline or perhaps design phase. We have actually been able to do this with Area plans for some time, in a way. Builds and Updates. Site Information.

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Revit OpEd: Wishlist - Families and Hide at Scales Coarser Than

Revit OpEd

It makes it easier to keep certain sections (details/wall sections) and elevations (interior) off of overall floor plan views for example. Combine this with the Detail Level concept and wed have even more granular control over the information and geometry in a family. Currently what we show in plan will show the same in the RCP.

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Revit OpEd: How Many Worksets Do I Need?

Revit OpEd

Recently I was working with a team, their building is a million square feet overall, and opening the whole file took considerably longer than selectively focusing on a single sectors workset. Building Shell or Envelope. Is this part of the building separated obviously from another part and could easily be grouped separately?

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Revit OpEd: View Discipline

Revit OpEd

Daryl used plan views as his example of how the help documentation isnt accurate. Plan views are not the best view type to see the truth in the help claims. When Mechanical is assigned Revit changes the nature of what plan and reflected plan mean. They wont with Architecture. They are there, just above the view.