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Structural steel detailing: A process of generating effective shop drawings and erection drawings

Today around the world cities and suburbs are growing at high speed and all of us appreciate that but none of us know what it takes to build such extraordinary buildings. We all like to stay in sophisticated buildings which attract the attention of everyone at a first glance. But how many of us are actually bothered about how these buildings are actually constructed. Well, there is no denying the fact that it’s not our business to know that but the fact remains that there is no harm in knowing also. So let me tell you that development of beautiful buildings that we see around is not possible without the design and construction of an effective structural framework for them. As structure has to support the architecture of a building it’s very important that a significant amount of importance is given to the design and construction of structure by design and construction professionals.  And structural detailing remains a quintessential part of structural design process wherein detai

A brief note on CAD standards and their significance!

‘CAD standards’ is quite a common term when it comes to Architecture Engineering and Construction industry but what does it actually means. Well, CAD standards are specific set of rules, regulations and guidelines that are important to be followed by CAD technicians when they generate drawings by using CAD software like AutoCAD. These rules and guidelines are basically followed by the drafters so that design consistency and uniformity can be maintained on the drawings in terms of representing design data through drawings. With the assistance of uniform CAD standards design data stored in the drawings can be conveniently interpreted by users or different stakeholders involved in the project. On the other hand inconsistent design standards may lead to confusions and chaos when it comes to interpreting CAD data. Apart from this a large amount of time can be wasted by the people involved in the project for interpreting the information if CAD standards are not followed by drafters whi

Scan to BIM technology is indispensable for saving time and money of renovation projects!

Before going any further into the topic, I have a question for my readers and that is how valuable is time and money for all of you? Well, when it comes to me I would say time is priceless for me and it is sort of a bit important than money as money can be earned but not the time. You can always hope of earning money but you can’t even imagine getting back the time that is gone, it never comes back no matter what you do. People associated with Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry are well aware of the complications that are faced by design and construction professionals while dealing with a renovation and retrofit projects. The complications involved in the process kills the time and efforts of architects and engineers to a great extent so to eliminate such difficulties and problems application or implementation of right technology is quite essential. And that is where scan to BIM technology comes into picture. This is the most suitable technology that deals with the

BIM is instrumental in effective construction management

Today Building Information Modeling has become an indispensable tool for monitoring entire construction process and the fact remains that it goes beyond construction and also monitors the maintenance activities for a building in question. Prior to BIM’s adoption in Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry, construction management never proved to be realistic to fit its definition. Well, this means prior to the implementation of BIM technology, construction management was a vague phenomena as general contractors never used to achieve any concrete results in terms of project productivity based on their planning and management skills. On the other hand since the time Building Information Modeling technology have been in use construction management have become really easy for general contractors as they can access all the project information in advance. The advance availability of building information that is achieved in the form of BIM models help general contractors in c

Tackle positioning issues favorably by sharing coordinates!

Tackling file positioning issues rationally and conveniently remains major problem for Revit users when they link additional file in their model or project. Multiple discrepancies are confronted by Revit users in terms of geometrical positioning of linked files comparative to host model. For example if an MEP engineer working on his model in Revit MEP wants to acquire a thorough understanding of  structural model developed in Revit structure by structural engineer he has to link the model. So when MEP engineer links a structural model in his MEP model, Revit spontaneously displays and alert informing users that linked model does not acquire the same coordinate system as host model. And since they do not share the same coordinate systems, Revit will automatically return back to center-to-center positioning. The alert confronted by users must be cancelled by them at this point of time because positioning associated issues can only be tackled once the file is imported in the model.

BIM must be credited for the metamorphosis of AEC industry!

The metamorphosis of conventional construction methods into innovative methods must be largely credited to BIM technology. Building Information Modeling is a highly productive technology for AEC professionals since it has huge magnitude and potential to handle all types of complications associated to construction projects.  Initially when BIM technology was not prevalent in the landscapes of Architecture Engineering and Construction industry, accomplishment of construction projects was challenging or demanding task for AEC professionals.  During that time architects and engineers used to perform most the construction related activities directly at the proposed location and hence they used to meet a lot of design problems at the time of final construction. And because of this AEC professionals used to face a large amount of rework situations which largely used to increase the project cost.   Rework is not only accountable for increasing project cost but it also results in late pro