KENNESAW, GA. — Tekla and Autodesk work together to enable better compatibility between Tekla and Autodesk's respective building information modeling (BIM) software platforms. As a first step, the companies have collaborated to introduce new features that allow for the exchange of structural data between Revit and Tekla software.

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THE NETHERLANDS — Cadac Organice BV has introduced Cadac Organice Gatekeeper. Cadac Organice Gatekeeper helps companies to define and enforce design standards on AutoCAD drawings and saves substantial time and effort in the design and control process.

ATLANTA — The Beck Group showcased its focus on BIM during a tour of Georgia Tech’s Hinman Research Building, which is under renovation. The historic building will house Georgia Tech’s College of Architecture.

MUNICH — Nemetschek Allplan has introduced Allplan 2011, an AEC platform for 3D building modeling with quantity takeoff and cost determination.

LONDON, U.K. — Software from Pointools is being used to create a 3D model to support restoration work at the world’s fourth largest church Duomo di Milano or Milan Cathedral.

REDLANDS, CALIF. — As facilities owners and operators look to create buildings that are safe, secure, energy efficient, and optimally operated, they are embracing geographic information system (GIS) technology. This is leading many who have invested in building information modeling (BIM) to question whether BIM and GIS can be used together. Shelli Stockton, facilities management industry manager for Esri, addressed this question at the online Spatial Roundtable.

AMSTERDAM — Bentley Systems CEO Greg Bentley and SVP Bhupinder Singh have announced the company’s progress and plans for leveraging information modeling, both for increasingly integrated projects, and for operations of high-performing, intelligent infrastructure assets.