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Brazilian civil engineering firm earns BIM Experience Award
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March 22, 2010
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SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — Brazilian civil engineering firm Figueiredo Ferraz received an Autodesk BIM Experience Award for its application and promotion of building information modeling (BIM) as a process for large-scale government projects. One of the firm’s recent BIM process-based projects targets environmental recovery for the Sapolandia, Franco, and the Quarenta watercourses in Manaus, Brazil.
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Autodesk offers BIM deployment plan
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March 19, 2010
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SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — Autodesk, Inc., announced the availability of its Autodesk BIM Deployment Plan: A Practical Framework for Implementing BIM, a new web-accessible resource for building industry professionals. Aimed at all AEC stake-holders, including owners, architects, engineers, and contractors, the free guide includes support materials and a framework based on real-world applications of BIM....
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Bentley issues call for 2010 Be Inspired Awards entries
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March 19, 2010
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EXTON, PA. — Bentley Systems, Inc., announced that it is accepting entries for the 2010 Be Inspired Awards competition. Be Inspired brings together infrastructure professionals from around the world, as well as members of the academic community, to advance innovation in information modeling best practices leading to higher-performing infrastructure and more cost-effective project realization; and to promote the achievements of architects, engineers, constructors, geospatial professionals, and owner-operators in sustaining infrastructure empowered by Bentley software. Bentley users wishing to have their projects considered for recognition in the 2010 competition must submit their entries by June 18
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Bell & Gossett announces new BIM library featuring Revit drawings
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March 3, 2010
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MORTON GROVE, Ill. -- ITT Bell & Gossett announces a new extensive online library of 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) content files in Autodesk Revit 2010. A total of 113 Revit families and 5,252 types have been created...
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Avatech Solutions designated an Autodesk Seek Content Service Provider
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March 2, 2010
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BALTIMORE – Avatech Solutions, Inc., a professional services company for design and engineering technologies, has been designated an Autodesk Seek Content Service Provider. This designation recognizes Avatech's leadership role in helping building product manufacturers develop data-rich 3D models of their products for easy download and inclusion into digital building information models (BIM)....
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Bentley's Be Together 2010 conference registration now open
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March 2, 2010
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EXTON, Pa. – Registration is now open for the inaugural Be Together: The Be Communities LIVE Conference, being held May 17-20, 2010, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. This event will enable the architects, engineers, constructors, geospatial professionals, and CAD managers who regularly exchange ideas virtually on the Be Communities professional networking site to connect, communicate, and learn from each other in person. At the same time, guided by Bentley product experts, attendees will acquire knowledge critical to the adoption of an information-modeling level of practice as they earn Bentley Institute Learning Units to track time invested in professional development....
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Architect's 'net zero' dream home designed in ArchiCAD
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March 1, 2010
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BOSTON -- In nature, nothing is perfectly square and organisms orient themselves relative to the sun. Both truths explain the fresh design of the "net zero" Zona home. Designed by architect John Zona III using ArchiCAD 13 software from GRAPHISOFT, the Jacksonville, Fla.-residence is Zona and his wife's personal dream home. It features a main residence and guest cottage/studio, both with football-shaped footprints to minimize energy demands for cooling....
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Bentley releases InRoads V8i (SELECTseries 1), GEOPAK V8i (SELECTseries 1)
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February 23, 2010
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EXTON, PA. — Bentley Systems, Inc., released InRoads Suite V8i (SELECTseries 1) and GEOPAK Civil Engineering Suite V8i (SELECTseries 1). The new releases include 3D information modeling tools for resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation, which are provided by Bentley’s patented Roadway Designer 3D parametric modeling capabilities. According to Bentley, the new tools enable transportation designers to respond more quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively to road and bridge projects, and are especially suited for the newest construction technologies, including automated machine guidance....
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WPL Publishing presents BIM webinar series
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February 23, 2010
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — WPL Publishing is hosting a series of webinars that are designed to help professionals in the construction industry learn about the emerging technology of building information modeling (BIM). In a four-part series — BIM Roadmap 2010: The Authors' Series, BIM Evolution 2010 & Beyond — authors of four industry-recognized BIM books will describe how the technology has evolved since those books were written, explain what they intend to do differently this time around, and advise webinar attendees on how they should direct their businesses to take maximum advantage of BIM going forward....
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Transportation and BIM webcast series
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February 23, 2010
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DEERFIELD, ILL. — CE News and Rebuilding America's Infrastructure are presenting a series of four, one-hour-long webcasts focused on the use of BIM for transportation design projects. The following webcasts are sponsored by Autodesk:
• The Future of Civil Design & Construction with BIM
• Visualizing Civil Designs with the Power of BIM
• Leveraging BIM for Workflows that Cross CADD Boundaries
• BIM and Sustainability for Roadway Drainage Design...
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