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Fabrication-ready steel models: what LOD 400 actually has to contain
LOD 400 is not a prettier LOD 300. It is the point at which a shop can cut, drill, weld and bolt from the model, and it depends on who…Steel structuresLOD 400Tekla Structures
Clash detection that survives site conditions
A model can report zero clashes and still produce conflicts on site, because the building is not built to the model's dimensions. What…BIM coordinationClash detectionBIM coordination
Designing a lifting lug: AISC 360 or ASME BTH-1?
A padeye carries a whole member in a position nobody designed it for. The proportions AISC 360 requires before its equations apply, the…Steel structuresLifting designASME BTH-1
What a steel connection design handover should contain
Most connection disputes are not engineering disputes. They are handover disputes: the fabricator was given forces without the basis, or a…Steel structuresSteel connectionsAISC 360
Coordinating a data centre in one federated model
Chilled water, air, two power paths and a room that must hold its fire-suppression agent, all converging on the white space. What the…BIM coordinationData centresMEP coordination
The Saudi energy code envelope, in practice
Which code applies to your building, how a U-value is actually calculated, the three routes to compliance, and why the number on the…LEED & green buildingEnergy codeSBC 601
ISO 19650 file naming and status codes, field by field
The seven fields of an information container ID, who sets each code, what goes wrong with each, and why status and revision travel beside…BIM coordinationISO 19650File naming
LEED v5 on a Saudi project: what to decide at concept
Half the points now serve decarbonization, three assessments open the rating system, and Platinum is a set of gates rather than a total…LEED & green buildingLEED v5Embodied carbon
Embodied carbon of the structure: the LEED v5 prerequisite in practice
Every LEED v5 BD+C project now has to quantify the cradle-to-gate carbon of its structure, enclosure and hardscape. What MRp2 and MRc2…LEED & green buildingEmbodied carbonLEED v5
