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Susan Smith
Susan Smith has worked as an editor and writer in the technology industry for over 16 years. As an editor she has been responsible for the launch of a number of technology trade publications, both in print and online. Currently, Susan is the Editor of GISCafe and AECCafe, as well as those sites’ … More » Integrated Project Delivery – is it possible?October 16th, 2009 by Susan Smith
At the Bentley Be Inspired: Infrastructure Best Practices Symposium and Awards in Charlotte, NC this past week, an Executive Roundtable discussion included Bentley customers, employees and the press in what turned out to be a discussion of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and what that means to different stakeholders. One participant said Integrated Project Delivery “doesn’t make it” outside the U.S. Another said that legality and risk make it “difficult” to do IPD. Someone offered that structural engineers are able to do IPD more easily. The hope among some was that as BIM is better understood, then the BIM model will be relied upon for accuracy. But BIM really asks architects to be as rigid as engineers, and one participant said “architects aren’t usually that explicit.” This topic was addressed in the AECWeekly article, The Road to AEC Project Execution Success, which drew from a study contracted by software company Newforma, and written by Bruce Jenkins, principal of Spar Point Research. The study entitled “Mitigating Risk in AEC Project Execution: Perspectives from Principals, Counsel and Insurers,” took a fresh look at the industry from three stakeholder viewpoints. http://www10.aeccafe.com/nbc/articles/view_weekly.php?section=Magazine&articleid=607727 AECCafe at Bentley Be InspiredOctober 9th, 2009 by Susan Smith
Bentley is holding a new event, the Bentley Be Inspired Infrastructure Symposium, in Charlotte, North Carolina this coming week. The event will showcase the Bentley BE Awards which are usually announced at the annual BE Conference, which was not held this year. This year, the awards ceremony is by invitation only and will also give attendees the opportunity to speak with finalists in executive roundtable settings. I’ll be in Charlotte Monday through Wednesday of next week and will be reporting from there. Digital Project based on manufacturing design platformOctober 7th, 2009 by Susan Smith
Gehry Technologies’ Digital Project V1R4 SP5 is a departure from most CAD or 3D building information modeling (BIM) tools in that it is based on a design and manufacturing platform – in this case Dassault Systemes’ CATIA, used as a core engine. The Digital Project suite is comprised of powerful 3D building Designer and Viewer can operate as stand-alone products; and one of those two is required for all add-on products. Autodesk takes ebayer to court…againOctober 2nd, 2009 by Susan Smith
One would think that a large software company such as Autodesk would have more to do than to ferret out eBay sellers who are selling their software. But that obviously is not the case: “The case of Timothy Vernor, the man Autodesk tried to stop selling their software on eBay, has had another day in court. Vernor is a full-time eBay seller, usually of comic books. But in 2005 he found a copy of AutoCAD design software at a garage sale – software which usually sells for about $4,000. Shortly after he put the CD on eBay the auction house received a lawyer’s letter from Autodesk alleging infringements of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. eBay pulled the auction but Vernor complained and eBay, and Autodesk, eventually backed down. But when Vernor chanced upon some more Autodesk CDs, apparently at another garage sale, they again hit him with DMCA notices.” -Channel Register, Oct. 1, 2009, UK http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/10/01/ebay_autodesk_vernor/ Simulation seen as critical for design and operation of buildings…September 30th, 2009 by Susan Smith
From a press release issued by Bentley today: “Drury Crawley, Ph.D., technology development manager, U.S. DOE, said that in the DOE’s energy building research, simulation has proven critical for designing and operating buildings to support decision making. At the same time it: •Helps design teams and owners focus energy-use reduction efforts; Dr. Crawley added that the integration of the U.S. DOE’s EnergyPlus – a comprehensive building, envelope, HVAC, lighting, water, site, and renewables simulation program – with commercial software is critical to bringing energy simulation into mainstream workflows.” |
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