Fabrication
4 Things You Need for a More Efficient Prefab Shop
If you’re in the mechanical, electrical or plumbing (MEP) space and want to improve the operation of your prefabrication shop, you may need more than a full workforce or the ...
MEP’s Role in the Move Toward Industrialized Construction
Adoption of industrialized construction (IC) is increasing in the construction industry. That can partly be attributed to demand and the pressure it is exerting on companies to perform faster. So, ...
How Modular Can Make Urban Construction More Sustainable
By using materials more efficiently and reducing waste, modular construction can make urban housing more attainable and more sustainable. One of the challenges in determining the sustainability of construction processes ...
Two Big Challenges MEP Contractors Face
Despite the latest trends in construction technology designed to make companies function better, there are still things that can work against an MEP contractor being profitable. Every company will eventually ...
3 Ways to Avoid Waste in Your MEP Fabrication
Waste costs your company profits, and sometimes it’s hard to pinpoint where that waste is happening. It’s fairly easy to see when materials are being wasted. But it takes closer ...
How to Overcome the Cost of Building Unique
Aside from the modular industry, the buildings being built today are designed and constructed as “one-off” structures. It’s understandable: what developer wants their buildings to look like their neighbors’ buildings? ...
3 Roles of BIM in Prefabrication
A few years ago, Autodesk highlighted a New England-based mechanical construction company that is recognized as a leader in quality prefabrication and modular construction technology. The company continues to grow by ...
5 Benefits of a Digital Factory
More and more often, we’re hearing that connected data is central to the future of manufacturing. Due to recent challenges of supply chain issues, unstable consumer demand and fluctuating labor ...
How to Make MEP Fabrication Faster and Easier
For mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) fabricators, the building information modeling (BIM) process appears to be here to stay. After over two decades of Autodesk Revit evolution, an increasing number ...
Why BIM is Better than 2D for Concrete Design
If the designers and drafters in your concrete company are still working in CAD with 2D drawings, you may be pressured to solve some of the following issues: Financial restrictions ...
9 Steps to Creating Fabrication Content
The Autodesk Fabrication family of tools includes three products that help users extend their BIM workflows to estimate, detail and fabricate better mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) systems. They are ...
5 Trends in Industrialized Construction
Researching and adopting construction technologies is becoming increasingly important to companies that want to stay competitive. Industrialized construction combines a number of technologies that enable companies to benefit through scalability, ...
