WASHINGTON, D.C. — Starting Feb. 15, WPL Publishing will begin hosting a four-part webinar series to help professionals in the construction industry learn the best ways to implement building information modeling (BIM) technology.

HEERLEN, THE NETHERLANDS — Cadac Goup, a Microsoft Partner Network member and developer of Cadac Organice, a SharePoint-based Engineering Document Management solution, has announced it has successfully re-enrolled the Microsoft Partner Network.

BOSTON — GRAPHISOFT has announced the North American version of ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2011, the latest release of its entry-level building information modeling (BIM) solution.

The Texas A&M University College of Architecture is seeking industry input. The college is surveying the industry to find out how the transition to building information modeling (BIM) is impacting small architectural firms. The survey is a key part of the data collection and is completely anonymous. The investigation has three central goals: to identify the current state of BIM adoption in architectural firms, to analyze the small firm BIM adoption process, and to develop a strategic model for small firm BIM adoption. Click here to take the survey.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In his State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama focused on the importance of the nation’s infrastructure; science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education; and even made a reference to the power of building information modeling (BIM).

LOS ANGELES — AECOM Technology Corp. has announced its continued global use of building information modeling (BIM) solutions with the company’s design of Scotland’s Roseisle Distillery.

PORTLAND, MAINE — InterSpec Inc. has announced it is making a recently published paper — e-SPECS for Revit: Integrating Building Information Models and Construction Specifications — available to those interested in learning more about the company’s BIM integrated construction specification software and services.

NEW ZEALAND — A board has been appointed for the first time to oversee steel frame building software provider FRAMECAD Solutions.

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND AND HELSINKI, FINLAND — Solibri Inc. has announced a partner agreement with The Cadimage Group (including GRAPHISOFT New Zealand Limited and Cadimage Limited) to serve the increasing need for BIM quality assurance and Model Checking, and to sell and market Solibri’s products in New Zealand and Australia.