How to make estimates for road with Autocad

Super Civil 3D introduces a very informative online construction video through their youtube video channel. This construction tutorial is useful Civil Engineers, Road Builders, Contractors, Project Managers & Students. By going through this online presentation, the construction professional can learn how to use Autocad for creating estimates for roads & highways which cover QUANTITY ESTIMATION OF ROAD WORKS , EARTHWORK CALCULATIONS , CROSS & L SECT.

Watch the following demo video that focuses on how it works.

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Rajib Dey

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15 the best construction Apps for construction professional

According to a survey report, in January 2014 near about 58 percent of American adults used smartphone or tablet, and spent an average of 2 hours, 42 minutes on their phones every day. In recent days the average construction professional are also using mobile technology every day in their jobsite.

Keeping the fact in mind, the following 15 best construction apps have been launched for 2015.

Viewpoint for Mobile: Viewpoint Construction Software, of Portland, Ore has launched its Viewpoint for Mobile, its mainly a Mobile Field Manager. The Grid time entry feature inside the software provide similar functionality of a spreadsheet and it helps the users to monitor time and productivity in a grid. By this Construction Software users can snap and arrange photographs of progressing work in a jobsite. These photographs are automatically labelled with a date, location and job code.

One can access this app in the Google Play store and iTunes.

Construction Manager: This app is extensively used by several construction professionals for transmitting of maintenance logs, daily reports, project estimates and time sheets between company headquarters and construction sites. By this software salespeople and estimators can make estimates for construction and repair projects automatically.

You may find this above said app on the Play store.

Fieldwire: Fieldwire is a planning app that provides huge benefits to the foremen, project managers and superintendents to coordinate with each other when they are in the jobsite. The staffs can find the most updated set of plans and allocate vital information containing photos and punch lists through this organizational app.

One can access this app via Apple phones and tablets.

iSafe Inspections: With the help of this app the construction team members can conduct any kind of inspection, as well as safety audits, work orders, property assessments, asset management, service management and custom forms.

On Android and iTunes the app is available.

Safety Meeting App: This App deals with 34 trade types. With the help of phones, tablets or computers user can access this app. This app can fulfil Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s requirement by keeping laws and preserving records automatically.

Apple and Android phones users can access this app.

Corecon Mobile: By using this app user can share punch lists, project dynamics, administration and daily logs which may bring lots of benefits to Estimators and project manager’s prise.

Apple and Android phones user can access this app.

PlanGrid: It is one of the best apps for iPhone and iPad. It helps contractors and architects to coordinate on all their project plans, specs and photos. By uploading PDF drawings to plangrid.com users can automatically synchronise all devices in real time.

On Google Play Store and iTunes this app is available.

iHandy Carpenter: In this app, five tools are integrated to streamline the measuring to levelling process for Carpenters.

On iTunes and Google Play Store, this app is available.

BuildCalc: It is a sophisticated calculator useful construction estimation. This powerful calculator is very user-friently. It’s one of the best apps for iPhone and Android users. This app is being upgraded constantly to support the most updated phone-operating systems.

On iTunes and Android the app is available.

Construction Master Pro: This app is used to perform diversified functionalities which range from outline stairs, work out required amount of drywall in a construction project. It has similarity with BuildCalc.

At the Microsoft store, as well as Google Play and iTunes the app is available.

BIMx: BIMx acts like a interactive 3-D communication and presentation tool for architectural designs. It was selected as the product-of-the-year in 2012.

On Google Play and Apple devices the app is available.

Architect’s Formulator: This app contains over 400 formulas useful for electrical, carpentry and plumbing calculations. These types of formulas are applied in soil filling; placing bricks properly; swimming pools, sidewalks and parking areas etc.

AutoCAD 360: As it is a drawing and drafting app, it facilitates the users to view, edit and allocate drawings out of mobile devices, desktops and the Internet.

On Android, Windows and iTunes the app is available.

Buildanauts: TouchTilt Games Inc has developed beta version of Buildanauts. The full version will be launched soon for commercial usage. With this game app, you can perform like a foreman, city planner and the mayor of a town and create plan for the city as well as make it realistic through the help of a construction crew.

Sim City BuildIt: This app had been launched in December and now it is accessible for Andriod users. This app has similar features like Buildanauts. With help of this app users can solve the issue associated with a real-city like traffic, fires and pollution after city is constructed from the ground up.

dailyreporter.com/2015/01/09/15-construction-apps-for-2015

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www.quantity-takeoff.com

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Estimate landscaping sheet for professional contractors

This video shows the cost accounting features of our software program using Excel to estimate landscaping for the professional landscaper.


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Construction Specifications

A specification (often abbreviated as spec) can be termed as a type of a technical standard to be referenced by a contract or procurement document. It contains the necessary details concerning the specific requirements to be persuaded by a material, product, or service. The specifications are considered very important for suppliers, purchasers, and users of materials, products, or services in engineering, manufacturing, and business as these specifications cover up a extensive collection of general issues like definitions, bidding requirements, legal responsibilities, claims & payments; with details on specific items with respect to all construction project. CSI (Construction Specifications Institute) is a renowned association that provides the standardization of construction language related with building specifications. CSI offers prearranged instructions for composing specification in their Project Resource Manual. CSI published MasterFormat, an indexing system for categorizing construction data as well as construction specifications. It consists of 50 Divisions, to be applied for integrating facility life cycle and maintenance information into the building knowledge base. Almost the entire CSI approved sections contain performance and safety obligations produced by agencies like the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and several other federal and professional organizations. CSI also publish GreenFormat, an online database that includes sustainable product attributes. Manufacturers associated with the construction industry will be able to register product information based on 5 categories in a widespread online questionnaire. All kinds of product information referenced by MasterFormat divisions and titles will be available to designers, specifiers, and building constructors. Given below the detailed lists of construction specifications :- General Requirements - Division 01 This specification will include particular administrative and procedural requisites that belong to all of the Technical Specification sections. The General Requirements consist of specifics relevant directly to a particular project and written independently for each project. These will develop the expansive administrative and procedural conditions inscripted in the General and Supplementary Conditions documents. These will be applicable to the work of ALL Technical Specification sections. This document also sum ups the scope of work, exercise of the site, owner occupancy of building throughout construction, Phased construction activities, numerous prime contract requisites and eliminations and additions to be connected with the Plans. The General Requirements narrate the Contractor's administrative, procedural and other activities which should be submitted by the Contractor. In General Requirements section the following categories will be available. Administrative 01010 Summary 01020 Allowances 01030 Alternates 01040 Coordination 01060 Regulatory Requirements 01080 Identification Systems 01090 References Procedural 01025 Measurement and Payment 01035 Modification Procedures 01050 Field Engineering 01100 Special Project Procedures 01200 Project Meetings 01300 Submittals such as Construction Schedule, Logs 01400 Quality Control 01600 Material and Equipment 01650 Facility Startup/Commissioning 01700 Contract Closeout 01800 Maintenance Temporary Activities 01500 Temporary Facilities The Contractor's Responsibility is to comprise these items in Overhead. Technical Specifications Divisions 02 - 16 is known as the Technical Specifications. These construction specifications consist of the written description of the specific requirements regarding with a specific product or system. The specification provisions characterize and set up the quality level processes, standards of work and material standards. Each subsection will describe the scope, technical requirements, performance requirements, material suppliers, and quality requirements. The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) has build up the following standard MasterFormat numbering system that includes the following Continue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Published By Tuhin Maity www.quantity-takeoff.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Go Figure, the latest mobile based application, can make a revolution in construction estimating process

A new mobile based application known as Go Figure Estimating Application launched by a Massachusetts company that will make a sea change in the construction estimates.

The developer teams of Go Figure consist of contractors for contractors, insurance adjusters, roofing, siding window vendors and more. The software helps the construction estimator to get rid of complicated and time consuming procedures of precisely estimating construction projects and quantify, cost and systematize construction projects 15 to 20 times faster.

Snap a picture of any construction through your iPad and select an item like carpentry, roofing, painting or any of the hundreds of other preloaded jobs from dropdown lists. After that locate the regions to be calculated on the touchscreen. The Go Figure will estimate every dimension of the construction, combine the quantities and generate easily accessible worksheets to work out costs. When the users select from the dropdown menu every time, then it will automatically put in contract language into a proposal.

The software also includes uncomplicated point and shoot interface involving the automatic proposal and stock-list generation which produce a commanding platform to simplify any construction project. The mobile printing package facilitates contractors to take print of the professional proposals on site.

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