Drawing Management with AutoCAD Sheet Set

Drawing Management with AutoCAD Sheet Set

Prakoso, Edwin

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Sheet Set is a great tool to manage your project’s documentation. You can collect and manage all of your drawings to a Sheet Set. This will let you and your team access it easily during the design process. Sheet set also allows you to share common information to all drawings in Sheet Set. It allows you automate tasks, related to project’s documentation. For example, you only need to change project name once. The text in all drawings in the same Sheet Set will change automatically. These capabilities will help you to manage your drawings document easily. This e-book will guide you to create your own Sheet Set and utilize it. You will learn how to create your own sheet template, set up Sheet Set, create sheets and use tools in Sheet Set Manager to make you more productive.

You need to know AutoCAD basic features before using this e-book.
The skills that you need to know are:
1. You need to know how to work with AutoCAD dynamic blocks.
2. You need to know how to create and use block attributes.
3. You need to know how to work with layout and viewport
4. You need to know how to work with text fields.
You will use them in this e-book, but they are not covered in details here.

Content :

• Introduction to Sheet Set
• Preparation
• Configuring Sheet Set
• Working with Sheet Set
• Working With Sheet Views
• Sheet Set Automation

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Construction Process Planning and Management

Construction Process Planning and Management

Smid Book

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Traversing the design and construction process, even for an experienced hand, is sometimes daunting. When dealing with unfamiliar terminology and professionals in the field of architecture, engineering, and construction, project owners may need some guidance along the way and, at times, wish they had a relative in the building business to provide them with some helpful tips. That is the purpose of this book: to offer project owners who are new to the design and construction process some firsthand experience from someone who has been in this business for 40 years, and, for owners who have been involved with many projects, perhaps shed some new light on problems they may have encountered previously and wish to avoid in the future. Of fundamental importance in this process is the establishment of a good working relationship with the architect’s team and the contractor. In the heat of a stressful moment during either design or construction, these strong relationships will prevail, resulting in a reasonable approach to a reasonable solution. Being able to view that difficult situation from the perspective of others is another trait that takes on added importance when hundreds or tens of thousands of dollars are at stake.

 An owner has a right to expect professional performance from the architect and contractor. After all, they have committed or will shortly be committing significant funds to each of these professionals. The architect and engineers will, in turn, be committing their staff and their reputation to the design of your building, and in today’s complex building systems, incorporating compliance with a multitude of local, state, and federal rules and regulations, and that is a mighty task. Selecting an architectural firm specializing in the type of project being considered and interviewing their past clients are two ways to move toward a well-designed project. Visiting some of those recently completed projects can give an owner an opportunity to look at the architect’s work and talk to those former clients to learn a little bit more about their experience working with that architect. Because the relationship between architect and owner is a close one, the client must feel comfortable with the design team.
A contractor can be selected first by offering bid documents to a selected group of builders, and, second, upon selection, negotiating the final terms, conditions, and contract sum. Contractors work on slim profit margins, and most try to control their project by monitoring their costs closely. And most reputable contractors will assume some responsibility for minor contract obligation interpretations. Owners driving a particularly hard bargain with the contractor may find that there is little “ wiggle ” room left for the builder.

Content :

• Chapter 1 The genesis of a construction project
• Chapter 2 Selecting and working with an architect
• Chapter 3 The architectural, engineering, and contracting industries
• Chapter 4 Construction contracts pros and cons
• Chapter 5 Preparing the bid documents
• Chapter 6 The construction contract
• Chapter 7 Organizing for the construction process
• Chapter 8 Change orders
• Chapter 9 Green and sustainable buildings
• Chapter 10 Disputes and claims
• Chapter 11 Basic construction components

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Linear and Non-linear Numerical Analysis of Foundations

Linear and Non-linear Numerical Analysis of Foundations

Smid Book

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The correct understanding, design and analysis of foundations that support
structures are fundamental to the safety of those structures. Witness
the leaning tower of Pisa, which, if built a short distance from its present
location, would have remained upright and have been just another safe
structure!
With the introduction of more complex design codes, such as the Eurocodes
in Europe, it is becoming increasingly necessary to use linear and
non-linear numerical analysis in the design of foundations to model accurately
the structure’s response to loading.
In order to allow designers, engineers, architects, researchers and clients
to understand the advanced numerical techniques used in the analysis and
design of foundations, and to guide them into safer, less expensive and longerlasting
structural foundations, a wide range of world experts with knowledge
in the latest advances in the design and analysis of foundations has
been brought together, and their expertise presented in a clear and logical
way.
The chapters in this book provide a review of state-of-the-art techniques
for modeling foundations, using linear and non-linear numerical analysis,
as they affect a range of infrastructure, civil engineering and structural
engineering foundations. The use of these chapters will allow designers,
engineers, architects, researchers and clients to understand the advanced
numerical techniques used in the analysis and design of foundations,
and to guide them into safer, less expensive and longer-lasting structural
foundations.
The following topics are covered in the book:
Using probabilistic methods to measure the risk of geotechnical site investigations
illustrates that probabilistic methods can be employed successfully
to measure the effectiveness of site investigations.

Content :

• Using probabilistic methods to measure the risk of geotechnical site investigations
• The contribution of numerical analysis to the response prediction of pile foundations
• Uplift capacity of inclined plate ground anchors in soil
• Numerical modeling of geosynthetic reinforced soil walls
• Seismic analysis of pile foundations in liquefying soil
• The effect of negative skin friction on piles and pile groups
• Semi-analytical approach for analyzing ground vibrations caused by trains moving over elevated bridges with
• pile foundations
• Efficient analysis of buildings with grouped piles for seismic stiffness and strength design
• Modeling of cyclic mobility and associated lateral ground
• deformations for earthquake engineering applications
• Bearing capacity of shallow foundations under static and seismic conditions
• Free vibrations of industrial chimneys or communications towers with flexibility of soil

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Pavement and Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation

Pavement and Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation

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Pavement and Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation selects 20 papers that represent the latest developments in the application of soil, rock, and paving materials to the study and application of geomechanics and transportation geotechnology. Many of the selected papers were presented at the 1st International Symposium on Pavement and Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation Infrastructure sponsored by the Nanchang Hangkong University and the International Association of Chinese Infrastructure Professionals (IACIP) in co-operation with ASCE, which occurred from June 5–7, 2011 in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China. The papers were selected based on their relevance to the geotechnical and transportation geotechnology. Presented within the Pavement and Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation Geotechnical Practice Publication (GPP) are papers that examine the use of waste in pavement structures, thus attracting one of the many sustainable elements of pavement design. Studies of the pavement structure beginning with the inclusion of chemical additives in soil subgrade, the use of geogrid reinforcement in unpaved and paved roads, to the surface roughness of asphalt mixtures and the freeze-thaw performance of concrete are reported. Also showcased herein are mathematical models that simulate various geotechnical problems. Various soil types are evaluated and discussed for common problems and design inputs used in practice such as slope failure, consolidation, and embankment behavior. An early warning system for subway construction is also exhibited. One or more reviewers along with the editors evaluated each paper published in this ASCE Geotechnical Practice Publication. All published papers are eligible for discussion in the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering and the Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, and are eligible for ASCE awards. The editors would like to thank Mr. Ken Fishman and the Geo-Institute for their vast assistance with this publication. Due thanks is also given to Ms. Donna Dickert from ASCE publications. Appreciation is given to those who helped assist in the editing duties of this publication. Without their assistance this publication would not be possible.

Content :

• Structural Performance of Thin Asphalt Pavement Under Accelerated Pavement Testing
• Performance Measures and Evaluation of Asphalt Pavements Using the Internal Roughness
• Design of Planar Geosynthetic-Improved Unpaved and Paved Roads
• Investigation of Moisture Content-Induced Variations in Unbound Aggregates’ Resilient Modulous Through Suction Stress Concept
• Laboratory Evaluation on the Mechanical Properties of Asphalt Concrete Incorporating Industrial Waste
• The Relationship Between Freeze-Thaw Resistance and Pore Structure of Concrete
• Additives for Soil-Cement Stabilization
• Tube Suction Test for Evaluating Moisture Susceptibility Resulting from Calcium Chloride
• Critical Load of Subsoil Considering Poisson’s Ratio
• Heat Transfer Capacity of Heat Exchanger Piles in Soft Clay
• An Empirical Study on the Estimation of Soil Properties of Loess Ground After Dynamic Compaction
• Settlement Analysis of Embedded Foundation Resting on Elastic Soil 

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