Prefabrication is not a new concept. In fact, its use is documented as far back as 1624 with a panelized wood house shipped from England to Massachusetts. Over the next …
Reducing the Top 6 Construction Risks
Time, quality, cost. Small words with large implications on a construction project. Risk arising from them sends chills up the spine of every project manager out there. Since risk is …
Transitioning from traditional FAB to a BIM-driven workflow
The payoff for transforming your fabrication workflow from a traditional paper-based method to a digitally driven fabrication workflow can be well worth the effort in time and materials savings alone. …
Tagging eVolve Points in Revit
If you’d like a little help annotating your points you’ve placed in your Revit model, check out David Ronson’s newest how-to video “Tagging eV_Points Family in eVolve MEP.” In this …
Improving Job Site Safety Using BIM Technology
Adopting the building information modeling (BIM) process isn’t just about compressing a project’s schedule, reducing costs and improving productivity. Metrics show that using BIM can also make the construction jobsite …
Prefabrication in Construction – Will it Last This Time Around?
Prefabricated construction is not a new concept. I remember dozens of families in my home region of central Pennsylvania buying “modulars” back in the 1960s and 70s. Buying a modular …
Fabrication Bearer Lengths in Revit using eVolve MEP
A question that sometimes comes up in classes and demos revolves around dimensioning the total bearer length and getting the information on drawing sheets and schedules. The problem originates from …
4 Data-Driven Decisions that Benefit Construction Businesses
While site- and job-generated data is incredibly useful in construction from design all the way to handoff, there is very quickly becoming too much of it, literally on the verge …
MEP Force 2019 Quick Takeaways
In collecting my thoughts after MEP Force two weeks ago in San Antonio, a few things are apparent. Everyone is busier than they’ve ever been, and the labor shortage is …
5 Top Benefits of Preconstruction Planning
“Plan your work, and work your plan.” This old adage is strikingly simple, but today’s construction projects require that the concept be updated slightly: “Plan your work, work your plan, …