Tag: BIM
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Why Does a General Contractor Care About a BIM-Generated Material List?
General Contractor Brad Cooper of MC² Homes explains why a BIM-generated material list from FrameUpNow gives builders better information before construction begins.
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What Did 20+ Years of Homebuilding Teach Brad Cooper About Building Better Homes?
Brad Cooper has been building custom homes since 1997. Here are five lessons decades of homebuilding taught him about framing, predictability, BIM, and building better homes.
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Steel Framing From a Builder’s Perspective
Brad Cooper of MC² Homes explains what homeowners should ask about engineering, BIM, manufacturing, delivery, assembly, field coordination, and quality control before choosing a cold-formed steel framing system.
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Why Does a General Contractor Care About a BIM-Generated Material List?
Brad Cooper of MC² Homes explains how a BIM-generated material list gives a General Contractor project-specific information for purchasing, scheduling, waste, budgeting, coordination, and change management.
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What Happens When a Builder Knows the Frame Is Right Before Construction Begins?
What Happens When a Builder Knows the Frame Is Right Before Construction Begins? Why engineering, digital coordination, and material clarity can change the starting point of a project Cold-formed steel framing at the jobsite: the physical frame is where the digital design becomes real. Construction uncertainty is expensive. Every unanswered question that survives into the…
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How Does Cold-Formed Steel Change the Economics of Building a Home?
THE ECONOMICS OF BUILDING BETTER A builder’s perspective from Brad Cooper, owner of MC2 Homes Builders don’t build material invoices. Builders build houses. One of the most common questions about cold-formed steel is also one of the simplest: “Does it cost more than wood?” It is a fair question. But for Brad Cooper, owner of…