Category: Civil

Remarkable Green features of BIM

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The perpetual growth in the construction industry has a significant impact on environmental sustainability and energy cost.  Consequently, green building solutions are becoming popular as they efficiently balance the concept of sustainable design. Also, to mitigate the ill-effects of global warming, it has become crucial for companies to provide BIM services to implement green architecture.

All about BIM

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Building Information Modeling is a new approach to building design, construction, and management. The technology helps connect the characteristics and performance of designing ideas and suggests many ways to balance energy and resources in the desired project costs. Some of the remarkable features of BIM which play a vital role in energy-efficient building design are:

  • It analyses the long-term performance of the building by ensuring the fulfillment of the overall objective of sustainable parameters.
  • Through 2D and 3D drawings, BIM provides reliability and consistent information about the building structure.
  • It offers analysis of engineering performance, material specifications and green parameters.
  • BIM models clearly define a connection with building elements. It allows a change in designs accordingly and evaluates its impact on performance characteristics.
  • BIM services give in-depth knowledge, easier visualization, and improved evaluation that initiates greater control over the complete building process including cost, materials, and resources.
  • BIM helps architects and engineers to increase energy-efficiency and to deliver better indoor air quality with efficient performance.
  • It gives an opportunity to yield traditional design deliverables in an active manner, which also helps to make sustainable design strategies.
  • It includes many pioneering green features that benefit designers to go for sustainable options without increasing the cost of construction.

Future of green building design

BIM offers a parametric database of design information, which is a digital form of a building that reflects the project possibility, schedule, and cost details consistently throughout the development process. A project represented with a BIM exhibits an organized view of features and functions in a simple format that everyone can understand and modify when needed. As the project progresses, the model can be transformed with new analysis and new design alternatives, to get real-time insight into the result. Virtual walkthroughs of the building model allow owners to see the effects of green design.

In a nutshell, through BIM, architects can gauge whether the design options meet specified sustainability criteria, and can provide in-depth analysis so that the clients can easily understand designs.

Top 5 Features of the Civil 3D 2019

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Civil 3D is an engineering software application which is used by civil engineers and other professionals for infrastructure projects. Civil 3D is used to create three dimensional (3D) models of land, water and transportation features. The new Civil 3D 2019 is revolutionary software which can transform the entire construction industry. The top five specifications about Civil 3D 2019 are described below:

  1. Compare Two Versions of the Drawing with DWG Compare

Civil 3D 2019 comes equipped with the fantastic DWG compare feature. With this feature, you can easily compare and review changes in your 3D model and drawing. The compare feature of the Civil 3D 2019 will compare two drawing and create a third drawing with the two overlaid which will help quickly evaluate the differences between the two.

  1. The new ApplyAOR Option in the Subassembly Composer

The ApplyAOR option is an excellent feature of the Civil 3D 2019 which makes subassemblies points dependent on the links on which ApplyAOR function is applied. With this feature, the validation process occurs in Subassembly Compose to check for dependency.

  1. Performance Hotfix and Batch save functions are built in Civil 3D 2019:

Civil 3D 2019 is a powerful and useful product which has the “Performance Hotfix” and “Batch save Utility” also known as the “Autodesk Civil 3D Batch Save” features. This feature makes opening and saving of drawing simpler and faster.

  1. Addition of Vertical Geometry Enhancements for High-Low points:

In Civil 3D 2019, two new direct tools have been introduced for creating Parabolic or Circular curves based on high-low points in Civil 3D 2019. It will help to design the curves for a path, ditch, and road giving you much more control over the location of the high or low point.

  1. Infraworks Component Roads can now be Imported as corridors:

With Civil 3D 2019 you can import Component Roads from Infraworks. This feature not only helps you alignments and profiles but also assemblies and an actual corridor. With this, you can make a great model with a detailed design. The Infraworks model can be opened in Civil 3D 2019 in either IMX or SQLite format. SQLite model has an option to select an area of interest which will automatically open online maps where you can refine the object types.

Apart from all the benefits stated above, Civil 3D also offers many other beneficial tools and features that can amplify many projects such as Pressure Networks, Earthwork Calculations, Grading, Production Drafting, Geospatial Analysis and much more.

Next Generation: Apartment of the Future Concept Design

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The design of the apartments have evolved in the last few years, and will continue developing with technology advancements. The apartment of the future is a complete new concept, it pervades and enhances as the architects and designers adopt new styles and feats.

Below listed are a few technologies that are comprises to define apartment of the future:

Delivery Drones

These drones can drop off packets and other utilities into another apartment safely and securely. This technology will lower down the use of elevator system as it will help people in delivering things to another resident’s apartment with the help of drone.

Robotic Parking

It will become an essential feature within the apartments as the site size will decrease, and automatic parking will make systematic sequencing of cars while saving valuable space and time. As a part of robotic parking, drone landing pads will be also used so that cars can be transported vertically outside the building to the right parking location. The car drivers will then be able to instruct parking with the touch of a smartphone app.

Self-Driving Cars

Within the few years, the roads are going to experience autonomous cars dominating the urban areas. There will be special parking for those vehicles that can automatically park themselves while for human-driven cars, the apartments will accommodate robotic parking system as listed above.

Smart Exteriors

In the process of creating apartments for the future, designers will propose only the lightweight and incredible strong carbon fibre. Such kinetic façade exterior will out bring energy and movement combined with energy efficient LED lighting that will assist in growth of vegetation. Therefore, the apartment of the future will produce solar as well as wind energy as a feature of smart exteriors.

Luxury Amenities

Residents in the apartments of the future are going to enjoy the on-the-go lifestyle which includes one feature as smart phone enabled entry. The residents can provide limited access time to enter and also reset the time as per the requirement. There will be bigger and functional closet spaces into rooms and also huge balconies. The residents will also experience gas cook tops and recycled glass counter tops in the kitchens.

Growing Engineering Jobs and Salaries

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The US Department of Labor’s Bureau Labor Statistics (BLS) has recently stated that the rate of employment for engineering professionals is expected to rise up to 7% until the year 2026. Some other predictions are as follows.

  • This number is growing as fast as the average of all the occupations.
  • The agency has also predicted an approximate number of 194, 300 new jobs to open in engineering.
  • A number of industries are expected to offer these job opportunities including rebuilding infrastructure, renewable energy, oil and gas extension, robotics, cybersecurity, and advanced manufacturing.
  • In addition, the median annual wage for engineering occupants, in 2016 was observed as $77,900 which was more than twice as high as all the occupations in the economy.

What Are The Civil Engineering Interview Questions?

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Interviews are something which makes everyone fearful because of the uncertain events. And when we talk about civil engineering this fear increases exponentially. However, in reality, interviews are the most comfortable part of the recruitment process. You just need to focus on some preliminary questions and you are done. So, to help civil engineers with their interviews we have listed below some of the most common interview questions, have a look.

  • Most Common Civil Engineering Interview Questions
  • What is OSHA compliance?
  • What is the composition of a landfill?
  • What is reinforced concrete?
  • What are the different types of foundation?
  • What is flashing?
  • What is Critical Path Method (C.P.M)?
  • Explain what zoning permit is?
  • Mention different types of roof systems?
  • What are demising walls?
  • Explain what does 1/8 on the architect ruler denotes?
  • What are wooden shingles?
  • Explain what are the problems one might face while having a Cantilever balcony?
  • What is the ideal size of the living room ranges from small to a large scale?

These classic questions mentioned above will surely help you to nail your civil engineering interview. So, gear up your skillset and get ready for the interview. Good Luck!