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BIM HardwareNew Video Series Shows How to Dominate at Layout
Fast and accurate layout is crucial to keeping building construction projects on schedule and on budget. That’s why professionals are increasingly turning to digital layout with robotic total stations to get the job done. Capabilities...
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Construction ValidationWebinar: 7 Best Practice Tips for AEC and Building Documentation
Time on today’s building construction sites is at a premium. Staying on schedule and preventing return trips requires you to use technology to your advantage. With 3D laser scanning reality capture, you can easily boost...
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BIM HardwareBasic MEP Field Tools for Enriching BIM Workflows
No matter where you are in your BIM adoption process – whether you are just getting started with digital layout or already using advanced 3D workflows on every jobsite – there are field tools that can enrich your workflows and help you improve your accuracy, efficiency and overall productivity. Most mechanical, electrical and plumbing contractors … Read More
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BIM HardwareWhen to Use a Scanning Total Station vs. a Dedicated Laser Scanner
When is it best to use a scanning total station versus a dedicated laser scanner? It’s a question we’re often asked by professionals who want to improve accuracy and reduce rework on their construction projects. In both new construction and renovations, the rich, complete data captured with a laser scanner provides the required information with … Read More
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Construction ValidationFour Steps to Connect Models to Field Work
For most contractors, accurately connecting information from the office to the field, and from the field back to the model in the office, is an ongoing challenge. In the office, the building information modeling (BIM) or virtual design and construction (VDC) group can push information and models out to the field all day long, but … Read More
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Construction ValidationLaser Scanning: A Better Way to Analyze Concrete Slab Flatness
Most of the methods used today for conducting slab flatness analysis are manual and labor intensive. Floor flatness/floor levelness (FF/FL), a commonly used method, requires the creation of a grid on the concrete slab following a set of specifications before taking manual readings. Contractors that use the ASTM E1155 standard method for determining floor flatness (FF) and … Read More
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BIM BasicsA Simple Way to Monitor Structural Health in Supertalls and Superslims
“Supertalls,” the category of buildings over 984 feet tall, and “superslims,” a term being applied to supertall buildings with very small footprints, are becoming increasingly common in modern cityscapes. Surprisingly, however, structural health monitoring of the sort that is often deployed on bridges and dams is not a routine part of supertall asset management. Part … Read More
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BIM BasicsBIM 101: Getting Layout Points to the Field
If your BIM data has already been prepped for field layout, you’re ready for the next step: taking it into the field. Armed with BIM layout points, plan underlays and reference models, you are now ready to shoot points on the jobsite that replicate the accuracy of BIM in the office. Read More
By Cathi Hayes