What goes up, must come down is the law of gravity and a quotation attributed to Sir Isaac Newton. The law seems to be irrelevant when it comes to the price of building materials, however. Those waiting/hoping/expecting the costs of building materials to come down from their meteoric rise may Read more…
Bathroom pods are complete, prefabricated bathrooms that can be added into multi-family apartment building projects during construction. In the factory, the pods are fully fitted with bathroom fixtures and MEP, and shipped to the jobsite for installation. They can be custom-designed so they fit perfectly into your project, both in Read more…
Amy Marks, the Head of Industrialized Construction at Autodesk, defines industrialized construction as: The application of manufacturing techniques to the built environment. Let’s explore this idea. Industrialization is familiar when we think about the manufactured products that we have in our homes — from refrigerators to pencils. They’re made in Read more…
What is a digital twin? Digital twins are exact digital replicas of physical objects, such as airplanes, nuclear steam turbines, or buildings — usually larger, more complex buildings, or even groups of buildings. The city of Las Vegas has a digital twin of a section of its downtown area. Once Read more…
Building Information Modeling (BIM) involves the creation of a 3D digital model of a building. But it’s much more than that. Any 3D Computer-Aided Design (CAD) model can help us visualize the geometry of a building. However, BIM goes beyond that by having the potential to include information about all Read more…