Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Product Description

Improve Planning. and Management on Any Construction Project with Powerful BIM Tools
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Building information modeling (BIM) integrates 3D drawings and 4D animations to dramatically improve the communication, coordination, and planning of construction projects, while reducing risks, errors, and costs. Building Information Modeling is an in-depth resource that shows architects and building professionals how to capitalize on BIM concepts, tools, and techniques for their own building projects.

* . . . An in-depth explanation of BIM concepts, tools, and techniques.
* Guidance on applying BIM to new and retrofit construction projects.
* More than 200 photos, charts, diagrams, and details of the BIM process.
* Detailed case studies

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Inside this Comprehensive Guide to BIM Technology
. Background: � The Setting for BIM � Current Practice � Legal Considerations . Building Information Modeling: � BIM Concepts � BIM Planning � BIM Implementation. Software Tools: � Modeling Tools � Model Production � Model Analysis � Specific SoftwareOptions. Learning BIM: � Learning Methods � Skill Sets � The Learners. Case Studies. . . .

Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #285114 in Books
* Published on: 2008-04-24
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 270 pages

Editorial Reviews

About the Author
. Willem Kymmell is a practicing architect with more than 30 years of experience in the field. He is also an Associate Professor of Construction Management at California State University (Chico), where he teaches building information modeling and construction documentation, construction document analysis, specifications, building code analysis, and architectural history. Mr. Kymmell's private practice includes residential and commercial commissions, consultations, and virtual building software training.
Customer Reviews

strong on concepts!4
I was interested in this book because it seemed less like a "how to" book and more about what makes this technology work. It has not disappointed on those issues at all. Very rich in information. The biggest weakness I have found is that the author clearly favors certain software packages over others, which I can understand... everyone has their preferences. However, when discussing Autodesk's Revit platform, I found the book to be overly biased and sometimes, flatly, mistaken. This issue does not however, severely detract from the overall value of the information. Where the book seeks to discuss BIM without focusing on specific software, it is without equal. As long as you aren't making purchasing decisions based on the information, anyone familiar with the basics of BIM will find it fascinating.

Excellent insight4
Well organized, well written. Provides information about model composition which most books on this subject do not include. Very informative. Organizations looking to move down the BIM/VDC path should definitely take the time to read as they will learn a great deal about the process changes needed to effectively utilize 3D models in their workflow.

From Acorns: How to Build a Brilliant Business by Caspian Woods

Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #6640872 in Books
Published on: 2007-09-30
Binding: Paperback
210 pages

Study Guide for Come Into My Trading Room: A Complete Guide to Trading by Alexander Elder

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The trading bible for the new millennium

In Come Into My Trading Room, noted trader and author Dr. Alexander Elder returns to expand far beyond the three M's (Mind, Method, and Money) of his bestselling Trading for a Living. Shifting focus from technical analysis to the overall management of a trader's money, time, and strategy, Dr. Elder takes readers from the fundamentals to the secrets of being a successful trader--identifying new, little known indicators that can lead to huge profits.

Come Into My Trading Room educates the novice and fortifies the professional through expert advice and proven trading methodologies. This comprehensive trading guide provides a complete introduction to the essentials of successful trading; a fresh look at the three M's, including a proven, step-by-step money management strategy; and an in-depth look at organizing your trading time. Come Into My Trading Room reviews the basics of trading stocks, futures, and options as well as crucial psychological tactics for discipline and organization—with the goal of turning anyone into a complete and successful trader.

By showing traders how to combine the elements of mind, method, and money, Come Into My Trading Room gives readers the knowledge and insight to enter the market with confidence and exit with profits. Unparalleled depth and a wide range of coverage will keep all levels of traders engaged, informed, and returning to Come Into My Trading Room again and again.

Dr. Alexander Elder (New York, NY) is a professional trader, technical analysis expert, and practicing psychiatrist. He is the founder of Financial Trading Inc., providing intensive trading camps to traders all over the world. Elder's first book Trading for a Living (Wiley: 0471592242) and the companion study guide have sold over 160,000 copies.
Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #39255 in Books
Published on: 2002-04-24
Number of items: 1
Binding: Paperback
208 pages
Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
STUDY GUIDE FOR Come Into My Trading Room
A Complete Guide to Trading

You can read Come Into My Trading Room: A Complete Guide to Trading in a few days, but you cannot expect to master every aspect of that invaluable book until you work through it. Study Guide for Come Into My Trading Room: A Complete Guide to Trading will help you learn the profitable methods and techniques of Come Into My Trading Room before risking a dollar in the markets.

Study Guide for Come Into My Trading Room: A Complete Guide to Trading parallels the actual book, challenging you at every step with questions that make you focus on all the important areas of trading. Some tests are pencil-and-paper, others have you work with charts, but all prepare you to make crucial decisions.

This Study Guide will:
Quiz you on the essentials of trading-choosing the markets to trade, finding holes in the Efficient Market Theory, and overcoming common obstacles to success
Make you aware of psychological blind spots that lead to losing
Test your knowledge of charting and computerized indicators
Explore trading systems, day-trading, and advanced concepts, such as Impulse trading and SafeZone stops
Ask questions about money management, record-keeping, and managing time
Challenge you with eight case studies where you choose entry and exit points and get graded for your performance

The best trading strategies, techniques, and tools are only as good as your understanding of them. Pick up this Study Guide for Come Into My Trading Room: A Complete Guide to Trading and convert Dr. Elder's methods into your own powerful and profitable tools.

About the Author
ALEXANDER ELDER, MD, is a professional trader, an expert in technical analysis, and a practicing psychiatrist. He is the founder of Financial Trading Inc., a firm that provides intensive trading camps for traders worldwide. Dr. Elder's first book, Trading for a Living, and its companion Study Guide have sold over 160,000 copies. Dr. Elder's Web site is www.elder.com
Customer Reviews

Essential Supplement
I have traded stocks since I was a teen. I have been familiar with Dr. Elder for years. Along the way, I have read many books on trading. His Come Into My Trading Room: A Complete Guide to Trading ranks among the best.

Elder says it took him three years to write Come into My Trading Room. It can be read in a matter of days. The companion study guide assures mastery of the wealth of trading knowledge. Slowly working through the study exercises helps you master Elder's trading concepts and ideas.

In his book Elder breaks the art and science of trading into three pillars. He calls them his three M's:

Mind
Market
Management

The key to winning the trading game is to win the battle within your mind. Dr. Elder, himself a practicing psychiatrist, explains how to develop discipline and to avoid the traps caused by emotional trading.

Second, he shows how to identify good trades using charts and computerized indicators. In remarkably clear and concise language, he explains the indicators and how to combine them to develop your own trading system.

Finally, he discusses importance of money management. The successful trader manages risk. Elder lays down rules to harness it. The study guide reinforces it. If you are serious about trading these two books should be at the top of your reading list. Their combined price is small compared to the money you can lose learning the lessons contained within them.

Faceup to your results.
I'm usually not so much into study guides as they add nothing new to the table except picking out some points of the theory. Well was I dead wrong on this guide. It is not so much about checking did you remember the right numbers and names as it is much more focused on did you shift you point of view ? And every answer is well documented what the most effective point of view could be. I've learned quite a bit more with working through this study guide. I recently purged the study guide from Entries and Exists as well work my way through that too, and in time for the finals, participate in one of the trading camps.
Recommended for every one out there in the markets learning to ride the waves instead of getting smashed by them.

Wessel

It is time to study
If you have read "Come into my trading room" by Dr. Elder then this is a must have. It will enable you to test yourself and ensure that you understand the lessons presented in the book. I am a successful investor who aspires to trade for a living.(I have returned over 24% for the past 4 years). I have read over 40 books on trading and Dr. Elder's books are in a league of there own for being easy to understand and implement. He brings all essential disciplines that are needed together in one place. In this study guide you will be quizzed on mental discipline, basic charting, indicators, trading, day trading, advanced concepts, money management, and being organized. I have read all of his books and was shocked at how much I still didn't get. Buy it, use it, master it, you will be rewarded in the markets if you are a good student.

201 Great Ideas for Your Small Business: Revised & Updated Edition by Jane Applegate

Product Description

Answering the need presented by a much-changed commercial climate, entrepreneurial journalist Applegate has retooled this business classic. Along with timeless advice, this edition includes ten new ideas for managing, organizing, promoting, and improving a small business in today's environment.
Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #746174 in Books
Published on: 2002-06-15
Number of items: 1
Binding: Paperback
432 pages
Editorial Reviews

Lillian Vernon, Chairman & CEO, Lillian Vernon Corporation
"From one entrepreneur to another, don't start your business before reading Jane Applegate's book!"

Wally Amos, Founder of Famous Amos Cookies and Uncle NoName Muffin Company
"The most comprehensive book I've ever read... get your personal copy. It could prove to be your biggest asset."

Martha Rogers, Co-author of The One to One Future and Enterprise One to One
"Just one of these smart ideas can help boost your business. Glean a dozen and you'll cream your competition."
Customer Reviews

Good Overall
Some of the ideas are a little off the wall, but for the most part, it is stuff you might be able to use...

Excellent ideas for small businesses!
I think every small business owner should read this book -- full of excellent, and often basic (but overlooked) ideas and tips for making the most of your business.

Good to great ideas for your small business
The new edition of Jane Applegate's "201 Great Ideas for Your Small Business" provided me with some great inspiration for my own small business. I particularly enjoyed reading the examples of real-life small business owners who took their great ideas and ran with them...to the bank! While not every tip would work for every entrepreneur, I've gotten enough ideas from this book that it easily pay for itself (and then some!). I recommend it to any business owner looking for some new and fresh ideas.

201 Great Ideas for Your Small Business: Revised & Updated Edition by Jane Applegate

Product Description

Answering the need presented by a much-changed commercial climate, entrepreneurial journalist Applegate has retooled this business classic. Along with timeless advice, this edition includes ten new ideas for managing, organizing, promoting, and improving a small business in today's environment.
Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #746174 in Books
Published on: 2002-06-15
Number of items: 1
Binding: Paperback
432 pages
Editorial Reviews

Lillian Vernon, Chairman & CEO, Lillian Vernon Corporation
"From one entrepreneur to another, don't start your business before reading Jane Applegate's book!"

Wally Amos, Founder of Famous Amos Cookies and Uncle NoName Muffin Company
"The most comprehensive book I've ever read... get your personal copy. It could prove to be your biggest asset."

Martha Rogers, Co-author of The One to One Future and Enterprise One to One
"Just one of these smart ideas can help boost your business. Glean a dozen and you'll cream your competition."
Customer Reviews

Good Overall
Some of the ideas are a little off the wall, but for the most part, it is stuff you might be able to use...

Excellent ideas for small businesses!
I think every small business owner should read this book -- full of excellent, and often basic (but overlooked) ideas and tips for making the most of your business.

Good to great ideas for your small business
The new edition of Jane Applegate's "201 Great Ideas for Your Small Business" provided me with some great inspiration for my own small business. I particularly enjoyed reading the examples of real-life small business owners who took their great ideas and ran with them...to the bank! While not every tip would work for every entrepreneur, I've gotten enough ideas from this book that it easily pay for itself (and then some!). I recommend it to any business owner looking for some new and fresh ideas.

Alpha Teach Yourself Business Plans in 24 Hours by Michael Miller

Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #851123 in Books
Published on: 2001-08-01
Number of items: 1
Binding: Paperback
416 pages
Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
Alpha Teach Yourself Business Plans in 24 Hours is a step-by-step guide for writing a business plan that any entrepreneur can provide to bankers, venture capital firms, and other potential investors. The author explains what investors look for in a business plan and shows how to create a plan that will result in funding and support.

About the Author

Michael Miller is a successful and prolific author and consultant with a reputation for practical advice, technical accuracy, and an unerring empathy for the needs of his readers and clients.

Mr. Miller has written more than three dozen nonfiction titles since 1989. His books include The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Search Secrets, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Home Theater Systems, and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Drums. He is known for his casual, easy-to-read writing style and his practical, real-world advice¿as well as his ability to explain a wide variety of complex topics to an everyday audience.

Mr. Miller is also president of The Molehill Group, a strategic consulting and authoring firm based in Carmel, Indiana. As a consultant, he specializes in providing strategic advice to and writing business plans for Internet- and technology-based businesses.
Customer Reviews

An essential book
Michael Miller's Business Plans is one of the best books I've ever read. Period.

I'm an MBA student and this is the first book I highly recommend to anyone interested in any kind of business.

It's wonderfully written. Very practical examples and perfectly designed.

Buy a copy now, there is no other option of this quality.

Not my favorite book on business plans, but definitely a good read and worth your time to read
This book is well-organized and very informative. It is written for the small business owner who has not written a business plan previously and who needs one to apply for a small business loan or to be able to approach an angel investor or venture capital firm.

My favorite part of the book was Chapter 24 where the author discusses Private Placement Memorandum (PPMs). He tells us how to put one such document together after you have prepared your basic business plan. PPMs are what you need to produce if you are going to offer stock in your company to investors who are other than your family and friends.

Appendix A was great. It gives a 20-minute summary recap of the book. I recommend you read the appendix before tackling the book.

The other chapters I enjoyed reading a lot were:

Chapter 11 - Vision and Mission
Chapter 12 - Opportunity
Chapter 13 - Market Strategy
Chapter 14 - Business Strategy
Chapter 15 - Organization and Operations
Chapter 18 - Financials

Chapter 23 entitled "Use Your Business Plan" was less than I expected. In reality, a good business plan is a benchmark and roadmap for a business owner/manager to use to move the business forward. It's not simply a document to look at once in a while or to distribute to employees to motivate them as the author suggests. A business plan is a strategic plan with regards to making money. The author could have done a better job explaining this.

My overall feeling about the book when I finished it was that it dealt too much on writing in general and not enough on specifically writing a business plan. In a way, I felt as though the author was an expert on how to write research papers and in writing this book he simply re-wrote a "how-to write a research paper" book and targeted it for readers who want to prepare a business plan.

I found it odd that the author decided to explain a plan's Executive Summary (ES) when he did. An ES is the introduction to a business plan, and any knowledgeable writer knows one writes their introduction and conclusions after the main body of the document has been written. I kind of expected the author to cover the sections of the business plan in the order in which they are created, not the order in which they are presented in the plan. But that's just me. All in all, seriously consider giving this book a read if you are interested in writing a business plan for your business or startup.