Is it the labor shortage again? Not so fast sparky. There is a labor shortage, no doubt. But there are still well over a million people employed in the electrical …
Help Wanted: Must Be Skilled, Pain Resistant, Willing to Sweat and Work Long Hours
Carol DunnIs your firm’s production being held back by a lack of skilled construction labor? If so, you’re not alone. Since 2015, and likely even before that, contractors were feeling the …
7 Misconceptions About the Fab to Revit Move
Carol DunnA move to Revit presents an opportunity for users to right some of the wrongs that have been done in CAD. Don’t we all like the chance to start over …
Fabrication: The Path Forward
Carol DunnWhere have we been? It’s been nearly fifteen years since Revit was introduced to the world as the best way to achieve building information modeling. Once the term BIM was …
6 Ways That MEP Without BIM is Like Fred Flintstone Without a Bronto-Crane
Carol DunnFred Flintstone and his brontosaurus crane belonged together. They were iconic. Fred didn’t have the luxury of quarry information modeling. Maybe he didn’t even have the luxury of dynamite. But …
The Down and Dirty: 18 Years of BIM in MEP
Carol DunnTHE DOWN: In 1964, the price of gas was 30 cents per gallon, the average cost of a new home was $15,000, an Econoline van was around $5,000, and copper …
22 Shocking Features of eVolve Electrical
Carol DunneVolve Electrical has been around for several years, and it’s unique to the software world . . . it was built by electricians. Shocking. Turns out, electricians know what they …
9 Ways eVolve is Driving Your Mechanical Firm’s Technology Forward
Carol DunnAs a group, mechanical contractors have been willing to embrace the evolution of construction technology from paper-based coordination to 2D model collaboration and finally to the present 3D-model driven office, …
eVolve: Don’t Let Kryptonite Bring Down Your MEP Superhero
Carol Dunn| Evolve – to come forth gradually into being; develop | You may not think of yourself as a hero. You know who the real heroes of this world are. …