This article captures the recently concluded Autodesk University 2007 from the AEC perspective, with the highlights of the general and building industry sessions, along with an overview of some new products and updates that were on display at the Exhibit Hall accompanying the event.
This article by Tim Rice and Art Haug of LMN Architects, a 100-person firm in Seattle, illustrates how their deployment of Newforma Project Center has simplified the process of tracking and submittals during that all-important construction phase of a project.
URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/feature/2007/ManagingSubmittals.html
This article captures the highlights of the recent AIA Technology in Architectural Practice conference that was held in Washington DC. It included plenary sessions on issues such as international practice and education, along with focused sessions on topics such as project and construction administration management, development and implementation of automated code checking in the US, digital project workflows enabled by new technology, and the dynamics and risks of open, technology-enhanced business models.
In this Viewpoint article, Tammy McCuen and Major Patrick Suermann, P.E., two academics who are closely involved with the National Building Information Modeling Standard (NBIMS) effort, discuss the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) that is being developed as part of the NBIMS to become a tool for BIM users to evaluate their practices and processes. They also describe a joint project between the AIA and NBIMS in which an interactive version of the CMM was applied to each of the 2007 TAP BIM award winners in order to test the model against real-world BIM projects.