Wasting Money Stimulus Plan Adopting BIM Going Green

February 2009

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You Are Wasting Your Money
By Dennis Neeley, AIA

You are wasting your money! If you have 40 employees using Revit you are most likely wasting $4,000 a day, that’s over one million dollars a year!

Do not jump to the conclusion that Revit is the problem. Revit is a productivity tool of unprecedented proportions that will lead to better designs, lower construction costs, increased architects and engineers’ fees and better buildings. Revit is not only a better way to create contract documents it is the foundation for analysis, simulation and facilities management that will lead to significantly better designs and building..... read more >>>

The Federal Stimulus Project Plan
Although not directly related to BIM, The Obama administration is expected to dedicate around $1 trillion in spending proposals in an attempt to revive an economy mired in a recession. This includes funding for repairing roads, bridges, schools and other infrastructure projects.

Reed Construction Data is publishing these projects for use by the construction industry in four regional project bulletins and making them available for download here on this page..... read more >>>

BIM: Why You Should Adopt it
BIM is rapidly becoming the foundation of building design, visualization studies, contract documents, analysis, simulation and facilities management. Here are some of the facts..... read more >>>

AIA 2009 Nat'l Convention and Design Group

It’s time to get registered for
AIA – San Francisco. Follow the
link below to get all of the info
for this year’s expo.
www.aiaconvention.com/live/61/


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