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Keep Emergency Communication Out of the “Dead Zone”

CCR Magazine

Additionally, building features designed to create more sustainable facilities such as low-E glass windows can attenuate the signal from public safety radio systems. As a result, most fire codes now mandate the installation of Emergency Responder Communication Enhancement Systems ( ERCES ) for both new and existing commercial buildings.

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Revit OpEd: Dept. of Echo - Don't use the Basic Ceiling

Revit OpEd

of Echo - Dont use the Basic Ceiling. Originally posted here August 2009 and still true with Revit 2013. When an architect uses the Basic Ceiling-Generic type they are creating a situation for the Revit MEP user they may not be aware of. Face based content does not orient themselves to the correct side or face of this ceiling.

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Chicago LiUNA Center: Echelon’s Trendstone Plus® Showcase

CCR Magazine

The Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) Training Center has provided instruction for Chicagoland Laborers’ Union members since 2009. Plans for the LiUNA expansion included classrooms, high ceiling equipment and vehicle training bays, an enhanced piping shop, an auditorium and a cafeteria.

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Revit OpEd: BIM Coordinator for Civil 3D and Revit

Revit OpEd

It allows a Civil 3D user to define the shared coordinate system to be passed on to a Revit project. Note that it uses a file formatted as ACCSXML (Autodesk Consulting Coordinate System eXtensible Markup Language). Check it out, might help your next project? I just set up Shared Coordinates on a project the regular way.

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Revit OpEd: Shared Coordinate Post Summary

Revit OpEd

Starting Projects - Two Pieces of Advice. Project Coordination - Early Days. CAD Surveys and your Revit Project. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. of Echo - Don't use the Basic Ceiling. Should I Use Revit for this Project? ► 2009. ► December 2009. (16).

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Revit OpEd: View Discipline

Revit OpEd

When MEP (Systems as it was called then) appeared a year later they extended the concept to Mechanical and Electrical (plumbing lumped in with Mechanical till release 2013). Apart from the automatic graphically biased changes they make, they really just help us segregate views in the project browser. 7:46 AM.

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Revit OpEd: Should I Use Revit for this Project?

Revit OpEd

Should I Use Revit for this Project? the architect isnt using Revit, the engineers arent using Revit, we dont really need 3D for this project, this project doesnt have the margin, this project is fast track, this project isnt big enough, this project is too big". Is this our first project using Revit? -