by CC IT | Aug 2, 2013 | Construction Takeoff and Estimating Software
Construction Management Resource June 10, 2013 The task of estimating construction costs requires prudent judgment. Estimating project cost is a complex process of predicting the cost through quantitative analysis. The construction cost is estimated after detailed...
by CC IT | Jun 21, 2013 | Construction Takeoff and Estimating Software
Finish elevator manufacturer KONE has just announced a new high-rise elevator technology that could enable elevators to travel heights up to 1 kilometer-twice the distance that is currently feasible (credit bobby). UltraRope is an extremely light and strong elevator...
by CC IT | Jun 21, 2013 | Construction Takeoff and Estimating Software
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has won an international competition to expand Swatch and Omega’s headquarters in Switzerland. The design involves adding three new buildings to the watch companies’ existing campus in Biel, a leading center of timber technology. Ban’s...
by CC IT | Jun 17, 2013 | Construction Takeoff and Estimating Software
For its prototypical tower, SOM proposes a concrete jointed timber frame structural system. Solid, 8-inch-thick mass timber floor panels span between the timber shear walls at the building core and the perimeter columns. The wood primary structural members are...
by CC IT | Jun 13, 2013 | Construction Takeoff and Estimating Software
The Halley VI station on the Antartic ice sheet, designed by Hugh Broughton Architects Credit: British Antarctic Survey June marks the start of winter for half of the world. But while Americans sample gelato and sprawl on beaches, researchers and staff at the Halley...
by CC IT | Jun 13, 2013 | Construction Takeoff and Estimating Software
At Macalester College, Minneapolis-based HGA Architects and Engineers collaborated with acoustician David Kahn to renovate a 350-seat concert hall that can be tuned for each performance. Credit: Paul Crosby Goethe famously compared architecture to “frozen music,”...
