FrameDesign – An Exclusive Construction App For 2D Frames Design

LetsConstruct developed FrameDesign. It is an exclusive finite element app and specifically designed for civil engineers, mechanical engineers, architects and students to simplify designing process for 2D frames. It is still in the beta testing phase.

This useful construction app facilitates the users to input and edit hyper static structures, forces, supports etc both graphically and textually as well as make calculation instantly.

FrameDesign contains the following features :

F, T and q (rectangular and triangular) loads

Fixed and hinge connections at beam ends

Moment, Shear, Stress, Deflection, Reaction forces and Unity checks

Imposed deflections

M, N, V, ux, uz, utot, phi, sigma and unity checks output

Fixed, hinge and roller supports in any direction

Load cases and load combinations, including safety factors

Profile groups; each group can have its own color

Import any steel profile or general section from our free Engineering Libraries (EU, UK, AU, US & CA profiles)

Import dxf files

Export to our Concrete Design and Steel Design apps

Share picture

Snap points

Undo function

Annotations

Formulas

Multi copy

Scale entire structure

Trim/extend

Automatic dimension lines (Autocad look)

Element and node numbers

Both graphical and textual edit modes

Metric & Imperial units

Multitouch zoom (pinch zooming)

Many options for showing/hiding items

Options to set almost all colors in the app

Dark and light theme

Available in 10 Languages

Save your structures in the cloud (CloudConstruct)

Built-in simple scientific calculator

Wobbly effect

The users can download a web version of FrameDesign by going through this link.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Published By

Rajib Dey

www.constructioncost.co

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Some Best Construction Apps In Recent Times

In recent times, various smartphone based apps are emerging in the market which offer great solution for the construction professionals. These construction apps bring flexibility to the construction process to complete a project successfully. Give below the detailed lists of some best and useful construction apps for construction sectors.

1. SmartBidNet

This construction app offers efficient bid management systems. It works with various IPhones and can develop and trace the bid process with the associated subcontractors, and companies, in a safe and sound way. SmartBidNet will come up with available information to build bid projects easily and complete it in scheduled time.

2. GoBIM

This BIM based applications are widely utilized in the construction industry. GOBIM application creates the scope to operate 3D BIM models and their related data on the basis of the factors like number of triangles, number of parameters, and number of materials.

3. FingerCAD

This construction app can be used to generate technical drawing by applying your fingers through computer. The final design is saved and transmitted through email. It can also be printed. The app facilitates the users to create designs with CAD at the jobsite or at your preferred location.

4. Plan Grid 

PlanGrid is a is a simplified app that can easily handle and maintain all the project team members upgraded with the newest revision of drawings. PlanGrid facilitates the users to upload your latest drawing to a cloud server as well as distribute them with the project team members. It can also preserve the old versions of the similar drawing and notify while screening an obsolete drawing.

For more information, visit this link

5. Carpenter's Helper

This construction app is used to quantify roof pitch, rafter lengths, stair lengths, and more. The app contains an excellent graphical interface useful for measuring stair, roof and floor projects.

6. Truckast

The app comes with several advantages. The construction professionals can arrange their ready mix concrete order directly out of their smartphone/tablet without difficulty. Besides, as soon as the order is arranged, get access to trace for delivery times as well as get confirmation for the arrival of concrete trucks on the jobsite. The app can also preserve total record concerning the quantity of concrete is placed, how many is on the transit.

For more information, visit this link

7. Fast Concrete Pad Calculator

This app will work out quantities required for concrete and rebar for your upcoming project. It can also be used to estimate waste materials, concrete and rebar costs.

8. OSHA Heat Safety Tool

This app will notify you about the precautionary steps which should undertaken at that risk level to safeguard workers from heat-related illness, send reminders about drinking sufficient fluids, scheduling rest breaks, planning for and knowing what should be performed in case of an emergency, settling work operations, progressively developing the workload for new workers, teaching on heat illness signs and symptoms.

For more information, visit this link

9. Roofing Calculator

To use this app, just put the workable area, to figure out the number of roofing shingles, number of squares, and number of bundles for a specific project. Besides, you can enter a cost per bundle and a waste overage percentage that should be contained in the estimation.

10. Procore

This app is very useful to produce and handle punch list items, access contact data, distribute and preserve project photos, log time card entries and more. Besides, it becomes possible to manageconstruction schedules, RFI's, submittals, change orders and many other procedures.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Published By

Rajib Dey

www.constructioncost.co

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Snappii offers some useful construction apps to perform various construction activities efficiently

Now construction professionals use smart phones extensively to complete their tasks in jobsite. Various Apple or Android Apps are used to accomplish all the tasks like Construction Daily Log, Estimating, Operations and Tasks management, Equipment Inspection etc. associated with the construction.

Snappii, the leading developer of various robust ready-made construction apps, offers more than 200 business apps in Apple and Google Appstore which can be downloaded at free of cost. Besides, these apps can be fully customized according to the requirements of various construction companies.

Given below the details of these apps :-

Construction Manager app (www.snappii.com/app) – It is useful for construction managers to perform the following tasks :

• manage construction projects

• produce basic estimates

• trace working hours

• update and trace the advancement of project

• create certain calculations, etc.

Construction Daily Log app – It facilitates the employees to perform the following tasks :

• produce and report daily work logs

• asses the completed amount of work

• Receive push notifications with suitable alerts, etc.

Construction Blueprints and Drawings mobile app – With this app, the users can perform the following tasks :-

• Instantly include project photos, notes, drawings and save on the device

• generate a database of projects

• draw a project initially

• Talk about ideas and experience in a community forum.

Construction Estimator and Bidding app – These apps are useful for contractors, service companies, salespeople and estimators to execute the following tasks :

• Instantly produce on-site estimates for construction and repair projects

• estimate material, labor, subcontract and other costs required to finish a construction project

• Perform all the calculations, to obtain the complete estimated project cost when all the data is entered in.

Construction Change Order app – It is used to perform the following tasks :-

• make change orders on the spots

• create a list of supervisors

• allocate orders to them

• pursue supervisor's feedback and projected modifications in case of rejections.

Construction Calculator app – It consists of a series of valuable calculators which can be utilized in the construction jobsite offline. The app can apply US feet and European meters and the metrics can be simply included through the app settings.

Construction Equipment Inspection app – This app can deal with construction equipment. The app is applied to perform instant mobile inspections and preserve equipment in suitable condition as well as offer great solution for equipments inventory.

Track Construction Equipment app – It is intended for making an inventory of construction equipment, trace whether this equipment is utilized in a construction site or not. By applying scanning bar codes or keywords, users will be able to include new construction equipment or explore with the database of the existing items.

All these construction apps are available for free download from Apple and Google Play Stores.

To avail more helpful apps, visit http://www.snappii.com.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Published By

Rajib Dey

www.constructioncost.co

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Engineering Libraries – An exclusive construction app for Civil & Structural Engineers

LetsConstruct, the leading developer of various android based engineering apps, is the creator of Engineering Libraries.

It is a useful construction app for Civil & Structural Engineers to collect information for the construction industry. This construction app can be applied for the following :-

• Steel

• Concrete

• Wood

• Soil

• Materials

• General profiles (circular & rectangular)

• Includes EU, US, CA, RU, UK, AU steel profiles

• Metric & Imperial(see options)

The most updated version is Engineering Libraries v0.88 that contains updating to material design as well as concentrated on steel profile Parametric profiles and Freeform sections.

Download Civil / Structural engineering app

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Published By

Rajib Dey

www.quantity-takeoff.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Concrete Foundation Estimator is an useful construction app to speed up the estimating & bidding on concrete jobs

Concrete foundation estimator (CFE) is considered as the most useful and powerful productivity tool specifically designed for all contractors, owner-builders and homeowners to ease & augment the estimating and bidding processes for concrete projects. This constrtuction tool contains more than 300 logic formulas which function in background.

This useful construction app includes the following features :-

• Reduce the time for estimating significantly and you can create estimate within 5-10 minutes and at the same enhance your sales greatly.
• Extend the amount of estimates perfomred each day
• Reduce the work or process based on guesses or assumptions
• Reduce the time exhausted on the formation of materials take-off list toward maetrial supplier.

CFE app produces professional, adjustable, simplified construction bid, estimate, quote together with the following segments :-

• destruction of existing concrete slabs and footings
• compute excavation volume and cost by applying manual labor or machinery
• Remove soil hauling and dumping fees
• Crush concrete hauling and dumping fees
• Estimate the cost of materials and volume for: Footings, Stem walls, Piers, Slabs, Reinforcement, Shear walls, Anchor bolts, All thread retrofits, Concrete ready-mix or in bags, Volume, cost and waste %, Labor for piers, reinforcement assembly and concrete pouring, Cost of concrete pumping
• Brief estimate for foundation
• Adaptable Workman’s compensation rate
• Sales tax in your area for all materials
• Job overhead
• Custom fields to include in estimate

The homeowners, contractors as well as other professionals who are going to develop a house or make an addition, can use this construction app to quickly compute their cost by adding essential values out of engineering plans.

An estimate can be generated that contains the following features :-

• thorough, cataloging all trades labor, materials.
• Basic, cataloging only trades and it’s cost.
• By trade, presenting any trade according to your selection.
• Also include overhead and discount.

Share or bid:

• Email quote for concrete job to any client inside the app in PDF
• transform estimate to Excel and personalize output
• Email list of materials to your supplier

This construction app allow the homeowners and owner-builders to match quotes from various contractors.

CFE offers pre-arranged settings which can be customized according to your own level of price, time and application of materials.While using it first time, just persue all sections and update preset values. Just update material or labor cost sometimes. Future app version will provide the facility to update materials cost occassionally.

It also includes in-built portfolio page to preserve all of your projects and the users will be able to recover and adjust estimates instantly, make amendments, generate PDF quotes or Excel supported adaptable spreadsheets.

Link for download

To get more updates, visit http://realbuilderadvice.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Published By

Rajib Dey

www.quantity-takeoff.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DeWalt Mobile Pro – An exclusive android based construction calculator

This is an exclusive demonstration of DeWalt Construction Calculator App. The construction app can be downloaded at free of cost. This construction calculator is compatible with all android & apple devices.

The users can tailor this construction app with other trade-specific add-ons to make a tool that can satisfy your requirements.

This useful construction tool includes the following features:

• completely functional construction calculator worth $20.

• 9 free add-on calculations worth $10, incorporated reference materials together with help, examples, illustrations and more.

• obtain unlimited supplimentary calculation in the form of add-ons that ranges from conversions, construction math, business and finance, carpentry, wiring, plumbing, masonry, concrete work, site work, HVAC, and more.

Dowload for free

• Crucial functions useful for calculating jobsite math.

• allocation of calculations and results through email in quickest possible way.

• Avail preceding calculations comfortably through recorded history.

• Easily locate all your calculations tby pursuing, filtering and generating them.

• Obtain additional resources on the construction site.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Published By

Rajib Dey

www.quantity-takeoff.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

Image Courtesy: dailyreporter.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Published By

Rajib Dey

www.quantity-takeoff.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~