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Thank you everyone for the very interesting view points offered in this thread. There are two points which I would like to follow up with a couple of questions. 1. Not seeing the salad dressing in practice 2. Training to pass the architecture exam. Stephen Covey said somewhere in the 7 ...

Civil Engineers and chemical engineers are certainly important to the integrated building team. The salad analogy was not meant to be exhaustive. Perhaps we can consider: Chemical Engineers bring the salt and pepper and the Civil Engineers bring the table cloth. ------------------------------ ...

Building a Tossed Salad - One way to think about Architectural Engineering If the Architect provides the bowl and the constructor the fork, The Structural Engineer brings the lettuce, The Mechanical Engineer brings the cucumbers and peppers, The Electrical and Lightings Engineer supplies ...

Let's start by exploring "what were the prime factors contributing to the choice of IPD for project delivery?" Folks who are participating in IPD projects may want to elaborate on whether these reasons turned out to be true.. Then we can continue the conversation about insuring true collaboration, ...

BIM is the tool that allows AEI professionals to do their jobs better and, ultimately, benefit the client and those in the business of delivering or contracting for AEC services. I would like to make a distinction between AEI and AEC. Architectural Engineering Institute promotes "Integrated Building ...