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When to Say Goodbye: Is It Time to Replace Your Air Conditioner?

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It can help identify potential issues before they become major problems and lead to costly repairs. By inspecting the air conditioner, a professional can diagnose any existing problems that may be causing inefficiency or other issues while having an air conditioning replacement in Bountiful, UT.

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Graphic Standards for Architectural Cabinetry

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This means that I don’t have to add the dimensions of each cabinet to the tag AND I can create a millwork schedule that will self-populate should I choose to do. I should state for the record that these millwork drawings are not complete and ready for issue – these are simply the drawings that were submitted for my review.

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Building with Structural Insulated Panels. or SIPs | Life of an Architect

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On site, the method of identifying the panels is definitely old school – a fat magic marker with the panel tag written on the exterior face. With SIPs, you get expensive material cost with lower labor costs, and with traditional framing it’s lower material costs with higher labor costs.

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You Make Your Own Opportunities | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Coming from a structural steel designer’s perspective, I have found that all of these tips played a pivotal role in shaping my career path from starting out as a laborer working nights to 20+ years later being a senior designer at a larger international engineering/construction firm. When I was that age, I thought I was bulletproof.

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What Home Buyers Really Want | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

d in labor each would have furred those ceilings to a much more humane 96″ cleing height–which would be more than offset by the savings in drywall and paint. The things people sell such as windows, Beams and dishwashers enable the homeowner to feel the impact on the issues they deem important. About $40 in 2x and 0.5m/d

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Architectural Graphic Standards | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Also today issuing out paper is slowly going by the way side and eveyone is asking for a PDF version or some other from of computer file, so this brings a whole new side to graphic standards. Window tags _in plan??_ In your second floor plan image, you mention making the window tags non-directional. Rob Kuhn Also?

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KHouse Modern - Progress Update 03 | Life of an Architect

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Glad Bluebeam solved a lot of your issues. In my own work I’ve found that the traditional phase-based sequence of billing doesn’t work very well with a BIM-based workflow, because of the sheer amount of labor that must be invested up-front to develop the model. It takes some front end time, but well worth it.

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