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• Controlling Digital Documents with Project Information Management (PIM) Software 03.09.10

  

  Project information management (PIM) software is a new category of technology designed to tackle the growing challenge of managing electronic documents and digital workflow by architects, engineers and contractors. In this "Insights" column in Structure magazine, a publication of the National Council of Engineers Associations (NCSEA), Newforma Vice President Bob Batcheler describes how PIM software offers much more than simple efficiency in day-to-day operations. It also mitigates risks.

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• Using Newforma Project Center to Drive the BIM Markup Process 01.28.10

  

  Craig Stauffer, S.E., and Steve Farvour, S.E., of PCS Structural Solutions, show how project information management (PIM) software has enabled their team members to more efficiently collaborate on model-based design projects.

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• The Enablers: How Project Information Management supports BIM projects 01.01.10

  

  Building Design & Construction Senior Associate Editor Jeff Yoders explains how building teams are using project information management (PIM) software to deal with everyday forms, procedural documents, contracts and other project information that needs to be shared with virtually everyone on the job, whether or not they're using BIM.

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• Looking Beyond BIM to Business Information 12.14.09
  A new AECBytes Viewpoint article examines the the role of agcXML in streamlining information exchange. Newforma and Vico Software are leading the use of the agcXML schema as a basis for information exchange and product integration. Read “Looking Beyond BIM to Business Information: The Role of agcXML in Streamlining Information Exchange,” by Grunley Construction Company Director of Integrated Project Delivery Systems Michael Tardif, Assoc. AIA, CSI, LEED AP.

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• Digital dividends: a day in the life of a civil engineering project manager 12.01.09
  
  Digital technologies are changing the shape of everyday tasks required to manage projects, capture decisions, modify plans, and share information with larger project teams. Here, Jordan, Jones & Goulding Associate and Senior Project Manager Ed Culican, P.E., shows how a new breed of software applications is saving time, reducing the risk of errors, and improving responsiveness to clients.

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• Watch Your Language: Five Information Management Terms I’d Like to Replace 10.08.09

  
  When it comes to improving AEC work processes, our language may limit our vision. So says Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Associate Doris Pulsifer in this article from the American Institute of Architects' KnowledgeNet newsletter. Doris includes Newforma Project Center among the technologies that make expanded thinking possible.

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• New Partnership Pushes Interoperability 09.25.09
  This article in Constructech magazine, the industry's advocate for the technology needs of the construction professional, focuses on software vendors who are integrating products using the Associated General Contractors’ agcXML specification.

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• Electronic Information in Formation: digital submittals, sharing and storage 09.09.09
  Brett Wilbur, CSI, CCS, AIA, of Page Southerland Page LLP in Houston, compares Newforma Project Center project information management software to Attolist, Submittal Exchange, Buzzsaw, FTP sites and email.
  TO FIND THE ARTICLE, click the "Features" drop-down menu in the upper left, and select the bottom title, "Electronic Information in Formation," or go to page 54.

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• Project Information Management: Email Is Just the Beginning 09.08.09
  Newforma Vice President of Industry Marketing and Product Management Bob Batcheler describes how PIM software reduces administrative overhead and improves the quality of information for AEC professionals. Examples from Maryland-based Grunley Construction, with remarks by Grunley Vice President and General Manager Greg Druga, illustrate key points.
  

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• How Project Information Management Sharpens Our Focus on Clients and Designs 06.30.09
  With the economic downturn early in 2009, Andrew Hollomon had to reprioritize his information technology plan for Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects. One thing that didn’t budge was a five-point plan to improve operational efficiency. In this Viewpoint article, Andrew describes how he achieved his goals in less time and lower cost than anticipated.

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