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What has made the execution of construction projects so easy these days?

If we go back in history, execution of construction projects used to be really very difficult for Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry professionals because there were no automated tools available to them which could help them in design documentation. It is hundred percent true that without effective design documentation none of the building projects can be executed flawlessly.   But gone are the days when design and construction professionals used to do everything related to design documentation by themselves or manually.  Within the last one or two decades a lot of things have changed drastically in Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry because of the arrival or introduction of numerous software solutions which are especially created for helping out architects and engineers in developing high quality building design.  The arrival of Computer Aided Design technology provided humongous benefits to architects, engineers, drafters and modelers apart

Structural Design Procedure: Step Wise Description

Construction of the building requires humongous time as it includes development of multiple disciplines like architecture, structure, MEP and ultimately bringing them all together. Amid all these discipline structural design is one of the most subtle disciplines as it strengthens the building and makes it stand still. It doesn’t mean that other disciplines are not important; however structural design is more convoluted. Before structure gets developed, initially lots of analyses are conducted in order to ensure sustenance of the building. The procedure starts with several analyses like site analysis, soil analysis load calculation etc. Site analysis is conducted to have an idea about feasibility of construction while soil analysis is done to identify the quality of soil and whether it is able to endure the load of the building. In load calculation it is being calculated that how much load a structure can bear. Having received green signal from all those analyses design

Significance of Steel Detailing

Structure design services are highly crucial part of AEC industry as they are responsible for the safety of the building. Steel detailing is one of the most crucial components of structural design. Steel structure hold the building firmly and provide it strength, thus structure remains utmost vital throughout the life cycle of the building. Fabrication drawings and erection drawings are the essential components of the steel detailing process and both of them serve different purposes. All these drawings are prepared by steel detailers.   Steeldetailing services includes rebar detailing, staircase detailing and precast detailing etc. The development of various components like sheet metal drawings, structural design and bolt plans etc. come within steel detailing. Architects and structural engineers hand over the specification pertaining to steel detailing, from which complete detailing process is executed. In order to attain optimal outcome steel detailers must sy

BIM: A game changing invention for AEC industry

It’s been centuries since construction work has begun commercially. Every passing decade added some innovation and left with a limitation to deal with. Of course it is undisputed that the industry was getting better and better yet the pace of this advancement wasn’t really remarkable. The issues like degradation in productivity, rising cost, delay in completion of the project were still to solve. Well, these are the issues which have hindered the growth of the construction industry. Each stakeholder belonging to this field was seeking salvation, until Building Information Modeling was invented and reached out to the public. The age brought by high tech tools including BIM is defined in golden letters in the book of Architectural and Engineering industry. Initially Architectural drawings used to be developed manually. Though, AutoCAD 2D architectural software was launched afterwards which has made this task a bit easier, but highly advanced and organized software was y