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This is actually a learning process about how to interpret floor plans. A floor plan in the architecture and building engineering is a diagram which is used for scalling rooms, vacant spaces and features at the structures.
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The brick barrier or fence approach in a variety of styles to meet the outdoor design. This is tall, solid brick fences necessary for more bricks than lower, half-fences that use wrought iron railings and balusters at the top or fences that have brick pillars spanned by white picket fencing. To estimate the cost of a brick fence, you must first decide on the type of fence you want so you can accurately determine how many bricks you need.
The Nest (www.thenest.com) online community has published this article of journalist and writer, Shala Munroe, Demand Media. We are bringing you the excerpt. Step 1: You have to sketch a diagram of the fence. Then solid brick fences need wide, square pillars every 6 feet to add stability to the fence. Determine the height of the fence and the length between pillars. Draw in the number of pillars you need to finish the fence. Step 2: To multiply the height by the length of each panel between the pillars. This gives you the square footage of each panel. Multiply the height, width and length of the pillars to find their square footage. Step 3: Add the square footage of the panels and pillars together. This is the total square footage of your fence. Step 4: Multiply the total square footage by five, because most brick styles average five bricks per square foot. Plan to buy 5 percent more brick than your calculation to allow for errors or broken bricks while you're building your fence. Step 5: Count how many bags of mortar you need to build your fence. Most mortar bags have an estimated square footage printed on the bag. For example, if your bag of mortar covers 25 square feet and you have 200 square feet of fence, you need eight bags of mortar to complete the fence. Step 6: Call or visit a home improvement store or masonry provider to price the brick and mortar based on the number of bricks and bags of mortar you need. Ask for a discount if you're buying the bricks and mortar in bulk quantities; some dealers give per-piece discounts if you buy large quantities at a time. Also check prices on the number of pillars you will need. Ref: Shala Munroe, Demand Media's article on the nest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Published By Arka Roy www.quantity-takeoff.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the Construction of Redmond Barry Building in Australia's Melbourne where construction work is going on. This video will represent the times lapses where the engineer could comprehend the construction process.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Published By Arka Roy www.australia.quantity-takeoff.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As part of it’s strong commitment towards building construction industry,Trimble has recently launched another useful product alias Trimble Connect for construction sectors. It is a cloud supported collaboration platform that simplified the design, construction and building operation processes and transform them collaboratively. The project team members will be able to access, evaluate, control and distribute project data from any location at any time. Trimble Connect follows Trimble Buildings' portfolio of Design-Build-Operate (DBO) methodology that offers flawless interoperability for designers, builders, and owners/occupiers as well as advantages to teams engaged in site groundwork and supervision. Trimble Connect builds communities of collaboration across and inside disciplines, incorporating data from Trimble's diversified applications and tools to shorten the gap amid the teams and tasks. Trimble Connect provides support for the platform-neutral IFC file format for OpenBIM, a wide-ranging approach to the collaborative design, construction and management of buildings on the basis of open standards and workflows. Trimble Connect contains synchronized information for each one across the DBO continuum, making the process easy for integrating Building Information Modeling (BIM), 3D and 2D models through the Web, making the coordination better amongst isolated offices and teams, and minimizing costs for software and training. Besides, with storage and archiving of project documentation platform, the project team leaders can efficiently monitor their staff's performance from a distant location. Trimble Connect also preserve all the digital assets under one roof across a project portfolio, facilitating project managers and building owners to audit and report on all previous and present project data and activity. Trimble Connect is compatible with a series of leading softwares like sketchup, tekla structures, tekla BIMsight, vico office, prolog, trimble field link, MEPdesigner for SketchUp and Manhattan Atrium EAM. By integrating Business Center - HCE and Trimble Connect, the data can be transmitted and recovered to and from the construction contractor, the engineer and the general contractor. Business Center - HCE conveys the 3D constructible model to the Trimble Connect repository for storage, security and version control as a result general contractors, construction contractors and engineers can mutually involve in the delivery of a project. Construction contractors can repossess as well as control version-controlled digital plans, CAD data and models from engineers and general contractors to be applied in takeoffs, bids, data research and field operations. Besides, construction contractors will get the ability to put in estimates, 3D site models arranged for machine control and site positioning, and as-built drawings to the "Trimble Connected" central storage location for assessment, action or approvals. For getting more updates, visit www.connect.trimble.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Published By Arka Roy www.quantity-takeoff.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hard Dollar, an ancillary of InEight Inc., the recognized technological solution provider just unveiled the availability of HD PCM Version 13.1 useful for building contractor, owner and estimator to create perfect estimates as well as keep control across the project lifecycle efficiently.
This latest construction application contains the following exclusive features:-
The new as well as current customers can access HD PCM Version 13.1 with existing maintenance agreements. For more information, visit harddollar.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Published By Arka Roy www.quantity-takeoff.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here we bring the review of this awesome book called National Building Cost Manual 2014, authored by Gary Moselle. It is a handy book for getting the vast knowledge of square-foot costs for residential, commercial, industrial, military, schools, greenhouses, manufactured homes, fire stations, libraries, churches, government offices and farm buildings.
Revised annually: It includes a FREE Download Certificate for an electronic version of the book with National Estimator, a stand-alone Windows estimating program. An interactive multimedia video that shows how to use the software to compile construction cost estimates is also available online. Some of the important contents:
Buy Now ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Published By Arka Roy www.quantity-takeoff.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some newest construction project management applications for effective construction management9/22/2014 Recently the global construction industry has witnessed great technological evolution. Several useful applications emerges out which can make your construction project management process superior from project planning to achievement. The following are some newest applications useful for effective construction project management.
PlanGrid: This construction application will be useful if anyone directly performs with architect in future construction projects. The construction software enables the users to distribute plans, markups, photos, specifications, reports with the whole project team members effortlessly. So the possibilities for all types of mis-communications are reduced to a great extent and all the information can be easily allocated throughout planning stage to all the parties involved with the construction project. Material Estimator: With this handy construction tool the contractors, designers, remodelers, engineers, architects as well as other building professionals will be able to calculate feet inch fraction construction math and building materials estimating. This construction application deals with square footage concerning any project and offers a instant estimate of the total materials (drywall, decks, fencing, gravel, concrete, flooring and paint etc.) utilized in a construction project. Build It Live: It is (SaaS) construction project management software program useful for owners, architects, engineers, general contractors, vendors, laborers, who are associated with the project, to get all the updated information concerning the latest drawings, schedules, and changes online on the cloud. So the concerned parties in the planning & building of the projects will get access to the above information. If any modification is occurred to a project, all the project stakeholders will be notified about the modification automatically through the email. Control Center 7: Control Center 7 allows the users to keep a track of their jobsite from any remote location. This construction application performs in tandem with cameras already set up in the jobsite and provides you visual access to the job ceaselessly. Get crucial visual information long after your project is finished as well as a complete online database of recorded images from your camera system. Take photograph & post detailed views to be conveyed to the team members. Trim down lag time while finding any complication on site and resolving it. An immediate photo is used to provide change orders, a recently completed milestone or what materials are required for giving order. SmartBidNet: This commercial construction bidding software can allow you to keep track on the financial information of vendors and subcontractors as well as bid project data, documents etc. associated with the project through a web-based and mobile platform. Just put the bid information into the app to have some ideas on whom to select. Besides, measurements and other statistics are also affixed to each bid for taking effective decision. With bid invitations, the subcontractors will be able to get customized access to the online plan room. One can keep track of what plan files they view and download and collaborate on estimating through takeoff integrations. Project Quote Estimate: It is a handy construction field estimator in the app store. It consists of 19 diversified calculators and tools for materials and costs that can generate an on-site estimate efficiently. This application is only compatible with residential properties at present. This application lets building contractors to produce professional quotes instantly for any client in the construction site as well as estimate costs and quantities quickly for any renovation project. Just create a pdf quote and sent it to the clients through email. iQuick Contract Maker: Quick Contract Maker can be applied to generate a legal contract instantly and effortlessly through any phone or handheld appliance. The application includes pre-written information useful for creating legal contract. It can be customized for any contract agreement. All stages of the contract are contained with the application, just select the section according to your choice and add it to the device and send it to the clients through email. One can apply it for diverse projects which range from Construction, Landscape, Real Estate, Movers, Home Repair, etc. Ref. : http://tech.co/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Published By Arka Roy www.quantity-takeoff.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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