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Between design and fabrication: the stage that sets the schedule
Shop drawings, not design drawings, are what the mill actually builds from. What changes when they come out of the model — and what happens when they don't.
5 min readAI in constructionAI in engineering: what already works here, and what doesn't
In an industry where an engineer's signature is personal liability, the question about a new tool is not how clever it is but who owns its output.
4 min readBIMFrom model to rebar: what it means for a drawing to come out of the model
"The drawings came out of the model" sounds like a slogan. It is a sharp operational distinction, and rebar detailing is where it gets tested.
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