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The Role of As-Built Drawings in Quality Assurance and Quality Control

iField Smart

The Role of As-Built Drawings in Quality Assurance and Quality Control As-built drawings are accurate and exhaustive construction documents that portray the final state of construction. This leads to greater quality assurance and control for construction projects.

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Refine versus shine: Defining and defending design intent with refined concrete

Construction Specifier

Despite calls for clarity in specification language with accurate descriptions of work results, the definition of polished concrete has broadened to accommodate any floor finish that produces a shine. By definition, the burnished version of polished concrete can include coating the floor with waxes and resins.

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Combining Concrete and Offsite Manufacturing to Create Resilient Homes

The Pro Builder

The definition of a home is a place to be safe, but that’s not the case today,” Khan says. By manufacturing the home’s elements in a factory-controlled environment, the company mitigates waste and manual error while improving overall quality.

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Prefab ADUs: A Rising Trend in Affordable Housing and Off-Site Construction Solutions

The Pro Builder

At the same time, the construction industry is contending with its own set of challenges regarding workforce availability, jobsite safety, building quality, lack of materials, and building sustainability. Additionally, building in a controlled setting can reduce material waste, providing both environmental and cost benefits.

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IMPROVED AWWA C904 IMPORTANT FOR  UNDERGROUND POTABLE PEX WATER SERVICE LINE INSTALLATION

Civil + Structural Engineer

AWWA C904-22 is the controlling industry standard specification for this application that should be followed by system designers and installers.” “PEX tubing has been used for water service lines in North America for more than 25 years, providing safe delivery of potable water and protecting the health of building occupants.

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Building your own GPT

Civil + Structural Engineer

By Kristin Kautz, CPSM From The Zweig Letter AI assistants empower personalized and effective support that will save time and money, and enhance creativity and quality. With personalized GPTs, you can “control” the entire AI process from prompting to the knowledge base to the instructions to the output parameters. I am that certain.

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Definition of BIM – Building Information Modeling – NIBS, AGC, NBIMS, smartBUILDING Alliance, ISO, RICS

Building Information Management

Building Information Management: The ORGANIZATION and CONTROL of the business process by utilizing the information in the digital prototype to effect the sharing of information over the entire life-cycle of an asset. – effectively developing an asset lifecycle process and model from conception to final retirement. – NIBS.