by Jim Mitchell | Feb 15, 2019 | All, Electrical, Mechanical
I attended the AIA Atlanta (American Institute of Architects) Principals Roundtable breakfast this morning at Ansley Golf Club in Atlanta. David Epps of Winter Construction was the main speaker talking about construction technology from a contractor’s perspective....
by Carol Dunn | Jan 7, 2019 | All, Mechanical
A 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 if we can? Preparing for a move from Autodesk Fabrication to Revit requires a few key steps. Changes to your database...
by Carol Dunn | Dec 3, 2018 | All, Mechanical
Where 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 coined, it was everywhere. It seemed like everyone was writing about BIM, extolling the wonders...
by Carol Dunn | Nov 5, 2018 | All, Electrical, Mechanical
Fred 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 he did have his bronto-crane, a smiling critter which was evidently...
by Carol Dunn | Oct 29, 2018 | All, Electrical, Mechanical
THE 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 pipe was 75 cents a foot. Also in 1964, construction efficiency began a 25% decline that ended up lasting 38 years....
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