Questions tagged [construction-management]
This tag should be used for questions regarding work, material and equipment schedules, cash flow and cost analysis in projects, critical path methods, and other subjects regarding the flow of work, time, and money in construction. This is similar to project management.
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Washing machine in apartment
I live on a second floor of 4 story apartments building and I'm planning to change my old washer+dryer tower for a new one, however it is bigger and heavier. I'm worried that the weight could cause a ...
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How to manufacture Inrunner BLDC motor core
I need to make a 10 slot BLDC inrunner motor core that is 40mm wide has 10mm inner diameter and 10mm thick. How would I make this? I would want to make it out of mild steel but I do not have a CNC ...
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Making shipping containers with wood instead of steel, is my calculation sound and valid?
Please criticize my idea, thanks!
For making shipping containers easily reusable as structural components for modular buildings, and reducing their carbon footprint, we want to made their structure ...
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Why doesn't the counterweight on a tower crane move back and forth to maintain stability?
So I'm watching the tower cranes at a construction site nearby everyday: They seem so tall and unstable that my naïve assumption would be that the counterweight would move back and forth to maintain ...
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Is there a wireless alternative of a Plumb Bob?
A Plumb Bob is an elegant and technically very simple device for maintaining vertical alignment of components at different heights during construction. Yet in practice its application in large-scale ...
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What practical solutions exist to implement BIM naming conventions?
I work for a medium-sized civil engineering firm (about 200 employees) that is trying to improve its BIM capabilities. Specifically, it would like to improve data sharing data become compliant with ...
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Sheathing carrying vertical load more than studs
When wooden walls are created and sheathed in place before erecting (sheathing does go all the way to sill and top plates) some studs don’t have a great connection to top or sill plates because of ...
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How are these bricks being supported?
My question is how can all of these bricks be supported by the thin columns on either side? How can there be that much empty space under all of the bricks that the arrow is going through? Looking at ...
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What are some obstacles/issues you face while working in industry? [closed]
As part of a project incubator program at my university, I am trying to understand current specific issues, cumbersome processes, and obstacles facing engineering projects in industry. By pinpointing ...
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What type of engineer/profession specialize in the design and building of residential homes/houses? [closed]
Peace and blessings beloved. I come from a family of tradesmen (plumbers, electricians, welders, carpenters, painters, etc) but never took a real interest in learning about said trades (or anything ...
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Standard vs code
As an example ASCE 7 is a code that every civil / structural engineer must follow in USA. But if you look at ASCE 7 itself, search the word "standard", it calls itself a standard in many ...
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How deep do you have to check for problems underneath a building site?
When you're putting up a new building, you have to check the soil underneath for stability. How deep do you typically have to check? What's the extent of your "due diligence" when ensuring that a ...
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Waste Foundry Sand as an aggregate for concrete mixes. I have a question regarding grain diameter and it's possible applications
I'm working on a project with a company that uses sand casts during moulding processes and they provided us with samples of the sand they use before it's involved in the procedure and afterwards (...
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What degree of open span/narrow support can rigid PIR thermal insulating foam sustain under the short term load of setting concrete?
I've found data related to the deformation and shear performance of typical PIR (polyisocyanurate) foams such as Celotex/Kingspan, but I'm not sure how to use these figures in my own situation.
I am ...
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How to specify plumbing fixtures so models are not immediately out of date
Rock-solid guide specifications are the ultimate pipe-dream of consulting engineers because they minimize the amount of time that needs to be repeatedly spent on the minutiae of tiny details from ...
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