15th February 2011
In recent years building roofing design has seen dramatic changes. Today, most residential homes and apartments are designed with a modern roof made up of steel, copper or aluminum material. Choosing to construct steel roofing not only adds value to your ...
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10th January 2011
Steel fabrication is a tricky task, which deals with design, detailing, drawings and construction of various structural steel members such as stairs, joists, deck, handrails, etc. Steel is widely used construction material for residential buildings, skysc...
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13th December 2010
Steel detailing is crucial process to prepare construction and erection drawings and complete construction documents for any residential, commercial or industrial project. If you are a Steel detailer or a contractor then the first thing comes to you mind ...
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19th October 2010
Steel construction has significant benefits over its counterparts like wood and concrete construction such as excellent strength to weight ratio, fire resistance, ease of installation and cost-effective maintenance. With these benefits, though, come some ...
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29th September 2010
Structural drawings helps engineer clearly understand design concepts and construction specifications. These drawings are prepared in compliance with local or general industry standards. In general, the contractor prepares all the drawings along with supp...
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14th September 2010
Structural steel is widely used construction material for residential, commercial and industrial construction. Structural steel offers numerous benefits compared to conventional wood, timber or concrete made structures. It offers advantages like highest s...
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31st August 2010
The Steel detailer is a key team member in any Steel building or structural construction. He interprets the instruction details provided in the design documents, produces fabrication drawings and generates material estimates and other relevant reports. Th...
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17th August 2010
Structural steel detailing is the critical process of generating highly elaborated drawings for steel fabricators, erectors and contractors. These drawings involve plans, elevations, sections, estimates, reports and preliminary documents that are required...
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15th July 2010
One of the major difficulties in any construction schedule is the delay between award of fabrication and production of steel detail drawings for fabrication. Many times the fabricator sub-contract detailing work to steel detailing company after receiving ...
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17th June 2010
Over the last two decades, many advancements have occurred in the production of shop drawings due to advancements in computer technology. The developments in computer-aided drafting and building informational modeling (BIM) have impacted how shop drawings...
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14th April 2010
Tekla Structures & BIM software combines both building geometry and its element-specific properties to help construction managers reach these objectives. Sophisticated design and reporting tools allow the user to illustrate various levels of completeness ...
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31st March 2010
For any building construction project Shop drawing review and submittal process pose big challenges as far as structure stability concerned. If not managed carefully errors during submission time might lead to inappropriate installations, delays and ultim...
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22nd March 2010
Tekla software is multi-purpose 3D modeling system that allows you to generate analytical models for structures made of steel, concrete or any other construction material. The software can create intelligent structural models of any size or complexity wit...
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23rd February 2010
Steel buildings are increasingly becoming popular these days. Initially steel framing was used for commercial and industrial purpose, but now has also found a place in the construction of homes, apartments and retail establishments. Steel construction off...
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15th February 2010
Accuracy and reliability of Structural design documents play crucial role in the success of building or commercial structure. Find below a checklist of minimum information design documents should contain. Design team members and drafters should use this c...
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