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With Climate Events on the Rise, Material Selection is Critical for Long-term Resilience

Civil + Structural Engineer

Experts estimate flood and wind losses from Helene to be as high as $47.5 Can Cold-formed Steel Outperform Wood Framing? When it comes to framing, the choice often comes down to steel or timber. Cold-formed steel is capable of withstanding significant forces without deforming. Steel is resistant to mold growth.

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Building True Service Partnerships

Civil + Structural Engineer

Fabric building companies offer several services to help ensure successful facility projects. By Eric Donnay, Legacy Building Solutions Decades ago, acquiring a tension fabric structure didn’t require much of a process. In some corners of the fabric structure industry, this type of situation still occurs.

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Six Bluebeam features perfect for steel professionals

Roads Online

Material supplied by Bluebeam Bluebeam has many capabilities that are ideal for the steel industry to get bids done faster and more efficiently. Steel is an essential building material. Read the six key features in Bluebeam that make it essential for the steel industry.

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Tekla 2024 Structural BIM Software Offers Enhanced User Experience and Connects Workflows Across Projects and Stakeholders

Civil + Structural Engineer

— Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the introduction of 2024 versions of its Tekla ® software for constructible Building Information Modeling (BIM), structural engineering and steel fabrication management. Enhanced rebar geometry generation is optimized for fabrication, delivery logistics and site operations.

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A case for mid-rise: How multifamily housing can reshape our cities

BDC Network

million units of housing, whereas in 2022, an estimated 420,000 new rental apartments were built in the United States, the highest amount for new multifamily construction in a half-century. McKinsey & Company estimates that prefabrication can boost the speed of construction by as much as 50% and cut costs by 20%. was short 3.8

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Registration now open for the MEP and Structural Fabricators Forum 2017

BIM & Beam

We’ve got your back at the MEP and Structural Fabricators Forum 2017. Are you a contractor, engineer, detailer, estimator, or fabricator? Then the fourth-annual MEP and Structural Fabricators Forum is a do-not-miss event, specifically tailored to your professional and educational interests. We’ll see you in Vegas!

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Advance Steel in Autodesk AEC Collection

BIM & Beam

Structural engineers, detailers and fabricators struggle with siloed teams, disconnected workflows, and varying software platforms that do not integrate seamlessly. This requires manual processes to bridge gaps which can lead to expensive errors and fabrication waste. We have thousands of customers worldwide using Advance Steel today.