INTEGRATING STEEL If you have experienced delays in detailing and procuring steel, it may be because the design documents were difficult for the fabrication detailer to interpret. Or multiple changes issued after the detailing process began may have made it difficult for the draftsperson to keep up. Or the specified steel sections were unavailable from warehouse suppliers and too unusual for the mill to fabricate quickly. — Published 2001.0620
	A/E/C SYSTEMS GOING TO CHICAGO Next week in Chicago the A/E/C SYSTEMS 2001 Exhibition and Conference will once again bring together the leaders of digital technology in the architecture/ engineering/ construction industry. Thousands of design and construction professionals will gather June 18-21 at McCormick Place, Lakeside Center for this annual event. — Published 2001.0613
	BASICS - RENDERING THE 3D MODEL Professional golfers like to say that "they drive for show, and they putt for dough." Similarly, some would say that for most architects, rendering packages are for show and CAD drafting is for dough. But that statement is far less true today than it was five years ago, and certainly far less true than ten years ago. — Published 2001.0530
	WORK ORDER WIZARDS Of the many ways software developers have harnessed computing power in the service of facilities management, few functions have been so elusive as tracking internal work orders. No wonder, considering the difficulties of merging the world of dust-sensitive electronics and sophisticated databases with the grimy world of hammers, ladders, and leaking pipes. Now ARCHIBUS, Inc., one of the world's leading computer-aided facilities management software developers, showcases two approaches to the process-intensive task. — Published 2001.0523
	HIGH-PERFORMANCE BUILDING DESIGN Digital design tools are essential in the latest efforts toward sustainability in architecture. And they were much in evidence at the April 2001 EnvironDesign conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Steven Winter, FAIA, founder and president of Steven Winter Associates, Inc., and his associate Michael J. Crosbie, Ph.D., RA, gave a presentation called "Lessons Learned from Commercial High-Performance Building Projects." — Published 2001.0516
	BASICS - USING A BROWSER OFF THE WEB With the proliferation of the Internet and the exchange of ideas, work, and documents it supports, it still surprises many folks that the major common platform now available to facilitate that mode of exchange is the omnipresent Web browser. This could be Netscape Navigator/ Communicator or MS Internet Explorer or AOL's browser du jour. Now almost every new system sold comes with one or more Web browsers already installed. — Published 2001.0502
	NEW CAD ON THE BLOCK The Hillier Group, of Princeton, New Jersey, has a long history with computer-aided design. Recently the architecture firm has added to their repertoire a new software product that they believe to be revolutionary in the world of CAD. Revit, from Revit Technology Corporation, changes traditional design and project management models for the AEC industry. It offers an integrated, digital model of a building that can be used to maintain and operate that building throughout its lifecycle. — Published 2001.0418
	PRACTICING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Le Corbusier visited the Rogue River Ford factory in 1935; that evening he spoke at Cranbrook Academy: This is the dramatic conflict, which is strangling architecture, which causes building to remain off the roads of progress. In the Ford factory, everything is collaboration, unity of views, unity of purpose, a perfect convergence of the totality of gestures and ideas. — Published 2001.0411
	FREE SOFTWARE FOR ENERGY CODE COMPLIANCE As the many building codes in the United States struggle for standardization, energy consumption seems to be one area achieving consensus. Many states now base their energy code compliance on the Model Energy Code (MEC '92, '93, or '95) for residential buildings, and on ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90-1-1989 for commercial structures. — Published 2001.0328
	3D MODELING AIDS SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO RESTORATION Tucked away in the sunny hills along the southern California coast stands one of the most breathtaking historical ruins in North America. When construction on the Mission San Juan Capistrano was completed in 1806, it was the largest modern structure west of the Mississippi River. — Published 2001.0221

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