ATLANTA — Papers addressing advances in high performance buildings, integrated project delivery and design, and numerous high-intensity HVAC applications are being sought for ASHRAE's 2012 Winter Conference in Chicago, Jan. 21-25.
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.
Three microstudies illustrate how innovative design and engineering firms are using software for project information management — PIM — to enable integrated project delivery’s (IPD) ideals of transparency, information sharing, accountability and effective use of building information modeling, in this exclusive by Jim Forester, P.E.,
co-founder and senior technical advisor, Newforma Inc.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Chapter of CSI has announced that it will present an educational seminar on Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), Jan. 20, 2011, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., at the Riverwalk Banquet Center in Indianapolis.
SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — Autodesk Inc. has announced that Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) has been awarded an Autodesk BIM Experience Award. The university’s Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and the Department of Architectural Engineering are being honored for extensive incorporation of building information modeling (BIM) and integrated project delivery (IPD) in its architecture, landscape architecture and architectural engineering curricula.
Using enterprise-wide project management software, the Utah Department of Transportation was able to complete the United States' largest bridge reconstruction project within budget, while reducing overall construction time from three years to two years.
