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Tilt-Up Design Systems, LLC has released a free web-based tool for quick preliminary panel thickness and reinforcing estimates.
Wayne Brothers Inc. uses self-consolidating concrete to construct six free-standing shear walls at Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, N.C.
Complicted concrete shapes can be constructed with 3D design software, which are cut out using CNC routers.
Free software allows accurate prediction of maximum temperature and temperature differential.
In this day and age, knowing the current technology options can benefit how you do business.
Despite all of the hype, contractors aren't adopting building information modeling as quickly as you'd think. Here's why they aren't and what BIM holds for the future of the industry.
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CFMA and ABC signed an agreement to jointly produce a comprehensive information technology survey for the construction industry.
The market trend continues toward contractors buying into sophisticated surveying technologies.
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Pick up the remote control, flip the switch, and the little green machine comes alive, skittering across the floor like a low-flying alien spacecraft or a high-tech dual-head lawnmower. Is this some toy maker's demonstration? a convention of wireless enthusiasts? No, it was the 2005 World of...
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Tablet computers will change construction project workflow.
Control of concrete paving work is going stringless, which improves ride and reduces concrete consumption.
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Building information modeling (BIM) is a buzzword in the AEC industry, but is it hype or substantive? First, one must understand that BIM is not just 3-D.
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CTS Cement Manufacturing Corporation has announced the discovery of new structures in cement.
PDF editing software will soon make design questions even easier to answer, and a Field BIM solution saves money on a design/build stadium project.
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The concrete industry's Strategic Development Council, a Council of the ACI Foundation, is currently seeking presentations for future sessions.
To effectively manage materials across the supply chain for just-in-time delivery, this company turned to Vela Systems and Tekla Corp. to provide a Field BIM solution.
Increase company efficiency by employing a software package that keeps equipment functional and tracks costs.
Heavy and highway construction office software for data prep and management and materials quantities takeoff, Business Center—HCE 2.50 features new road takeoff, data prep, and earthworks planning functionality.
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A small startup's unique platform for construction plan management could save the industry billions.
How to increase productivity in the office and on the jobsite.