The Pro Builder

DECEMBER 12, 2023

He’s happy because 20 years ago he left a lucrative career as a hedge fund manager to start a construction company in Rehoboth Beach, Del., John “JD” DiStefano carries that flag to the field as one of the company’s two production managers in Delaware. Such is the story of Schell Brothers, our 2023 Builder of the Year.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 10, 2024

Digital technology tools today have changed the face of what it means to be in construction by enabling cloud collaboration, improving workforce productivity and making sustainable practices easy to achieve. Diamond Developers , a subsidiary of SEE Holding are driving the digital agenda across the entire lifecycle of a construction project.

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Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 13, 2020

A great deal of research has been done one why projects fail. First and foremost is important to understand that all projects are exercises in managing change. The fact that variation is going to occur (relative to planned activities and outcomes) during the project is a given.

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CCR Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

How to manage capital projects more efficiently | McKinsey. LINK] The construction industry experienced significant turmoil in the last major economic downturn of The Great Recession (2007-2009), with many aspects of construction demand not returning until 2012 or 2013.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

MARCH 11, 2024

By Luke Carothers A Land in Transition Egypt as a place is no stranger to the change that marches hand-in-hand with the progress of time. The legacy of time and change can still be felt throughout Cairo’s built environment. It is a unique place in the world.

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Structural Systems Public Works Government Works Foundation Systems 130

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 10, 2021

While there has been a fair amount written about Lean principles, actual application in the form of an integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery methodology has been limited to 5% or less actual work. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 14(2), 73–78. References: Abdelhamid, T. 1440-7027). Cullen, P.

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Rapport3

JANUARY 24, 2022

Setting up initially in a small central London office and working on several bespoke Intranets for some high-profile Architectural practices, a decision was made to build a configurable off the shelf practice management system, and so began the journey of Rapport3. If not, why not book a free demo of Rapport3 to see what it could offer you?

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Rapport3

JANUARY 24, 2022

Setting up initially in a small central London office and working on several bespoke Intranets for some high-profile Architectural practices, a decision was made to build a configurable off the shelf practice management system, and so began the journey of Rapport3. If not, why not book a free demo of Rapport3 to see what it could offer you?

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 27, 2020

How real property owners and facilities management professionals traditionally plan, procure, and deliver projects is the most significant barrier to improving capital reinvestment performance outcomes. In fact, less than 20% of all projects are delivered on-time and on-budget, or per stakeholder requirements.

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Building Information Management

JANUARY 17, 2013

Is the trend analysis of the Business Value of BIM in North America from 2007 through 2012 reality, or are many of us walking around with rose colored glasses? There is NO WAY 71% of ANY of the groups are “engaged with BIM on their projects”…period, end of story. Playing with Statistics?

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Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Stakeholder Engagement Building Materials Manufacturing Building Standards 45

Building Information Management

JANUARY 17, 2013

Is the trend analysis of the Business Value of BIM in North America from 2007 through 2012 reality, or are many of us walking around with rose colored glasses? There is NO WAY 71% of ANY of the groups are “engaged with BIM on their projects”…period, end of story. Playing with Statistics?

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Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Stakeholder Engagement Building Materials Manufacturing Building Standards 40

Rapport3

JUNE 4, 2020

Charles de Voil examines these challenges, and explains how Gekko Email Management could be the solution you are looking for. Prior to the release of Microsoft Exchange 2007, we were told that Public Folders will eventually be discontinued. who could have over 100 live projects on the go at one time.

Public Works 52

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Rapport3

JUNE 4, 2020

Charles de Voil examines these challenges, and explains how Gekko Email Management could be the solution you are looking for. Prior to the release of Microsoft Exchange 2007, we were told that Public Folders will eventually be discontinued. who could have over 100 live projects on the go at one time.

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Extranet Evolution

APRIL 13, 2023

An interoperability code of practice for technologies in the built and managed environment is set to be launched on Monday 17 April in London. In an Extranet Evolution post in October 2007, for example, I noted a survey saying “ interoperability costs add 3.1% to a typical project budget ”.

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Building Information Modeling (BIM) Collaboration Government Works Surveying 69

Building Information Management

AUGUST 26, 2020

Best value construction requires the integration of planning, procurement, and project delivery people, processes, information, and technology. Best Value Construction delivery is dependent on collaboration and teamwork among all project participants. Poor collaboration is the most primary cause of construction project failure.

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Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Lean Construction Quality Assurance Collaboration 59

HardHatChat

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Bill Di Santo, president of Englewood Construction (second from right), and the Englewood accounting team receiving recognition from the Chicago Chapter of the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) for participating in their 2014 Accounting Intern Program. Between 2007-2009, the construction industry lost 2.3

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UK Construction Blog

MAY 11, 2024

Sonnedix projected that it will generate 124,600MWh of renewable electricity annually, enough to power 35,000 UK homes and reduce CO2 emissions by 48,000 metric tonnes. Sonnedix moved into the UK in 2022 by acquiring Lightsource bp’s 300MW five-project solar PV portfolio. Both apprentices completed their apprenticeships there.

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Renewable Energy Systems Green Building Electrical Systems Facility Management 52

CCR Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Allison-Smith’s transformation in December 2007 into a fully employee-owned organization demonstrated a deeper commitment to its workforce. To improve safety, quality, speed and efficiency of construction projects, Allison-Smith launched a modular operation that scales with the needs of its clients.

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Building Resilience Modular Construction Schedule Management Change Management 52

Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The first button is effectively acknowledging the changed family but preserving values that we may have entered or altered in the project, they may be different from the original family. Said another way the project is correct (the project version of the family). Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming.

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Changing a Username. Youll have to manually change it if necessary. There should never be any identical usernames working on a workset project. You can change your username before you open a local file but not after. You cant change your username until you close that file. Revit OpEd. Monday, September 03, 2012.

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Building Information Management

MAY 14, 2014

Construction productivity remains low, if not in decline ( with the exception of an uptick due to the multi-billion dollar federal government “shovel ready” investments of 2007/8) due to the continued use of archaic, antagonistic, and counterproductive construction delivery methods such as design-bid-build. Your thoughts?

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Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Lean Construction Change Management Contracts 45

Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Note: Locked dimensions and their associated parameters cannot be changed in the drawing area. Use the Lock column in the Family Types dialog to change them.". I find that this part isnt true: "Note: Locked dimensions and their associated parameters cannot be changed in the drawing area. Changing a Username. Egress Paths.

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. Changing a Username. ► 2007. (77). ► December 2007. (1). ► November 2007. (7). ► October 2007. (5). ► September 2007. (4). ► August 2007. (11).

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. Ive always stressed that people should start a project without being concerned about site alignment immediately. A recent post at RevitForum.org underscores that bias when it asked if the two project orientation tools seem to work differently? Thursday, September 06, 2012.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) 60

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Project Management Consulting Project Management Architecture 60

Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. Changing a Username. ► 2007. (77). ► December 2007. (1). ► November 2007. (7). ► October 2007. (5). ► September 2007. (4). ► August 2007. (11).

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

When Mechanical is assigned Revit changes the nature of what plan and reflected plan mean. This subtle change occurs because the notion of a plan and reflected plan view means slightly different things to architects and engineers. They were there but the discipline change altered how Revit calculates the display of the elements.

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Building Information Modeling (BIM) Site Planning Project Management Consulting HVAC Systems 55

Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Id never tried to move either the Survey or Project Base Point symbols "up" before so it took me by surprise that it could be done. Labels: Project Base Point , Survey Point , Troubleshooting. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. Changing a Username.

Surveying 61

Surveying Project Management Consulting Architecture Project Management 61

Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

The essence of the warning is that something has changed in a way that Revit cant transfer the dimension reference to the new object. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. Changing a Username. ► 2007. (77). ► December 2007. (1).

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Buildern

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Considering the sensitive nature of construction projects, where each party has its own vested interests, each of them also tries to add more layers of security for their benefit. Usually, substantial completion is when the project is ready for its intended use or occupancy, even though minor work items may still need to be completed.

General Contracting 52

General Contracting Land Use Regulations Project Management Consulting Public Works 52

Revit OpEd

MARCH 30, 2012

Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Kiwi Codes - Project Browser for 2013. Can't Change a Parameter from Type to Instance. Revit Level Elevations Project and Shared. Project Browser Interferes with Plotting and Expor. ► 2007. (77). ► December 2007. (1). Egress Paths.

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Revit OpEd

MAY 15, 2012

Further, views can be tied to view templates and have changes to a view template take effect immediately in a view or many views. We can apply a view template like before, just to make a change or we can assign a view template to the view so that it will alter the view without the past extra step of applying the view template.

Site Planning 58

Site Planning Project Management Consulting Change Management Architecture 58

Revit OpEd

APRIL 9, 2012

Change the scale of the view to make it easier to constrain, select geometry. Dont define materials in families, define material parameters instead (or possibly sub-categories) as much as possible so materials can be assigned in a project, where they really matter. if you change the host family's category to match the nest.

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Building Information Modeling (BIM) Project Management Consulting Change Management Wall Systems 72

Revit OpEd

MAY 16, 2012

Then again I could just select multiple views in the project browser and apply them. With Revit 2013 my view templates will adjust all those details as soon as I change the template, or at least they can if I set it up that way. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Should I Use Revit for this Project?

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Revit OpEd

MAY 8, 2012

Revit 2013 changes the means to reduce the overall size of the text displayed in a dimension string, particularly noticeable to people using imperial units. It was tied to the project units and you had to alter a dimension style to not use the project units settings in order to use it. Should I Use Revit for this Project?

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Session Title: Coordinating Projects with Shared Coordinates. There is one project file with "slides" for each location of the conference. There is one project file with "slides" for each location of the conference. The Large and Small project folders contain the same collection regardless of where you attended the session.

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. Changing a Username. ► 2007. (77). ► December 2007. (1). ► November 2007. (7). ► October 2007. (5). ► September 2007. (4). ► August 2007. (11).

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. In-Place Massing and Project Orientation Inequity. Changing a Username. ► 2007. (77). ► December 2007. (1). ► November 2007. (7). ► October 2007. (5). ► September 2007. (4). ► August 2007. (11).

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