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Change is in the wind. Software and information technology forces a break with the past. For generations, we engineers depended on drawings. The desktop PC, and software, such as Autocad, changed our dependence into a 2-d CAD. Stephen Roth wrote in the recent issue of Consulting Specifying Engineers magazine. HVAC cooling and heating load analysis [...]
Concerns brought up by Howard McKew of Engineered Systems magazine in the July 2009 issue. He said “Owners, Please Demand More from your IPD team” (Integrated Project Delivery ) McKew cites the fact that the new IPD approach being promoted by the AIA is possibly a lawyers dream to make money in this economic downturn. [...]
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Here is an exciting example of green design filled with good ideas. This LEED certified home in Arlington is also an beautiful example of how a lower carbon footprint looks and how utility bills can be lowered to almost nothing. Is it ironic that the house is listed for $1.175 million but the utilities are [...]
Homes and small commercial buildings may benefit from the application of ductless mini splits. What the heck is that? I was watching one of those TV programs on renovating homes the other day when a discussion came up about air conditioning an attic room with low ceilings and small windows. Someone suggested a window air [...]
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The April issue of Building Design and Construction magazine has a pretty interesting article entitled, BIM + IPD: Three Success Stories, by Jeff Yoders. He writes on some recent projects done using the Integrated Project Delivery approach that uses the Building Information Modeling– leveraging the synched database model inside Autodesk‘s REVIT and REVIT MEP software– [...]
“In a perfect world, energy simulations and design tools would be so well integrated that each time an architect moved a wall, added a window, or changed a lighting specification; the building’s predicted energy performance would be updated and displayed instantly. With that sort of real-time feedback, designers would quickly become skilled at optimizing the [...]
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In his book, The 8th Habit,, (Free Pess, 2004 ), Stephen Covey says that good win-win agreement consists of several simple things 1. Desired results 2. Guidelines 3. Resources 4. Accountability 5. Consequences WHAT WE NEED; A Compelling Scoreboard at the project level. Coordination and communications are the places in which to grow a third [...]
I was cleaning up my favorites yesterday and came across this old article from Architecture Week by Ross A. Leventhal, in “Greening” a Profession , August 2000, choice quotes (edited by me) “…The client had not explicitly stated green design as a goal…the budget was extremely tight, meaning that all decisions turned on first cost issues. [...]
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