CraigMichaels, Inc., the leading producer of senior level business summits, announced further details regarding the 4th annual K12 Facilities Summit.
The three day summit, to be held October 8-10th at the Woodlands Resort & Conference Center in Houston, TX, will bring together a high ranking national assembly of K12 administrators responsible for overseeing the planning, design, construction and operations of K12 school buildings. The confirmed speaker panel for this year’s summit represents a who’s who of administrators responsible for from the nation’s largest and most prominent school districts.
For additional information and to view the full summit agenda, please visit the website
Availl Inc., a leading WAFS vendor and provider of real-time data and storage software, announced that V3/Landmark Engineering resolved team productivity and CAD file access performance among remote branch offices over their wide area network (WAN) by using Availl WAFS software. With 90 percent of its 500,000 computer files being AutoCAD – files that are often slow to access and problematic to share – V3/Landmark deployed Availl software on its branch office Windows servers. V3 gained LAN file access speed across the WAN at each office. In addition real-time file locking, file coherence and continuous file backup consolidation were included.
GiveMePower Corporation announced the company's new PowerCAD® SiteMaster™ 3 building surveying and information management solution now supports "anytime and anywhere" creation of 100% precise building floor plans, instant area, inspection and construction estimation reports and web-ready real estate presentations in less than 1/2 the time and 1/2 the cost of traditional measuring tape and paper methods using Leica Geosystems' new DISTO™ A6 Bluetooth® handheld laser and any Microsoft mobile computing system.
Contract Awards
Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced that the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) has selected Bentley InRoads as its new transportation design software. In addition, MTO has joined Bentley's Enterprise Training Subscription (ETS) program, which entitles the ministry to unlimited professional training by Bentley Institute.
Awards
Intergraph Corporation announced that its Power, Process & Marine (PP&M) division has been recognized with the PELC 2006 Award at the Plant Engineering Life Cycle (PELC) Conference, held at the World Forum Convention Center in The Netherlands. The award recognizes Intergraph as the best supplier of life cycle data management solutions based on top performance in the following areas: strategic alignment, information sharing, design and engineering, operation and maintenance, and data integration.
Deltek, provider of enterprise management software for project-focused organizations, announced that its management team has been recognized as the most visionary, innovative and results-driven by the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) Hot Ticket Awards. In a year with a record number of nominations for the awards, Deltek was selected as one of five finalists for the Hottest Management Team award, and was recognized as the winner at a July 13th gala.
Oce Imagistics Inc. has been awarded three "Pick of the Year" awards from Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI). BLI, the leading independent office equipment test lab and business consumer advocate, honored Oce Imagistics performance with three Spring 2006 "Pick of the Year" awards covering high-speed black & white and color:
-- im9220: "Outstanding Segment 6 Multifunctional Imaging System"
-- cm4520: "Outstanding Color Multifunctional Imaging System"
-- cm2520: "Outstanding Color Multifunctional Imaging System"
Primavera Systems, Inc., announced that it has once again been recognized by the Omega Management Group for outstanding customer satisfaction. Omega's prestigious NorthFace ScoreBoard Award(SM) was presented to Primavera at the recent SCORE Conference in Boston.
New Products
Deltek, provider of enterprise management software for project-focused organizations, announced the release of Deltek MissionFirst(TM), the first complete financial software system for grant-based nonprofits. Created specially for federal grant recipients, MissionFirst provides integrated, easy-to-use software that eliminates multiple spreadsheets, automates key business processes, and facilitates government compliance. With MissionFirst, nonprofits can for the first time effectively manage their grants, contracts and accounting information with a single integrated solution.
Seemage™, a company that focuses on facilitating communication by making product data interactive, announced that it is releasing a plug-in for 3D PDF. Seemage will support not only the current Adobe 3D PDF activities but also the “future” of 3D PDF.
With this release Seemage users have the option of publishing 3D PDF files in either Adobe’s u3D file format or Seemage’s .smg file format. 3D PDF files published in the Seemage format provide up to a 10X performance improvement over u3d. As well the Seemage PDF Plug-in provides additional tools.
ArchVision, Inc. announces the immediate availability of a new RPC (Rich Photorealistic Content) library, Casual People Volume 10. Featuring casual summer styles, this RPC collection will further enhance your entourage choices. With a sundry of different poses and expressions, this new collection is designed to add variety and realism to 3D renderings and animations. As with all RPC Content, users of these new collections can take advantage of RPC Platform Tools for ease of placement and editing. Features such as Mass Populate and Mass Edit make placing entourage a snap.
CMiC, the enterprise resource planning software engine for project-based companies involved in the building process, unveiled solutions that help emerging firms better compete with larger rivals through fully integrated financial, human capital and project management capabilities. CMiC's financial, operational and project tracking features provide the necessary visibility to eliminate risk and increase profitability, allowing even the smallest company to better compete in an increasingly competitive, global business environment.
PROCAD announces the release of 2D DESIGNER V2007 compatible with AutoCAD® 2007. The new release will feature the following improvements:
A new Standards Manager to replace the Project Manager. This new interface simplifies the management of different standards used for different clients or projects Streamlined installation program for standalone and network setups
IMSI/Design, leader in retail CAD, announced the release of FloorPlan(r) 3D Version 11, a leading software application for home and small structure design and remodeling.
FloorPlan 3D Version 11 contains dozens of new features and performance optimizations, including photorealistic rendering, customizable windows and doors, curved driveways, and enhanced lighting options that let you set light position and time of day.
Autoweb, a provider of engineering data management and exchange services, has unveiled a new, significantly improved version of Workwise(CX), its online collaborative exchange utility.
Workwise(CX) now offers pre-configured virtual “rooms” that compliment natural work processes used by team members working at locations around the globe.
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| The Tenth East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC-10) | |
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In 2006, Axium will highlight and explain 10 rights you have and should be aware of in purchasing a financial and project management software. We will focus and discuss in detail your rights in a series of webinars throughout the year. So, watch for our next mailer, register for our upcoming webinars and learn what to look for in a financial and project management software. |
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| The International Summer Workshop is an 8 day practical and technical training workshop in English focusing on solar and low energy housing examples from Europe relevant to temperate and cold climates. |
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