#building lifecycle

[asestimationsconsultants]

How an Estimating Service Powers Lifecycle Cost Planning for Long-Term Assets

Introduction For projects like hospitals, universities, or public infrastructure, initial construction is just one piece of the financial puzzle. Long-term operational costs often eclipse build costs. An estimating service helps clients plan for the entire lifecycle of an asset, from cradle to reinvestment.

Beyond Initial Construction Estimators traditionally focus on upfront costs, but lifecycle planning expands that role. Estimating services now project long-term expenses such as maintenance, utilities, staffing, and system replacements, giving a holistic view of asset ownership.

Durability and Material Forecasting Material choice directly influences lifecycle costs. Estimators compare the upfront cost of high-durability components versus cheaper alternatives, factoring in maintenance frequency, replacement cycles, and overall longevity.

Energy Performance Projections Energy efficiency affects long-term budgets. Estimating services integrate performance modeling into their forecasts, calculating how HVAC choices, insulation levels, and lighting systems will influence utility costs over decades.

Maintenance and Downtime Consideration Hospitals or data centers can’t afford frequent shutdowns. Estimators quantify the cost of scheduled maintenance and potential downtime, guiding decisions toward systems that balance performance with reliability.

Technology Obsolescence and Reinvestment Timing In high-tech buildings, estimating services help predict when technology will become outdated and budget for its eventual upgrade. This ensures financial plans account not only for installation but future modernization.

Supporting Asset Management Planning Lifecycle cost estimates become tools for facility managers and CFOs. Estimating services provide detailed documents that align capital investment with long-term operating budgets and help in scheduling reinvestment cycles.

Conclusion An estimating service isn’t just about today’s cost. It supports intelligent long-term asset planning by forecasting the financial implications of design and system choices, giving stakeholders a full lifecycle view.

[steinryan28]

Digital Twin technology combines physics-based simulation, real-time data, machine learning and AI to create a dynamic virtual replica which is scalable from a single building to an entire campus, city or portfolio.

Responding and behaving like its real-world counterpart to provide detailed insights across a range of building performance metrics and empowering informed decisions on how to reduce energy, lower costs and work towards net-zero goals.

Optimise Building & System Operation

Develop long term Net-Zero Investment Plans

Minimise costs of Decarbonisation

Monitor progress towards Net-Zero Goals

As buildings are complex, dynamic systems that constantly change throughout their lifetimes. Digital Twin for building lifecycle understands this and integrates, from initial design or retrofit, through commissioning and ongoing operation, to ensure your building(s) stay on track towards zero-carbon goals.

[randomwriteronline]

Sometimes i hear something like "its good romance isnt canon bc matoran are children and toa are adults so itd be bad if hewkii and macku got together for real" and ill find a way to reasonably argue that the toa mata are actually newborns based solely on the imagery of their arrival and some of their early behaviors on the spot just to make a point

[twininfra]

Welcome To Twin Infra - Digtal Twin

A Digital Twin Platform to improve timeliness and reduce cost overruns in your construction projects.

Twin Infra is is a complete IT solution for the Construction/Infrastructure industry based on the concept of “Digital Twin.” The Twin Infra module is an integrated cloud platform to manage data models, people, process, and assets throughout the lifecycle of a construction project. The Twin Infra module has predictive analytic features to anticipate and forecast in all the stages of Construction/Infra. It works on public, private, and virtual cloud infrastructure and uses Artificial Intelligence for operational insights and efficiency. 

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[smartcaddengineering]

A Guide to BIM in Green Building Design 

In the ever-evolving world of sustainable architecture, Building Information Modeling (BIM) is becoming a game-changer. By enhancing collaboration, minimizing waste, and optimizing energy performance, BIM services are reshaping how we approach eco-conscious design. In this guide, we’ll explore how BIM integrates into green building architecture, the benefits it offers, and why it’s essential in today’s Green Building Construction projects. 

What Is BIM and Why It Matters in Sustainability? 

BIM services refer to the process of creating and managing digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of a building. This virtual model allows stakeholders to collaborate seamlessly, identify design inefficiencies, and make informed decisions early in the construction process. 

In the context of Green Building Construction, BIM ensures every aspect of a building—from materials to energy usage—is considered before ground is even broken. This not only saves time and money but also promotes long-term sustainability. 

How BIM Supports Green Building Architecture 

BIM is central to modern green building architecture. Here’s how it contributes: 

1. Energy Modeling 

BIM tools simulate energy performance at the design stage, helping teams choose environmentally friendly HVAC systems, optimize natural lighting, and reduce reliance on artificial energy. 

2. Material Efficiency 

Through accurate quantity take-offs and scheduling, BIM services reduce material waste, which directly supports Green Building Construction principles. 

3. Water and Waste Management 

Designers can model efficient plumbing systems and predict water usage patterns, aligning with global green standards. 

These capabilities align perfectly with the broader goal of how to construct green building frameworks—structures that are sustainable, cost-effective, and future-ready. 

BIM Lifecycle and Its Role in Sustainability 

The bim lifecycle refers to the complete journey of a building—from initial planning and design through construction and finally to operation and maintenance. At every stage, BIM ensures that sustainability goals are met. 

Design: Architects use BIM services to create energy-efficient designs based on climate, orientation, and materials. 

Construction: Contractors access real-time updates to minimize errors, waste, and rework, key concerns in Green Building Construction. 

Operation: Facility managers use the BIM model to maintain systems, track performance, and schedule energy-saving upgrades. 

This lifecycle approach to building management illustrates how to construct green building projects that remain efficient for decades. 

Key Benefits of BIM in Green Construction 

Collaboration Across Stakeholders 

 Engineers, architects, and contractors can work from the same data-rich model, ensuring sustainable goals are upheld throughout. 

Risk Mitigation 

 Early detection of design conflicts avoids costly and wasteful fixes later on—an essential benefit in green building architecture. 

Regulatory Compliance 

 Many jurisdictions now require or recommend BIM in public Green Building Construction to meet carbon neutrality goals. 

Long-Term Cost Savings 

 Despite the upfront investment, BIM services provide significant cost savings over the building’s lifespan, especially in energy consumption and maintenance. 

How to Construct Green Building Projects Using BIM 

If you’re wondering how to construct green building projects efficiently, BIM offers a clear roadmap. Here’s a simple breakdown: 

Start with Environmental Analysis 

 Use BIM tools to assess site conditions, solar angles, wind patterns, and ecological impact. 

Set Sustainability Goals 

 Input performance benchmarks into your BIM model, such as LEED certifications or zero-energy targets. 

Simulate and Optimize 

 Run simulations for lighting, ventilation, and water usage to find the best sustainable options. 

Monitor and Adjust 

 Post-construction, use the digital twin from your BIM model to manage and improve building performance. 

Through each of these steps, BIM services ensure your project aligns with the highest standards in Green Building Construction. 

Real-World Applications of BIM in Green Architecture 

Across the globe, forward-thinking firms are using BIM to lead the way in green building architecture. Notable examples include: 

Passive House Designs: Leveraging BIM to achieve airtightness and thermal efficiency. 

Smart Campuses: Institutions integrating the bim lifecycle to manage entire building portfolios. 

Carbon-Neutral Workspaces: Offices designed entirely through BIM simulations to minimize emissions. 

These projects not only showcase how to construct green building infrastructure, but also highlight BIM's role as the backbone of a greener future. 

Final Thoughts 

The journey toward sustainable architecture is complex—but with BIM services, it becomes more navigable, efficient, and impactful. By integrating BIM into your Green Building Construction strategy, you're not just building smarter—you're building greener, from the foundation to the rooftop. 

Whether you’re designing an office tower or a single-family home, incorporating green building architecture through BIM can help you meet today's sustainability challenges with confidence. 

SmartCADD is proud to be at the forefront of this movement, delivering cutting-edge BIM services that empower clients to create sustainable spaces that are as innovative as they are responsible.

[wachinyeya]

A company making wooden wind turbine blades has successfully tested a 50-meter-long prototype that’s set to debut soon in the Indian and European markets.

Last year, the German firm Voodin successfully demonstrated that their laminated-veneer timber blades could be fabricated, adapted, and installed at a lower cost than existing blades, while maintaining performance.

Now, Voodin has announced a partnership with the Indian wind company Senvion to supply its 4.2-megawatt turbines with these wooden blades for another trial run.

Wind power has accumulated more than a few demerit points for several shortfalls in the overall industry of this fossil-fuel alternative.

Some of these, such as the impact on bird life, are justified, but none more so than the fact that the turbine blades are impossible or nearly impossible to recycle, and that they need to be changed every 25 years.

Wind turbine blades are made from a mixture of glass and carbon fiber heated together with sticky epoxy resin, and these materials can’t be separated once combined, which means they go into landfills or are incinerated when they become too battered to safely operate.

GNN has reported that folks will occasionally find second-life value in these giant panels, for example in Denmark where they are turned into bike shelters. In another instance, they’re being used as pedestrian bridges.

But there are way more wind turbine blades being made every year than pedestrian bridges and bike shelters, making the overall environmental impact of wind power not all green.

“At the end of their lifecycle, most blades are buried in the ground or incinerated. This means that—at this pace—we will end up with 50 million tonnes of blade material waste by 2050,” Voodin Blade Technology’s CEO. Mr. Siekmann said recently. “With our solution, we want to help green energy truly become as green as possible.”

The last 15 years have seen rapid growth in another industry called mass timber. This state-of-the-art manufacturing technique sees panels of lumber heat-pressed, cross-laminated, and glued into a finished product that’s being used to make skyscrapers, airports, and more.

At the end of the day though, mass timber products are still wood, and can be recycled in a variety of ways.

“The blades are not only an innovative technological advancement but a significant leap toward sustainable wind production,” said Siekmann, adding that this isn’t a case of pay more to waste less; the blades cost around 20% less than carbon fiber.

Additionally, the added flexibility of wooden blades should allow for taller towers and longer blades, potentially boosting the output of turbine by accessing higher wind speeds.

Now partnered with Voodin, Senvion will begin feasibility analysis in the next few months, before official testing begins around 2027.

[cydork]

Alien Questionnaire - A Biological Perspective

A while ago, somebody linked me a very comprehensive worldbuilding questionnaire. For most aspects of a fictional society, it was great, but I noticed it assumed that anyone using it was making up a fictional human society, or at least a society of beings very similar to humans. As such, there was almost nothing in the biology department, which to me is one of the best parts! Thus, this questionnaire was born.

These questions are designed to help people worldbuild from a biological foundation. As such, the questionnaire only touches lightly on other aspects of a fictional society, and is more of a jumping off point. I wrote it with the aim of using it to develop aliens, but it should be suitable for any project with non-humanoid species, such as sapient terrestrial animals.

Have fun! I'd love to see your answers :)

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General Anatomy How many limbs do they have? Do they have limbs at all?

What are their primary manipulators? Where are they located? How does this affect their tool use, building ability, etc?

What kind of body covering do they have, e.g. hair, scales, feathers? How do they clean it? Do they shed this covering constantly, or all at once at certain times? 

Can they maintain a constant body temperature? If not, how do they deal with changing environmental temperatures? 

What kind of habitat do they live in? Both specific habitat, and broader such as on land vs in water.

What adaptations do they have for living in this habitat?

What kind of creature did they evolve from?

What are the similarities and differences to their closest living relatives? 

What resource(s) is the most necessary and urgent for them? E.g. for many animals, but not all, it’s water.

What are some common mutations? E.g. eye colours, ability to digest lactose in humans.

What injuries or illnesses are considered disabling? 

How is their healing ability? Can they regenerate? If they can, is that limited to certain body parts or a certain number of times?

Senses What senses do they have? E.g. sight, smell, electroreception, etc.

How good are those senses?

Which of their sense/s do they use the most in everyday life?

How might this choice of sense impact the way they interact with the world? 

Can they detect things that Earth creatures cannot? If yes, how and why?

Movement  How do they move? Do they walk, crawl, fly, etc? 

If they have multiple modes of movement, which is preferred, and why?

Which part/s of their body do they use to move?

What is their speed and endurance like? 

How agile are they? 

Do they rely mainly on their own bodies for travel, or do they use pack animals and machines? 

How often do they move around? Are they mainly sedentary, do they move a lot within a set area, do they migrate, etc?

Do they have different levels of mobility depending on age, sex, or other biological group? E.g. young barnacles are able to swim, while adults are anchored permanently to a surface. 

Reproduction and Lifecycle  How many sexes are there? 

Are there differences between the sexes (ignoring the reproductive system)? 

Are there different castes, such as in honeybees or naked mole rats? If so, what is the function of each caste? 

Are differences in sex or caste used to justify discrimination or hierarchy? How might these ideas differ in different populations? 

Do they have a concept of gender? If so, is gender affected by sex, caste, or some other factor?

How do they attract a mate? Do they release a chemical into the air, do an elaborate display, etc?

Does one individual try to actively woo another, or is courtship more mutual?

What do they find attractive in members of the same species?

What is the usual reproductive partnership? E.g. two individuals, one main reproducing individual with a harem, no set partner, etc. 

How long do they live?

How are young brought into the world? Live birth, eggs, spores, etc?

Is producing young a painful, dangerous process, or is it easy?

How much parental investment is there? Are there many young with little investment, or few young with a lot of investment (r vs K strategy)? Or is it somewhere in the middle? 

How many offspring are produced at a time? Think about how attitudes towards children may differ between a species that produces one or two, and a species that produces dozens or even hundreds at a time.

How do they grow? Are they born looking like miniature adults, gradually growing bigger? Do they have specific phases of high growth, like puberty? Do they have a larval phase, metamorphosis? 

How self-sufficient are they as young? Can they move around and feed themselves as soon as they are born? Do they require parental care? 

What is the usual structure of childcare? Single or multiple parents/related individuals? Communally raised? 

Is sex purely for reproduction, or does it serve other purposes?

What kind of sexuality is considered the norm? This doesn’t just refer to same/other sex pairings, but the culture around sex in general.

Diet and Foodchain What is their diet? Are they carnivores, omnivores, frugivores, insectivores, etc?

Do they feed off an unusual source, for example rocks, metals, or (in appropriate settings) something like magic or souls?

What physical adaptations do they have for this diet? 

Is their diet very restricted, or can they have a wide range of foods?

How often do they eat? What is the culture around mealtimes, if any?

Are they prey for other organisms? For each other?

If they are, how do they deal with it? Do they fight back, have barriers, or do they accept it as a part of life?

If they are hunters themselves, what is their attitude to killing other organisms? Are they respectful? Prideful of their kill? Is it completely trivial? 

If they are hunters, how do they hunt? Are they solitary or packhunters? Are certain members of the group designated to hunt? 

Are the results of foraging or hunting shared, or is it everyone for themself?

Are they parasitic, parasitised, or in a symbiotic relationship with any other organisms? 

Body Rhythms How often do they sleep?

What time of the day are they most active? Are they nocturnal, diurnal, crepuscular? 

Do they generally sleep for one long period a day, multiple shorter periods throughout, or something in between? 

Do they sleep to cope with extreme temperatures or bad conditions, i.e. hibernate or aestivate?

Do they have any biological processes that disrupt their life e.g. moulting, reproductive cycles, etc?

If yes, how does their society accommodate for these processes? Does it accommodate them at all? 

Communication What is their main method of communication? Sound, visuals, scent, etc? Think about their main sense and how this would affect communication.

What is their body language like? What small moving parts might aid their body language?

If they have multiple methods of communication, are they all given equal weight, or is one considered higher than others? 

Society How sociable are they? 

If social, what is the usual social structure? 

Are there hierarchies? How strict or relaxed are the roles?

How are disputes usually settled? Is it more common to be violent or appease the other party? 

If not social, what is the reaction to being with other individuals? Do they become aggressive or stressed? Do they tolerate each other? 

What is the usual size of a community? Do they have communities at all? 

Do they have an in-group vs out-group mentality? If so, how strong is it? This generally relates to how scarce or plentiful resources were during their evolution, and how territorial their ancestors were.

What kind of bonds do they form? 

On the spectrum of individualistic to community-oriented, where do they fall?

Do they have a strong sense of personal identity? Think about how this might tie in with the previous question. 

What are the main things they derive identity from? Occupation, gender, family ties, etc?

Do they have names? If yes, how are these names formed? Are they given by another party or chosen by the individual?

Have they domesticated any creatures? If so, what do they use these creatures for?

Do they have any unusual relationships with other creatures on their planet (beyond predation, parasitism or mutualism)?

Do they produce art? What are their main forms of artistic expression? Think about how this will be linked to their main sense(s), communication method, and/or primary manipulators.

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GLOSSARY Primary manipulator: Main body part used to manipulate objects, e.g. hands in humans, trunks in elephants, feet in parrots.

Sedentary: Inactive, staying in the same place.

Caste (reproductive): A group within a species with differences in body type and reproductive ability.

Symbiosis/Mutualism: Interactions where both parties benefit, e.g. cleaner fish getting a meal in exchange for picking irritating parasites off larger fish.

Aestivate: To become inactive during hot or dry periods, usually involving being sealed in mucus or soil e.g. lungfish, snails. 

Reproductive cycle: Regular hormone fluctuations that affect an animal’s fertility or attitude towards breeding. The cycles can range from months to years and can include things such as antler growth in male deer, heat cycles, and menstruation in humans.

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Pucker Up for the Sea Lamprey!

The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), also known as the vampire fish, is the most famous member of the order of lampreys, Petromyzontiformes. Despite their similar appearance to eels, lampreys are actually jawless fish, and are more closely related to hagfish than eels. To add further confusion, sea lampreys actually reproduce in freshwater rivers and streams, and are only found in the ocean as adults. They are spread along the Atlantic coasts of North America and Europe, as well as the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

Sea lampreys are the largest member of the lamprey family, at an impressive 30 to 100 cm (11.8 to 39.4 in) long and weighing around 2.5 kg (5.5 lbs). They are generally olive or brownish grey, and their bodies are long and smooth. Perhaps P. marinus' most distinctive feature are their mouths, which are wide and circular with teeth arranged in a circle around the tongue and throat. When opened to attach to its prey, the mouth can stretch larger than the lamprey's head.

Vampire fish are widely known for their feeding habits. Adults are parasites that attach themselves to the sides of fish and feat on their victim's blood and tissue. But despite their fearsome appearance, P. marinus has a variety of predators as both juveniles and adults, including sturgeon, catfish, sea lions, seals, sea birds, and northern pikeminnows. Juveniles are particularly vulnerable, as they are smaller and, as deteriorates, are not equipped with the sharp teeth of adults.

Like many other fish, sea lampreys are anadromous, meaning they migrate from salt to freshwater to reproduce. From April to June, males and females travel up river to find rocky beds in which to build nests. Females lay anywhere from 30,000 and 100,000 eggs in their nest, which are then fertilized by multiple males. After mating, both parents die. The larvae take 3 to 8 days to hatch, and the young spend the next 1 to 3 years filter feeding in their home river. Once they reach maturity, they migrate back to the ocean, where they can reside for up to 5 years before returning to their spawning grounds to complete their lifecycle.

Conservation status: The IUCN has rated the sea lamprey as Least Concern. This species is invasive in the Great Lakes region of the United States. However, within its native range it is threatened by habitat degradation and over-fishing.

Photos

Paul Wilson

U.S. National Park Service

Sean Landsman

[outofangband]

Thistles of Beleriand

Continuing my flower world building from last year where I do flower related world building! More in the spring flower game tag! This was a request from last year!

Thistles are a common name for several species with leaves that have sharp spikes on their edges. Most of them are in the Asteraceae family. They are ecologically significant with their seeds being eaten by many species of birds, playing part in the lifecycle of several butterfly species, and containing notably high amounts of nectar.

Dozens of species of thistle live in Beleriand. A high number of them are globe thistles, one of the largest genuses, but many others are represented as well. The area of highest diversity is in the south of Beleriand.

The feathery part of the thistle flower is called down and it is often collected by birds to line nests. The fibers can be spun into a yarn like material. In Mithrim and Nevrast, these plants are cultivated specifically for fiber, often dyed with other parts of the plant. These fibers are generally used in smaller amounts such as lining in blankets. Children's dolls are often made with thistle fiber, a time consuming and precise task.

Purple milk thistles and star thistles (a genus of about seventy species) are found in southern Beleriand around the Andram. They're eaten by Avarin elves and are a part of medicine, often through teas.

In Nevrast as well as in the gardens of Valinor, larger species of thistles such as the creeping thistle are beloved for their ability to attract hummingbirds and fritillary butterflies.

The leaves and roots of golden thistles are eaten in the Havens of the Falathrim, often with fish and eggs of chickens or quails. The flowers themselves appear in Falathrim art, often representing the sun, change and beginnings.

Like many native flowers, thistles in Hithlum often appear in Hadorian embroidery and architectural motifs. Cotton thistles, thorny burr, and milk thistle being the most common. Thorny burr is also cultivated for their edible roots.

Musk thistles are found in north eastern Beleriand, namely in Ard Galen and the moors of Dorthonion.

[solarpunkbusiness]

revia, an innovative new circular building material that reuses hard-to-recycle waste plastic

In revia, difficult-to-recycle waste plastic is combined with waste wood, generated from the demolition of buildings and other sources, to create a new material suitable for a wide range of applications. And, importantly, it is created using a technology to crush and extrude different materials together without sorting, with each material playing a different role in the product; some act as adhesives, while others function as fillers. This process makes it possible to effectively use almost all household and commercial waste plastics, including composite plastics.

Composite plastics, commonly used for products like food packaging, are made up of several layers and cannot be separated at home, so they often have to be incinerated. “The basic lifecycle for composite plastics was to use petroleum to create a product, we use it once or twice, then burn that product,” Satoshi Yoshida, Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, LIXIL Housing Technology (LHT), LIXIL Corporation says. “We thought that we could leverage our knowledge to change that.”

Using 1 tonne of the material can reduce CO2 emissions by more than 80%4, compared to the CO2 emitted when the same amount of waste plastics and wood are burned. What’s more, it is a closed-loop solution that can be used again – collected, crushed at the factory and reborn as new revia.

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[poondragoon]

So Roshar's terrestrial ecosystem is essentially a giant, land-based tidepool, and the Highstorm is the high tide rolling in, right?

Storm rains bring crem, which not only counteracts the storm erosion but also provides the minerals that "plants" and crustaceans need to build their shells. Greatshells and singers use the Investiture in the storm to bond spren, pupate, and change forms in order to complete their lifecycles.

In other words, the entire planet is dependent on the Highstorm in order to survive, and now that the storm is dead, the entire world east of Shinovar is FUCKED, right?

I guess what I'm getting at is that Ba Ado Mishram better hurry tf up and reboot the Highstorm.

[asestimationsconsultants]

The Role of an Estimating Service in Circular Construction and Material Reuse

Introduction As construction shifts toward sustainability and circular economy principles, traditional cost estimating must evolve. An estimating service that integrates circular construction strategies offers clients insights into both environmental and financial performance, especially through material reuse and lifecycle analysis.

Assessing Reusable Materials Estimators examine available salvageable materials from demolition or deconstruction processes. They assess their structural integrity, performance history, and compliance with code requirements. A precise estimate of cost savings from reuse versus new material procurement is critical to circular planning.

Cost Implications of Circular Processes Reclaimed materials often require additional labor for processing, transportation, or certification. An estimating service calculates these secondary costs and compares them against the expense of virgin materials. This holistic approach ensures reuse is both environmentally and economically justified.

Lifecycle Cost Estimation Instead of focusing only on upfront expenses, circular estimating emphasizes long-term value. Estimators provide lifecycle cost analysis to show clients the savings from using durable, low-maintenance reused materials, accounting for extended replacement cycles and potential operational savings.

Collaboration with Deconstruction Teams Estimating services coordinate with demolition contractors and sustainability consultants to quantify the volume and value of recoverable materials. This data feeds into the budget and helps determine whether reuse strategies align with the project’s financial goals.

Incentives and Certification Support Many jurisdictions offer financial incentives for using recycled materials or achieving green certifications. An estimating service identifies applicable credits, tax breaks, or LEED points, incorporating them into the estimate to demonstrate potential offsets in total project cost.

Software Tools and Databases Estimators now use platforms that include inventories of reusable materials and databases tracking regional material exchange programs. These tools enhance accuracy and help estimators provide clients with both sourcing opportunities and reliable cost benchmarks.

Conclusion An estimating service that understands circular construction adds immense value by quantifying sustainability alongside cost. Their role in balancing economic and ecological outcomes ensures that reuse and recycling are feasible, not just idealistic.

[steinryan28]

BIM Process & Lifecycle In Building Construction

Building Information Modeling encompasses the entire process of planning, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining a building or infrastructure project using a digital representation.

3D Planning and Design

Building Information Modeling (BIM) begins with the creation of a detailed 3D model that includes architectural, structural, and MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing) components. This phase allows for visualization, analysis, and optimization of the design before construction begins.

Operation and Maintenance

After construction, the BIM model serves as a valuable resource for managing the building throughout its lifecycle. Facility managers use the model for maintenance, repairs, and renovations, ensuring the building operates efficiently.

Project Collaboration

BIM facilitates seamless collaboration among all stakeholders, including architects, engineers, contractors, and owners. The shared model ensures everyone is on the same page, reducing errors and improving communication.

Construction

During construction, the BIM model guides the building process, providing detailed information on materials, timelines, and workflows. This enhances accuracy, reduces waste, and ensures the project stays on schedule and within budget.

By integrating these stages, BIM enhances collaboration, reduces costs, and improves the overall quality and sustainability of construction projects.

[presbierue]

I’m not a 100% lover of every choice made in Delilah Dawson’s Phasma. But I do like that Phasma used a beetle to kill Brendol. I know it was in a very ‘you aren’t strong enough to live through what I did’ way but I also like to think that Phasma just really likes bugs. Bug girl. Keeps a couple terrariums of bugs in her room. Feeds them small fuzzy creatures. Someone pissing her off really badly but she can’t do anything public? Poisonous spider in their bed. Flesh eating beetle in their boots. Millicent ate her favourite millipede? She is going to act above it but cry in private later.

I do not think she and Armitage are good at conversations. I think they probably just sit down sometimes and she lists facts about an insect she got on her last mission like the phylum and its lifecycle. And he just nods along and figures out how to build a new terrarium for it. Like he does not know how to say anything comforting but he CAN make his best friend a terrarium that lets her keep developing her collection of poisonous/shiny insects.

[rowanthestrange]

Fear.

I get it now, the mirror fucks it up because it itself is a mirror. A mirror of the fear a person has of it, therefore the mirror would cause recursion: mirroring itself forever and it would explode.

So it had to do a big bang attack straight off the bat to create initial fear, but then what it would want? You don’t want to be big and obvious because that’s not actually scary, that’s a threat you can fight, to create the most fear you have to be as light a touch as possible. Just a flicker. Just a whisper.

It’s just Fear, like literally just Fear, the god of Fear, Fear consumed poor Aliss the cook, no skills, no baby, saw everyone die, had to kill her friend. That’s why she’s all Who Turned Out The Lights, Fear consumed her, ate her, like the Vashta Nerada. She’s a husk of Fear.

It might literally just be ambient to the planet, maybe it is the radiation.

And oh how it must have hated being in a reflective-diamond tourist trap - designed, quite probably by the Doctor themselves sometime in the future or a past lifecycle, to be the antithesis of Fear. The universe’s most beautiful Spa resort.

And maybe this was the plan: it had to slowly pare them down to one incredibly frightened individual in order to take over them (like in Midnight) building and building and building and building until it could take a permanent hold in her mind and- Wait. Wait for the inevitable other people to come. No sign of needing to eat, this cook that makes us question the food situation, just that she stayed sat there in the middle of a room, cus she’s already gone.

So what next? You build bigger, right? Well now you see, you don’t want to get too crazy with it like last time - you want to be Big but you also want to get off the planet to spread further. Cus what’s the goal of being Big? Fear breeds. And so by the time they’ve figured out the mirror thing, maybe because it’s an imperfect mirror or maybe because it’s big enough that it can’t be fully destroyed while what remains of the host(s) is still alive and ‘afraid’, it doesn’t get recursioned to death. Cus they’re still afraid, terrified as they run.

If the Fear is ambient, even if it can be stopped in one form, if it got Big enough then the scars are there carrying remnant. And Fear as a concept is ultimately unkillable just able to be made small. But they’re not making it small.

There’s a look of anger in Aliss’s eyes as the Doctor starts to laugh, confidently, because that is the antithesis of Fear. Thus a monstrous form must chase him, bring it back to him. And everyone else is still afraid.

And when it’s just the four of them they’re still afraid enough to coalesce the fear and build and build and build so by the end of even just a few minutes boom you’ve potentially now got another one. Cus Belief makes things real, and Fear is the purest manifestation of that.

And now what’s happened? Not only are you carrying potentially multiple sources of Fear on the ship, not only are there people leaving to tell other people to spread the Fear…

The Doctor told them to nuke the planet. Make sure everyone knows how dangerous it is.

That planet is now going to be a breeding ground for Fear for eons to come and they are the ones who will make sure of it.

[ode-to-arecibo]

Raptorslugs and their co-sophonts moths

The raptorslug homeworld has no moon, a sunlike star and weak tides. Only one creature ever crawled out of the water, which had a mobile gametophyte phase and a photosynthetic sporophyte phase. Every macroscopic land organism is evolved from this source and about 70% of species have retained the two stage lifecycle.

Raptorslugs evolved from a cursorial pack hunter, much like wolves. Their governmental systems have even more diversity than human governments, and countries are usually smaller than on earth. The pack structure rarely plays into government, but frequently into social events and workplace culture. A raptor has a couple packs: their sport friends, their job, whatever other hobbies. A pack always does something together. Your mate is usually not part of your pack, unless you're also on some team together. Raptorslugs genuinely appreciate the corporate pizza party.

Raptorslug culture centers dances, sport and architecture.

The males with their attractive blue dance much like birds of paradise (I'm thinking of the Greater lophorina). There are many styles of dance, but they all involve the wings and usually involve bouncing or shaking. One of the more common interspecies relationships is female raptorslugs (or gay males) with a human in bright clothing who knows how to use a fan. Human with fan is just as attractive as a natural male raptorslug. They would date drakes or herder kaledevids too, but those species have such different conceptions of romance that it rarely works out.

Sports are often derived from hunting in some way. They're one of the few times when it's polite to unsheathe your mandibles. Most sports are meant to evoke a pack taking down a foe, and are rarely two teams on equal ground competing to get a ball into a goal. They prefer to try to get a certain score, with no opponent team. One sport is basically soccer, except there's only one team, and everyone is blindfolded and the field is full of various obstacles. Another popular sport just involves releasing a xenogazelle into a large fenced in area and ten guys work together to kill it with their teeth, or various more 'civilized' variations. The few competitive sports they have are thievery based. Get 'meat' flags from a 'carcass' while the other team tries to chase you away and get the flags for themselves.

Their architecture often evokes bird nests. Round, winding, spiraling, woven. They think bricks look cheap and low effort. Particularly impressive buildings look like gnarled trees, bulging and intertwining as they ascend.

Raptorslugs' sporophyte phase has atrophied into something resembling a placenta. The egg is fertilized, grows into a flat thin sporophyte within the womb, and develops two baby raptorslugs within it from spores.

Moths are more complicated, with a culture and psychology so alien that it's generally just too much work to understand. There are over 100 species of moth, all intelligent, all different levels of intelligence. These species act like and sometimes include breeds, selectively bred for specific purposes. If raptorslugs didn't exist, moths would be capable of building a spaceship on their own (the empire's standard definition for intelligence) but they wouldn't have wanted to. Moths simply don't have the ambition to leave their planet or invent fire or agriculture. They'll gladly run your datacentre but they would never bother inventing it on their own. They just want their sporophyte trees safe. The occasional species has now been bred for ambition but these are still rare.

Moths are easy to work with however, as they think in contracts. They'll do what you ask, and in exchange, usually they ask for their trees to be protected. Sometimes they'll ask for something more complex, like that one time a colony wanted import laws to be relaxed

Moths clearly have some sort of culture. They work differently, want their habitats differently depending on the colony, and experiments show it isn't genetic. But they don't do anything for fun. They don't make art or watch shows. They read, but they strongly prefer nonfiction. They enjoy maps. It's hard to befriend a moth and impossible to date one.

They do have colonies or genetically related individuals, but they aren't a hive mind. Moths from the same tree just tend to want the same things, and don't care if they or their sibling is the one to reproduce, so they stick together.