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Autodesk’s acquisitions to extend visualization solutions
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January 7, 2010
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SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — Autodesk, Inc., acquired Dynamite VSP and Dynamite SIM visualization software products and related assets. The products were purchased from 3AM Solutions, a U.K.-based privately owned technology company that develops visualization software for civil infrastructure....
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NRG Energy, Inc. to provide high-efficiency energy services to University Medical Center of Princeton
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December 30, 2009
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PRINCETON, N.J. — NRG Energy, Inc., through its subsidiary NRG Thermal, has signed a contract to provide comprehensive, high-efficiency energy services to the new University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro (UMCPP). The 237-single patient room, acute-care hospital is currently under construction in Plainsboro, NJ, and is expected to open by the end of 2011....
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Eagle Point releases new AutoCAD Civil 3D add-on for surveyors
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December 17, 2009
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DUBUQUE, IOWA. — Eagle Point introduced the Surveyors’ Toolbox, the company’s third add-on product for AutoCAD Civil 3D. The Surveyor’s Toolbox is designed to allow surveyors to move comfortably and productively to AutoCAD Civil 3D with simplified COGO routines and user interface. ...
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SPAR 2010 features 'Scan to BIM' track
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December 8, 2009
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THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — SPAR 2010, Spar Point Research LLC's seventh annual 3D imaging and positioning conference, will feature a full-day track called "Scan to BIM." According to organizers, presentations will describe best-of-class BIM, GIS, and facility management data capture and modeling practices....
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Autodesk East Coast Headquarters Achieves LEED-CI Platinum Certification
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December 8, 2009
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PHOENIX — Autodesk’s 61,000-square-foot office building in Waltham, Mass. received the LEED-CI Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The building earned 46 LEED credit points, exceeding the 42-credit level required for a Platinum rating. ...
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Report offers constructive advice for construction industry’s competitiveness and efficiency
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November 24, 2009
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WASHINGTON, D.C. —The National Research Council (NRC) issued a new workshop report which identifies five key activities to advance the competitiveness and effectiveness of the nation’s construction industry....
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AEC (UK) BIM Standard now available
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November 24, 2009
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UNITED KINGDOM —The AEC (UK) Standards Committee today announced the Phase 1 release of its new BIM Standard documents. The standard which is targeted at companies migrating from CAD to BIM, provides a practical & pragmatic BIM standard for the Architectural, Engineering and Construction industry in the UK....
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Autodesk Licenses ISOGEN Technology from Intergraph
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November 23, 2009
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SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — Autodesk, Inc. announced that it has entered into a long-term OEM licensing agreement with Intergraph to embed Intergraph ISOGEN technology in Autodesk’s AutoCAD Plant 3D 2010 product....
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Autodesk honors three universities for efforts to promote BIM
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November 9, 2009
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SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — Autodesk, Inc., announced that three universities — California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), South China University of Technology (Guangzhou, China), and RWTH Aachen University (Aachen, Germany) — have earned an Autodesk BIM Experience Award for exemplary building information modeling (BIM) educational efforts and research....
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Construction Users Roundtable presents vision of what’s 'Beyond BIM’
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November 5, 2009
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CINCINNATI, OHIO — “Beyond BIM: Excellence in the Creation and Protection of Capital Assets” will be the subject of a keynote presentation to be given by Frank T. MacInnis, chairman and CEO of EMCOR Group, Inc., at The Construction Users Roundtable’s (CURT) 9th Annual National Conference of Construction Owners, Nov. 16-18, 2009, in Orlando, Fla. “Industrial, commercial, and government facility owners and users face a host of challenges in understanding and managing the true life-cycle costs of their assets,” said MacInnis. “One of the best ways of overcoming these challenges is the use of mutual-benefit partnerships with efficient, technologically adept construction and facilities services firms that have moved far beyond the traditional skill sets and customer relationships of the past.”...
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