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Model-based Design Requires More Than BIM
08.24.10
Newforma CEO Ian Howell discusses how it is becoming increasingly apparent that model-based design requires more than BIM alone.
This article was originally printed in The VOICE magazine, Summer 2010. The VOICE is a publication of the Construction Users Roundtable and is published by Matrix Group Publishing. For advertising information, call 866-999-1299.
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There Are 4 P’s in Practice
08.23.10
KA Connect is a tribe of AEC industry professionals who are reinventing the way that they build teams, develop methodology, and leverage technology to foster a culture of organizational learning. In this video from the 2010 conference, Bob Batcheler shows the tribe how to turn information into knowledge. You’ll also get some excellent book recommendations along the way.
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BIM could be better: Ask for links!
07.27.10
If you work with project information such as email decision trails, RFIs, submittals and action items – and you know you do – could you gain by being able to link it to specific locations in the model? Newforma executives Ian Howell and Bob Batcheler make the case for bi-directional links to and from any location within a BIM.
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Lean Design using Microsoft Office Excel and Newforma Project Center
07.21.10
Boulder Associates Principal Romano Nickerson and Senior Associate Todd Henderson show how lean design using Excel spreadsheets and Newforma Project Center captures and tracks three key metrics: planned percent complete or PPC; tasks anticipated; and variance. The healthcare architecture firm used this method of project management to complete a $4 million medical imaging center in 85 percent of the time originally scheduled.
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Revisiting "International Developments" from the 2006 Report on Integrated Practice
06.30.10
The ninth segment of 2009 and Beyond revisits International Developments, written by Ian Howell for the 2006 Report on Integrated Practice. Ian Howell, CEO of Newforma, Inc., sat down recently with Markku Allison, AIA, to discuss his 2006 essay and how the topics of international development and integrated practice go hand in hand and remain valid issues for practitioners today.
- Article by Kimberly Yoho was released in AIArchitect in June 2010
- Listen to the interview on AIA Pod Net
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Populous case study: AEC Project Managers Discover Increased Control
06.30.10
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This case study, reprinted at two ConnectPress websites, shows how Populous has adopted Newforma Project Center software to streamline work processes, improve coordination and communication, reduce exposure from errors and omissions, increase visibility into costs and quantities, and support repeatability.
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The new math for the A/E industry: BIM + PIM = IPD
06.14.10
Newforma Chief Executive Officer Ian Howell tells how project information management (PIM) software combines with building information modeling (BIM) to facilitate integrated project delivery (IPD).
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PIM is the new buzzword in the A/E world
04.26.10
This Zweig Letter article on project information management software contrasts Newforma Project Center with alternatives. Quotes by Newforma Chief Executive Officer Ian Howell and Steffian Bradley Architects Principal and Chief Information Officer Spencer Warncke clarify the Newforma advantage.
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Document Management Challenges and Trends
04.26.10
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Newforma Project Center is not document management software per se, but in its role as AEC project information management software, it certainly performs some document managenet functions. ConnectPress Editor Lauren Browne talks to Newforma Chief Executive Officer Ian Howell about managing AEC documents in this article, which appeared in sister ConnectPress publicatons.
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Newforma Seventh Edition re-engineered to support any e-mail program
04.22.10
For five years Jeff Yoders covered IT, CAD, and BIM for Building Design+Construction magazine. Now he's blogging full time about the latest news and products for the AEC industries. Here, Jeff reports on Newforma Project Center Seventh Edition's support for non-Outlook e-mail applications such as Novell GroupWise, Lotus Notes and web-based e-mail applications such as Google's Gmail.
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