Construction Industry Forums

Design with Green in Mind

2009-03-31T04:49:06Z

You’ve probably heard a lot of news about different ways that you can save money on energy costs by making small changes in your home.

CostWorks.com

2008-04-30T07:06:35Z

Questions about CostWorks Online

Overtime Labor

2009-10-20T21:10:08Z

I would like to know how over-time labor is being handled. I called the help line, but apparently there is no way to input an overtime labor factor other than to multiple by hand and insert it in an excel spreadsheet. That seems rediculous since overtime is a regular ocurrence. Anybody?

Insert Specific Sizes—Drag and Drop?

2009-10-19T11:11:59Z

OK, either I just don’t get it or this is something that needs to get high priority to fix when it comes to the next SmartBim release. For example, when you drag and drop a door that has ‘9 types’ indicated in SmartBim you only get the default size, not the option of actually picking the actual size you want from the 9 sizes available. I know I could just go and insert the door via Revit, load family, find the family in the SmartBim directory, and I will then get the option to insert a specific size. But if that is the case the SmartBim UI is useless and shouldn’t be advertised as a way of organizing your data. If you can’t use the interface to insert the family directly into Revit, with the option for a specific size, then SmartBim is just a glorified collection of families.

Please tell me there is a way to insert a specific family size directly from the UI. Am I just missing something obvious?

Thanks,

Dean

BPO cluster for Bhutan, Maldives

2009-10-05T06:32:03Z

Hi,
With one BPO cluster in countries like Bhutan, Maldives or any other small country in this world can turnaround their economies completely in a very short span of time. Go to http://www.atworldsolutions.com/downloads/BPO_cluster_small_countries_[Compatibility_Mode].pdf and see a proposal and get back to us to take it forward.

Thanks,
Nancy
Project consultant
nan at atworldsolutions dot com

Question about concrete cost

2009-09-24T08:12:10Z

I’ve been reading through Division 03300 and don’t see any cost for stripping form work. Does anyone know if this cost is covered in the “forming” or “placing” sections?

Greenwashing Advice

2008-06-26T14:41:09Z

With green products becoming more important in the design and construction industries, new terms are also arising. Greenwashing is one of these new terms. What advice do you have to other to tell the difference between greenwashing and a truly green product?

UK outbound pay for performance process

2009-09-22T01:53:12Z

Hi,
We are short-listing centers to one of our clients in UK for bank charges reclaim outbound pay for performance process. Client is offering 30 GBP per approved sale, payment every fortnight. In the first round we are only short-listing 50 centers. Client doesn’t provide data. For any clarification talk to our Chief consultant Mr.Murthy on 00 91 990 103 4128. See all the details of the process at http://www.atworldsolutions.com/downloads/UK-BCP-info.pdf . If interested quickly send a mail to nan at atworldsolutions dot com
Thanks,
Nancy
Biz-consultant
http://www.atworldsolutions.com

This economy has definately slimmed profit margins on jobs coming up for bid.

2008-12-12T12:22:52Z

everyone is scared the next job will be the last one for a while.

Security at Job Sites

2009-09-16T08:08:09Z

With today’s Economy, crime is up over 20%. Certain materials stored at jobsites are high target items like Copper piping. What security measures do you currently undertake? How do you select your Security Guard Company?