by DBM Vircon | Feb 11, 2021 | Modeling & Detailing, Thought Leadership
Allocating money to steel detailing within an already constrained project budget might sound counterintuitive. With rising steel, oil and energy prices, commercial construction is a tight market. Increasingly, fabricators are taking on projects with tight margins to... 
by Alchemetic | Oct 2, 2020 | Modeling & Detailing
For decades, DBM Vircon worked strictly with steel fabricators. However, with significant evolution in technology and communication lines in construction over the last ten years, increasingly, we are collaborating with builders, engineers and asset owners. As projects... 
by Alchemetic | Oct 2, 2020 | Modeling & Detailing
Both shop drawings and design drawings are integral to the design and fabrication of a variety of projects, from piping and platework, through to bridge, commercial and industrial developments. Though often confused as the same thing, structural steel shop drawings... 
by Alchemetic | Oct 2, 2020 | Modeling & Detailing
Steel detailers play an essential role in the construction cycle. The detailed structural steel drawings produced by detailers ensure the accuracy, erectability and constructibility of structural steelwork, and the accuracy of elements such as connections. Together,... 
by Alchemetic | Oct 2, 2020 | Modeling & Detailing
Structural steel detailing involves the interpretation of architectural and engineering designs to gain a thorough working knowledge of the design intent for a bridge, building, or other structure. Based on this understanding, steel detailers then create 3D models... 
by Alchemetic | Oct 2, 2020 | Modeling & Detailing
Traditionally, steel detailers, fabricators and erectors used 2D drawings during the planning and construction phases of a project. While AutoCAD 2D drawings are able to communicate a vast amount of information, 3D steel detailing has revolutionized the construction...