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Business of BIM conference
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August 27, 2009
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NEW YORK — To bring design and construction professionals closer to BIM’s benefits, McGraw-Hill Construction will host a national conference on the “Business of BIM.” More than 200 design and construction professionals and affiliates will convene to discuss the business benefits of BIM, present projected effects on the bottom line, and detail case studies that have demonstrated real, measurable results.
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Autodesk acquires assets from BOSS
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August 26, 2009
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SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — Autodesk, Inc. acquired certain assets from BOSS International, Inc., to further expand its water resources analysis capabilities for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. StormNET for stormwater management analysis, RiverCAD for floodplain analysis, and WaterNET for water distribution analysis will be more closely integrated with Autodesk's model-based design solutions, including AutoCAD Civil 3D....
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Autodesk BIM Experience Award
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August 25, 2009
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The Autodesk BIM Experience Award celebrates professionals and educators around the world who are helping to drive industry transformation through building information modeling (BIM). Awards are granted to firms practicing in any AEC discipline, including architecture; civil, structural, and MEP engineering; or construction...
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1st Pricing releases BIM pricing plug-in
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August 24, 2009
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1st Pricing, a Southern California-based e-commerce and technology company, released a plug-in that links its BIM technology to Autocad Architecture 2009. According to the company, the technology fully integrates BIM into the design process, automatically creating a detailed bill of materials with pricing and an online shopping cart....
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Research targets tying together BIM, energy efficiency
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August 24, 2009
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Research funded by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) seeks to ensure that a common language of energy efficiency is spoken by BIM software used by architects and energy analysis and simulation software used by engineers....
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Concrete meeting to feature BIM
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August 24, 2009
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The concrete industry’s Strategic Development Council’s (SDC) meeting Oct. 1-2, 2009, at the Inverness Hotel & Conference Center, near Denver, will include presentations and discussions on BIM and its more effective and widespread use, among other topics....
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Texas adopts BIM for state projects
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August 24, 2009
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The Texas Facilities Commission (TFC), the agency that oversees the state’s real estate development as owners and operators of state facilities, adopted BIM for state design and construction projects. For more than a year, the Facilities Design and Construction division within TFC has worked to standardize the use of BIM for its future projects to promote workflow efficiency, streamline productivity, and increase the state’s return on investment....
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BIM and lean construction save millions of dollars
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August 24, 2009
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Turner Construction Company, the nation's largest builder of healthcare facilities, reported that the use of an innovative combination of BIM and lean construction practices on the 555,000-square-foot Middle Tennessee Medical Center (MTMC) in Murfreesboro, Tenn. resulted in the delivery of $3 million in budgeted costs savings below the owner's initial target at the beginning of the project and an additional projection of nearly $1 million in savings from BIM-enabled prefabrication alone by the end of the project....
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BIM transition in four steps
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August 24, 2009
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In a recent cadalyst article, Pete Zyskowski, senior BIM application consultant at Applied Software, outlined a four-step process that can help firms through a “fool-resistant transition” to BIM....
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