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The Art of Accurate Estimates: Streamlining Architecture and Home Improvement with Advanced Software

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Right from the start, having accurate estimates is crucial for guiding professionals through budgeting, planning, and execution. As technology evolves, traditional methods are giving way to more advanced solutions, and one such game-changer is construction estimating software.

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Page Southerland Page integrates "past and future" at Texas Capitol Complex

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The Texas Capitol Complex was designed by Page Southerland Page Phase 1 – which is estimated as a $600 million investment – opened in 2022. It improves the built environment of the city and offers useful amenities that allow the public and state agencies to interact in a shared area located in the heart of Austin." & Elec. (AOR

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Greenpoint’s New Library Connects Community, Education, and the Environment

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A healthy interior environment was achieved through careful selection of low-emitting adhesives and sealants, paints and coatings, carpets, and composite wood products. Over 87% of all wood comes from sustainably managed forests. Steel was chosen as the primary structural system to utilize recycled materials. GM/CM: Westerman Construction Co.,

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"Forty-one per cent of architects now using AI" says RIBA report

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We use virtual environments and digital twins to achieve a radical reduction in the carbon, energy, water, and waste footprints of costly physical construction," added another. The researchers also estimated that 37 per cent of architecture and engineering tasks "could be automated by AI". There's no turning back."

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Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet: O

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It has provided eligible individuals ever since with the opportunity to live independently, but in an environment that provides support activities such as cleaning, cooking, and transportation. The intent was not to hide the ship but to make it more challenging for enemy submarines to accurately estimate its course and range.

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"We need to start using our wood more efficiently"

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From the second half of the 19th century, almost every product in our lives changed from being made out of a bio-based material to a highly engineered fossil-based alternative. Read: The dawn of the Timber Revolution Wood has the ability not only to substitute carbon-intensive materials, but also store carbon in the built environment.

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The dawn of the Timber Revolution

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Timber was once used to construct the vast majority of our buildings, but in the 19th and 20th centuries it was usurped by steel and concrete, which continue to dominate the built environment today. Landmark buildings made from mass-timber now feature regularly on the pages of Dezeen amid growing acceptance and understanding of the material.