BD+C

JULY 8, 2021

With no ulterior profit motive, third-party cost estimators can provide truly unbiased, expert advice to the team. One of the most important contributions that cost professionals can make to a construction project is to help architects deliver the best possible value to their clients.

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Architizer

JANUARY 30, 2023

Hit the button below to sign up for the talk, which will take place at 1pm EST on Wednesday, February 8th : Register for Event → In this free live session, you will learn how to define your project scope, develop a Rough Order of Magnitude of construction cost, and estimate your project hours.

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Design Thoughts Architects

JANUARY 19, 2022

10 Best Criteria to Know the Estimation of Your Dream House. Before you start building your house, you should estimate some important elements like affordability, land availability, legal formalities, location, house construction cost, and time till you put the final brick in the wall. CARPET AREA + WALL AREA = BUILT UP AREA.

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Architecture Ideas

JULY 17, 2022

Here are the things you need to know to save money with construction estimating. . A set of thorough plans — complete with measurements and material suggestions — make estimation easier, if not simple. A construction takeoff allows you to estimate the precise amount of construction materials you’ll need for a project.

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designboom

MARCH 22, 2022

The post andy warhol’s iconic marilyn monroe painting estimated to fetch $200 million at auction appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. it could become the most expensive work of art ever sold at an auction.

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Archute

MAY 31, 2022

Construction businesses should be able to estimate a pretty accurate cost for any projects they are working on or will be doing in the future. The estimation cost includes two types of expenses, direct and indirect: Direct expenses include the equipment, labor, machinery, and the.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The same could be said for creating construction cost estimates — the more you frequently you do them, the more efficient you’ll become. Below are tips and tricks estimators and contractors can use to optimize the estimating process to become more efficient, minimize rework and produce accurate cost estimates.

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Archinect

APRIL 17, 2024

Janice won many hearts and minds throughout an estimable career in academia and the professional realm, sentiments that were repeated by the many people with whom she became familiar through her involvement in the Japanese-Canadian community in and around her native Manitoba.

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Archinect

APRIL 11, 2024

magnitude tri-state quake wasn’t nearly as strong as the (estimated) 5.5 Such masonry cannot bend or flex during an earthquake and would instead break or crumble. A strong earthquake could cause some buildings of this type to collapse. Last week’s 4.8 magnitude incident that occurred on August 10, 1884, and would have caused $4.7

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Archinect

JULY 5, 2023

billion worth of damage to infrastructure across the country, according to estimates from the Kyiv School of Economics. AECOM and Bechtel have both announced their involvement in the international effort to rebuild Ukraine following 15 months of a devastating war which had, by mid-spring, enacted more than $147.5

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Cost estimates for the project are between $1–2 billion. Rendering courtesy of Populous The site currently includes some undeveloped plots and small businesses adjacent to the Power & Light District. Rendering courtesy of Populous Populous CEO Earl Santee told reporters: "This is my 23rd major league.

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Archinect

JANUARY 29, 2024

” Image credit: Marin Architects The exterior also sees a significant 25-foot cantilever over an adjacent property, which the team estimates has allowed for the inclusion of an additional 68 units in the scheme. Inside, meanwhile, the tower will contain 173 guest rooms, a rooftop bar and restaurant, a plaza, and an arcade.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

As the 15-station new line is estimated to transport 340,000 passengers a day, up to 53,000 cars could be taken off the roads each day. Image © Werner Lerooy via Shutterstock The project for implementing a fourth metro line in the Greek capital began in 2021, with the purpose of reducing the need for automobiles in the crowded city.

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Archinect

JULY 19, 2022

The estimated cost of the project is around $243 million, and the firm says it will include a cultural program and employment package that will deliver an estimated $53.3 million in economic benefits to the Westside community.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The firm was named the winner of an international competition to design an extension of the existing museum in 2022 and will deliver the project on the site, which was first constructed as a citadel in 1780. The Schematic Design phase was completed in March.

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Archinect

MARCH 19, 2024

Previously on Archinect: One of China's largest property developers is roiled in a Lehman-esque debt spiral The estimated cost of the original design it replaces was $1.7 The new design from the Guangdong Architectural Design and Research Institute has a reduced capacity of 73.000, making it still the largest soccer-only stadium in China.

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Archinect

APRIL 1, 2024

He noted that he didn't have an estimate on the rebuilding timeline, but the bridge itself took five years to initially construct. "A lot goes into how that reconstruction will be designed, how the process is going to work," Buttigieg said on "Face the Nation" on Sunday.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In 2022, 33 million people have been displaced, and an estimated 500,000 houses have been destroyed or severely damaged. In September 2022, Lari’s NGO launched a target program to start rebuilding and to help communities protect themselves against future disasters.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Budgetary estimates are often an overflowing well of frustration for building owners and their representatives. Budget miscues are entirely avoidable if building owners and reps stick to the basics and follow time-tested estimating methods. . There are just so many ways a budget can go bad. But the situation is far from hopeless.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The controversial bridge is estimated to cost approximately $5 billion and take around seven years to build. Construction of what would be the world's longest suspension bridge, connecting Sicily and mainland Italy over the Strait of Messina, could begin this year after the final design recently gained approval. magnitude earthquakes.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The firm shares that an estimate of only 25% of buildings (from Gensler's original assessment) are suitable for conversion. Gensler Principal Steven Paynter shares an update announcing important statistical findings related to his firm’s work surrounding the adaptive reuse and conversion of office buildings worldwide.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

It then hit further delays in the form of a contractor’s breach-of-contract lawsuit arising from significant cost overruns, which drove the installation's final price from $142 million to the $400 million final reported estimate.

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Archinect

JANUARY 11, 2024

The Prefecture is currently home to an estimated 26,000 shelter seekers, according to local reports. The indoor privacy system that the Pritzker Prize winner first devised in the late 1980s and deployed later in response to the 1995 Kobe earthquake was installed recently at a gymnasium in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Most estimates place contemporary heat pumps in the 250%-550% efficiency range (compared to 80% for traditional gas boilers), according to a report conducted by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The prohibitive price of units and installation is being covered by the government up to €60,000 ($63,000 USD).

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Architecture 2030 ’s new CARE (Carbon Avoided Retrofit Estimator) Tool is a way of providing valuable statistics that show the carbon savings of each project accurately and using a standardized methodology.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 27, 2023

” The country's National Audit Office estimates the cost of repairs to be £2.2 An anonymous headteacher shared with The Guardian , “The best result would be rebuilding as we have so many problems, but actually we just need some certainty. billion (or about $2.81 billion USD) annually at present.

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Archinect

APRIL 4, 2023

The team estimates that their system allows for up to 28% permeability per square meter of water. ” Image credit: HISM, courtesy of Snøhetta The varying sizes of tiles in the Flyt system create different interlocking spaces between each stone, allowing for greater control over the extent of permeability through the system.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 27, 2023

” The country's National Audit Office estimates the cost of repairs to be £2.2 An anonymous headteacher shared with The Guardian , “The best result would be rebuilding as we have so many problems, but actually we just need some certainty. billion (or about $2.81 billion USD) annually at present.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The "First-Aid Spatial Kit" initiative is being taught as part of the school’s first-year construction practice curriculum and allows students to develop copyable designs for various interventions (furniture, pavilions, play spaces, etc.),

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Archinect

JANUARY 9, 2023

It could help bring people back to downtowns across North America as renters or homeowners Gensler estimates that only 3 out of 10 office buildings are eligible for conversion. The pitfalls of mass-scale conversions remain impediments even as architecture firms are earning more from renovations than new buildings for the first time.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Budgetary estimates are often an overflowing well of frustration for building owners and their representatives. Budget miscues are entirely avoidable if building owners and reps stick to the basics and follow time-tested estimating methods. . There are just so many ways a budget can go bad. But the situation is far from hopeless.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 7, 2023

Construction on the Asiat-Darse pedestrian bridge is set to commence in April 2024, with an estimated completion date of December 2025. Read more »

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Archinect

APRIL 10, 2023

Seattle is estimated to need an additional 55,000 units of housing per year for the next two decades, over half of which need to be reserved for households that qualify as low-income. The report indicated builders' acceptance in terms of adaptation thus far.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 14, 2023

Department of Energy estimates 15% of energy consumption in the average American home happens in the kitchen between cooking, refrigeration, hot water heating, and dishwashing. This shift toward electrification is especially prevalent in the kitchen, a central hub of energy use.

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Archinect

JULY 21, 2023

The maps, created during the 19th and 20th centuries and frequently updated, were used by fire insurance companies to estimate their liabilities in about 12,000 U.S. The study, recently published in the journal PLOS ON , involved extracting and digitizing data from Sanborn Fire Insurance maps. cities and towns.

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Archinect

MARCH 30, 2023

or above quake — that would kill as many as 1,800 people and destroy an estimated 2,000 structures in the area per the U.S. The county has already mandated changes to its building codes that call for similar upgrades to all non-ductile concrete high-rises and soft-story residential structures before the year 2033.

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Archinect

JULY 20, 2023

We look forward to honoring their enduring commitment to these estimable undertakings in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur." And there is perhaps no one more well-versed in the integration of environmental and building systems with architecture than Patrick Bellew. Willis (recipient of t.

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