Hello friends! So it is back to school for many people (I can tell with the increase in traffic in the morning..) and although we did not have summer off (#keepwishing) we thought we would use this as the theme for our post today. Everyone is getting their shopping done and so we want to…
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What we love…NOT! Estimated Cost of Construction…
Let’s be honest. When we first entered this wonderful profession called architecture we were not thinking “Wohoo! Excel spread sheets for days!”. The numbers were not the exciting part (and not really highlighted in our schooling), but estimated costs of construction are important for every project we do. We need to know upfront what a…
Things We Love… NOT: Phased Projects!
Let’s just jump right into it… the next thing on our April series is phasing! Now we understand that sometimes the client doesn’t have enough capital to fund the total scope of a project, which then leads to phasing. The tricky part about phasing is how to create the drawings and how they are filed…..
Things We Love: Quick 3D Views from Revit
Continuing our February LOVEFEST, lets talk about the power of BIM and the quick production of 3D views. Not everyone can look at a 2D drawing (plan or elevation) and understand the 3 dimensional space. Why not use those super detailed BIM models to create views so that our Clients can see what we see!…