Chapter 5Specific Guidelines for General Contractors and the VDC Coordination Team 5.0 Executive Summary The VDC coordination team is usually part of the general contractor (GC) and manages the entire…
Chapter 6Specific Guidelines for Architects and Engineers 6.0 Executive Summary Designers, including architects, engineers, architectural engineers, and design consultants, are responsible for generating a design model, which serves as the…
CHAPTER 11Schedules and Tags To begin, I want to clarify something specific for the people who have been using AutoCAD Architecture: you don’t need to tag an item in order…
CHAPTER 12Detailing Simply put, if detailing doesn’t work, then you’ll use Revit only as a schematic design application. It’s imperative that you can detail in Revit efficiently. When firms fail…
CHAPTER 8Structural Items Well, we can’t avoid the topic of structure forever. Because we need to consider our structure from pretty much the beginning of the project, I had better…
CHAPTER 10Stairs, Ramps, and Railings A whole chapter just for stairs, ramps, and railings? You bet! If you think about it, there could be hundreds of combinations of stair and…
CHAPTER 9Ceilings and Interiors Now that the exterior shell is up and the rooms are basically laid out, it is time to start considering the interiors. As it stands, you…
CHAPTER 16Advanced Wall Topics More on walls? Really? It seems as though all we do is walls. Well, that’s because buildings are composed mainly of walls. As you may have…