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Retail Construction Trends 2010 Update: Outside the Big Box

HardHatChat

It’s time to revisit another prediction I made last year in my blog post Commercial Constructions Trends to Watch in 2010 — Outside the Big Box. Meanwhile, tenants are asking for more concessions, such as co-tenancy clauses and included commercial construction work like full store fronts, bathrooms and full HVAC systems.

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Effects of acoustical ceiling panel type: Vertical sound isolation

Construction Specifier

In buildings with ceilings, it is the combination of the floor and ceiling assembly that establishes the overall noise isolation performance between rooms. There is far less information and test data about the noise isolation performance of floor-ceiling assemblies compared to partitions. Requirements in building standards.

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

Revit OpEd

of Echo - Dont use the Basic Ceiling. 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. Labels: Ceilings , Revit MEP , Tips , Troubleshooting.

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IBHS Guide Offers Tips to Prevent Winter Property Damage

CCR Magazine

In northern climates, ice dams can cause water intrusion from the roof system. As water continues to drain down the roof slope, it can back up behind the ice dam with no place to go except under shingles or through cracked and damaged shingles, eventually entering the home’s ceiling and exterior walls.

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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). Missing Foreword for Introducing Revit 2010. of Echo - Don't use the Basic Ceiling. ► 2010.

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Revit OpEd: YUZU Site Measuring

Revit OpEd

For readers that are already familiar with the Point Known PKNail site measuring system it appears to be similar, at least in concept. Missing Foreword for Introducing Revit 2010. Moving Ceiling Grid Pattern. ► 2010. ► December 2010. (30). ► November 2010. (31). ► October 2010. (30).

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Revit OpEd: Moving Ceiling Grid Pattern

Revit OpEd

Moving Ceiling Grid Pattern. He wrote: "When you tab through to the ceiling grid while in the move command, look near the top (meaning Options Bar) at the "disjoin" check box. The next time you go to move the ceiling grid the box should be unchecked!". Labels: Ceilings , Dept. Missing Foreword for Introducing Revit 2010.