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1st Pricing Strengthens BIM Patent Spectrum
April 13, 2010: Signal Hill, Calif. – The technology works as an add-on to CAD programs. This plug-in allows architects and other designers to utilize libraries of real-world, commercially available products. “We were driving BIM technology before BIM was BIM. We made symbols smart and tied them product databases which allowed us to offer accurate [...] -
Cars are Good, Buildings are Bad — We Need Another National Lab
The title is not completely correct, cars are not really good, but they are less bad than buildings. We hear constantly: “Cars cause Global Warming” (more accurately contribute to Climate Change). People are purchasing hybrids to do their part to help save the earth and lower our need for fuel. We rarely hear: Buildings are the main problem. (They are) BIM, [...] -
GSA Awards Ten Nationwide BIM Services IDIQ Contracts
The General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Services (PBS), has officially awarded ten Nationwide Building Information Modeling (BIM) Services IDIQ Contracts to the following firms: Beck Technology Applied Software Technology DPR Construction, Inc. Ghafari Associates, LLC Hallam Associates, Inc. KlingStubbins, Inc. HNTB Corporation ONUMA, Inc. View by View, Inc. Kristine Fallon Associates, Inc. Congratulations to all of these firms! It will be interesting to see how much [...] -
UPDATE: GSA Nationwide BIM/Laser Scanning Services Contract Awards
The word on the street is that the General Services Administration (GSA)has notified firms selected for Nationwide BIM and Laser Scanning Services contracts this morning. The selected firms will begin contract negotiations this week. No details have been given as to which firms were selected just yet, but follow us on Twitter or check back here [...] -
Texas A&M Receives Grant to Improve Data Exchange and Standards
(Media-Newswire.com) – A team of architecture professors at Texas A&M are aiming to improve buildings’ design and energy efficiency by providing standards for data exchange among disparate building design software systems through research from a national engineering society’s 15-month, $175,000 grant. Studies have shown that problems related to exchanging information among building information modeling software used [...] -
Texas Adopts Building Information Modeling (BIM) capability for State Design and Construction Projects
Austin – The Texas Facilities Commission (TFC), the agency within the State of Texas that oversees the state’s real estate development as owners and operators of state facilities, today announces its adoption of Building Information Modeling (BIM) for state design and construction projects. For over a year, the Facilities Design and Construction (FDC) division within [...] -
Autodesk and Vela Systems Collaborate to Provide Building Information Modeling (BIM) for the Field
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Autodesk,Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) , a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, has announced that it has collaborated with Vela Systems, Inc., a provider of mobile field automation software for the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industries, to integrate Vela Systems Field BIM Software Suite with Autodesk Navisworks. [...] -
GSA Nationwide BIM Services – Phase II Interviews Week of July 27, 2009
Today an email went out from Paris Marshall’s office stating the following: “To ALL Offerors, We are currently in the process of completing our evaluation of Phase I for the above referenced project. Upon completion, firms will be notified, in writing, if they are selected/invited to Phase II, Interviews. If selected, please be advised that GSA has [...]