DEERFIELD, ILL. — Save the dates! The 2011 AEC Technology Strategies Conference will be held June 8-10 at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines in La Jolla, Calif.

DEERFIELD, ILL. — Save the dates! The 2011 Best Firms To Work For Summit will be held Sept. 28-30 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. This event delivers cutting-edge information and solutions, with keynote presentations and intensive focus sessions designed to provide the tips, strategies, and tactics today’s architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting firm leaders and human resource professionals need to survive in the current competitive environment.

PHOENIX — Utilizing advanced and innovative application of total Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), the city-owned Arizona State University College of Nursing & Health Innovation Phase II building (NHI2) has won the Design-Build Institute of America's (DBIA) National Design-Build Award for an education facility over $25 million, and was one of two buildings — out of hundreds of entries nationwide — to be nominated for the Best Overall Award.

WAYLAND, MASS. — Many architecture and engineering leaders believe integrated project delivery (IPD) — where architects, engineers, owners, contractors, and subcontractors work collaboratively as a team from the inception of a project and share the benefits and risks — is riddled with too many unknowns to even consider at this point, according to a survey by The Zweig Letter.

DEERFIELD, ILL. — The AIA BIM Protocol Exhibit E202 defines the BIM Levels of Development (LOD) as 100, 200, 300, and 400. According to a recent online poll on www.IPDChannel.net, the majority of respondents are unaware of this document (69%). While many are aware of this document (25%), only a handful of practitioners have used it (5%). Are you aware of this document? 

Read how new technology is enhancing collaboration between design and construction teams in “BIM and IPD victory in Vail,” by Wayne Muir, P.E., in the November 2010 issue of Structural Engineering & Design.