Commercial Construction Blog

MARCH 27, 2018

Prefabricated elements such as pre-cast concrete walls, which Englewood installed for a Blain’s Farm & Fleet store in Romeoville, Ill., Not all that long ago, when I was still a young laborer in the field, many items such as millwork, ductwork and mechanical components were still frequently fabricated on the job site.

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Modular Construction Prefabrication Millwork Building Materials Manufacturing 109

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 20, 2022

The submittal log includes information provided to the architect asking for approval for certain materials and equipment before they’re fabricated and sent to the project site. Construction submittals may include thousands of line items such as color charts, material data, samples, color and finish selections, shop drawings, and more.

Approvals 98

Approvals Building Information Modeling (BIM) Project Management Project Management Consulting 98

Field Wire

JUNE 28, 2023

Specifications, often called specs, in construction documents usually include information about the project’s materials, the timeline, methods and requirements. Assume that a construction project involves building a new hospital. RFIs, on the other hand, are used to clarify, ask and determine the design intent of the project.

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Building Materials Manufacturing Heavy Equipment Manufacturing Project Management Schedule Management 52

Building Information Management

JULY 26, 2016

ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials. BL: Base Line, Building Line, Block. BLDG: Building. MAT: Material. MATL: Material. MTL: Material, Metal. MWK: Millwork. PREFAB: Prefabricated. ASCE: American Society of Civil Engineers. ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Painting/finishing 40

Painting/finishing Fire Protection System Installation Electrical Wiring Installation Fire Protection Systems 40

Building Information Management

JULY 26, 2016

ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials. BL: Base Line, Building Line, Block. BLDG: Building. MAT: Material. MATL: Material. MTL: Material, Metal. MWK: Millwork. PREFAB: Prefabricated. ASCE: American Society of Civil Engineers. ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Painting/finishing 40

Painting/finishing Fire Protection System Installation Electrical Wiring Installation Fire Protection Systems 40

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 13, 2017

ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials. BL: Base Line, Building Line, Block. BLDG: Building. MAT: Material. MATL: Material. MTL: Material, Metal. MWK: Millwork. PREFAB: Prefabricated. ASCE: American Society of Civil Engineers. ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Painting/finishing 40

Painting/finishing Fire Protection System Installation Electrical Wiring Installation Fire Protection Systems 40

Building Information Management

JULY 27, 2016

Standardized cost databases have been introduced based upon MasterFormat that enable construction owners, service providers, building product manufactures, and technology providers to improve cost visibility and also expand upon using historical and/or custom cost data. 00 31 25 Existing Material Information. design/negotiate/build).

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Fire Protection System Installation Fire Protection Systems Collaboration Heavy Equipment Manufacturing 45