Contractor's Guide to Building Information Modeling

 

The Contractor's Guide to Building Information Modeling

A Must for Contractor's Using Virtual Design

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This informative guide will assist you in determining how to get started using Building Information Modeling (BIM). Item # 2926 · Retail: $75.00 · AGC Member: $25.00

Other available BIM products can be found at the AGC Bookstore:

BIM: The Actual Risks of Virtual Modeling

Item #AC13· Retail: $229.00 · AGC Member: $149.00

Building Information Modeling: Planning and

Managing Construction Projects with 4D and Simulations

Item #5093 · Retail: $99.95· AGC Member: $79.95

BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling

Item #5089 · Retail: $85.00 · AGC Member: $106.29

Green BIM Handbook

Item #5101 · Retail: $49.99 · AGC Member: $62.50

Project Delivery Systems for Building Construction

Item #2915· Retail: $133.50 · AGC Member: $89.00

CM/GC Guidelines for Public Owners

Item #2912 · Retail: $45.00 · AGC Member: $30.00

CM/GC Best Practices for Public Owners and Contractors

Item #AC7 · Retail: $229.00 · AGC Member: $149.00

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CONTRACTORS URGE HOUSE DEMOCRATS TO INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN RECOVERY PLAN

It is estimated that $100 billion of new infrastructure projects have been delayed due to the reduced credit market. Coupled with construction materials cost inflation, fewer contracts are going out to bid, resulting in 52,000 lost construction jobs and a further deteriorating national infrastructure. Over the past year, AGC has met with congressional leaders, sent strong messages to both the House and Senate, and signed on to letters from transportation related coalitions in support of infrastructure investment. Speaker Pelosi has indicated that the Economic Forum will help Congress develop a plan that will create jobs by building roads, bridges and highways.

"Construction has always been an engine of economic stimulus and can play that role once again," said Sandherr. "Increases in infrastructure investment can be quickly put into play and will have a direct, immediate and dramatic impact on the economy."

CONTRACTORS URGE HOUSE DEMOCRATS TO INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN RECOVERY PLAN

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Seven Steps to Cost Reduction

Seven Step method for solving a cost reduction problem:
1. Define your problem
2. Define your ideal solution(Stop doing it!)
3. Gather the facts
4. Try various combinations, look outside the box, but be careful what you ask for you might get it.
5. Break the pattern, not everything happens outside the box. It is interesting how many things are solved within the box. Do not forget the simple solution. Complexity is seldom a solution; it is usually part of the problem.
6. SCAMPER it
a. What can you Substitute?
b. What can you Combine?
c. What can you Adapt?
d. What can you Modify or Magnify?
e. Can you Put to other uses?
f. What can you Eliminate or reduce?
g. What can you Reverse/Rearrange?
7. Leave it sit for a day, but set a deadline. Sleeping on it has value!

This is an excerpt from a rather wordy blog post of mine over a year ago.

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