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Writing Facades on Legacy Code | Virtuous Code

Construction Dive

Virtuous Code. "The three virtues of a programmer: laziness, impatience, and hubris" -- Larry Wall. Writing Facades on Legacy Code. Let’s say we have a system in production which manages college financial aid departments. Skip to content. RubyTapas Screencasts. RubyTapas Info. Free Episodes. Episode List.

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Exterior cavity fireblocking: Exceeding fire performance

Construction Specifier

and Steven Gaynor, MBA Photo courtesy Tenmat New York City recently became the first jurisdiction in the country to reject and rewrite major sections of the International Building Code’s ( IBC ’s) language around fire protection in exterior facades. For decades, buildings have relied on intumescent materials for fire control.

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Revit OpEd: Reference Plane IsReference Parameter

Revit OpEd

Programmers comment their code, as much to help them remember why they did what they did as well as what the code is supposed to do. Builds and Updates. Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models. ► 2008. ► December 2008. (16). ► November 2008. (17). ► October 2008. (35).

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Revit OpEd: Room Separation Lines - Agida for MEP?

Revit OpEd

Further, we are unable to accurately or efficiently create a gbXML file for use in Green Building Studio, HAP, Trace, etc. If room separation lines are "off the table" then the architect would end up using something else like actual walls and hiding them. They were however using them for the room finish schedules. at 10:32 PM.

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 - Sunshine

Revit OpEd

Builds and Updates. Kiwi Codes - Project Browser for 2013. Party Wall Doors. ► 2008. ► December 2008. (16). ► November 2008. (17). ► October 2008. (35). ► September 2008. (49). ► August 2008. (34). ► July 2008. (32). ► June 2008. (32).

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 - View References

Revit OpEd

Builds and Updates. Kiwi Codes - Project Browser for 2013. Party Wall Doors. ► 2008. ► December 2008. (16). ► November 2008. (17). ► October 2008. (35). ► September 2008. (49). ► August 2008. (34). ► July 2008. (32). ► June 2008. (32).

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: New National.

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly Hart has been involved with green building concepts for much of his life. Oil Dependency.