In a conversation with Terry Bennett, senior industry strategist for infrastructure, Autodesk, about the recent announcement at the National Press Club, of a new report released that outlines innovative new ways that the federal government, industry and other stakeholders can work together to solve the crisis of the failing state of U.S. infrastructure.
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New report offers 6-point plan to address the U.S. infrastructure of the future
Monday, July 7th, 2014
AIA 2014 Convention Keynotes, “Design with a Purpose”
Monday, June 30th, 2014In keeping with the theme of this year’s event, “Design with Purpose,” Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel opened the festivities at the AIA 2014 Convention in Chicago this past week with great enthusiasm for architectural innovation in Chicago. Emanuel also once served as White House Chief of Staff to President Obama, as well as served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives for Chicago’s 5th District. He previously served as a key member of the Clinton administration from 1993 to 1998, rising to serve as Senior Advisor to the President for Policy and Strategy.
Are Managed Services Right for You? 3 Things You Should Know About Them
Tuesday, June 24th, 2014In March, AECCafe Voice wrote about Bentley MANAGEservices — Bentley MANAGEservices Address Project Collaboration and Work Sharing. Here is another article about Managed Services by Bentley’s Brian Robins that adds more information on that topic.
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AECCafe will be at the AIA Chicago National Convention
Wednesday, June 11th, 2014AECCafe, in the form of Editor, Susan Smith, will be at the AIA National Convention in Chicago June 26-27th.
What that means is that our focus remains on architecture, engineering and construction from a CAD and Building Information Modeling perspective. As I ready for this conference, I would like to hear from more CAD and BIM companies to have an awareness of your booth presence and events you might be hosting.
The areas we cover are quite vast: building information modeling, visualization, CAD, 3D printing, document management, project management, laser scanning, conceptual design, integrated project delivery, and specifications.
If you wish to set up a meeting during the convention, please contact me at susan.smith@ibsystems.com. Look forward to seeing many of you there!
Thanks,
Susan
Graphisoft’s new Archicad 18 release
Thursday, June 5th, 2014A couple of weeks ago I spoke with Akos Pfemeter of Graphisoft about the new Archicad 18 release. The product Archicad is 30 years old this year, which Pfemeter points out means that “BIM” is 30 years old now, since Graphisoft was the first company to create building information modeling.
Trimble Proliance 5.7 released
Wednesday, June 4th, 2014Brant Carter, Product Management Director with the Owner Division of Trimble Buildings Group, answered AECCafe Voice’s questions about the latest Proliance 5.7 release from Trimble:
Autodesk’s first quarter results look strong
Friday, May 16th, 2014Autodesk reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2015 on Thursday, May 15.
From the press release, here are the following primary results:
First Quarter Fiscal 2015
• Total billings increased 10 percent, compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2014.
• Total subscriptions increased by over 89,000, compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014.
• Revenue was $593 million, an increase of 4 percent, compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2014 as
reported, and increased 5 percent on a constant currency basis. Revenue contribution from the recent
acquisition of Delcam was immaterial to first quarter results.
• GAAP operating margin was 7 percent, compared to 14 percent in the first quarter of fiscal 2014.
• Non-GAAP operating margin was 17 percent, compared with 24 percent in the first quarter of fiscal
2014. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results is provided in the accompanying tables.
• GAAP diluted earnings per share were $0.12, compared to $0.24 in the first quarter of fiscal 2014.
• Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share were $0.32, compared to $0.42 in the first quarter of fiscal 2014.
• Deferred revenue increased 13 percent to a record $964 million, compared to the first quarter of fiscal
2014.
• Cash flow from operating activities was $219 million, compared to $224 million in the first quarter of
fiscal 2014.
The full press release, complete with predictions and webcast presentations can be found here.
HP DL380z Virtual Workstation announced
Thursday, May 8th, 2014Jeff Groudan, worldwide director, Thin Client and Virtual Workstation Product Management and Jim Christensen, product manager at HP, talked about the announcement this week of the HP DL380z Virtual Workstation solution – a slick combination of HP’s server hardware technology and the integration of it into the true workstation ecosystem, delivered out of the Workstation Business unit.
Wujin Council Offices comes out a winner with GenerativeComponents for building analysis
Tuesday, April 8th, 2014Tim Fowler, LAB Architecture with SIADR, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China, talked about the award-winning Wujin Council Building project west of Shanghai at the Year in Infrastructure Be Inspired Conference 2013. Wujin was the Be Inspired Award Winner in the category “Innovation in Generative Design” for 2013.
Autodesk 2015 AEC Design Suites released
Thursday, March 27th, 2014
Autodesk InfraWorks 2015 now offers a new, more intuitive user interface to help speed workflows. Image courtesy of Autodesk
