WAYLAND, MASS. — Despite the languishing economy, CFOs at architecture and engineering firms across the country have proclaimed they have extra cash available for capital improvements such as IT systems.

In this video from the KA Connect 2010 conference, Bob Batcheler of Newforma shows AEC industry professionals how to turn information into knowledge.

MCLEAN, VA. — Lean, LEED, BIM, IPD, Mega-Programs…These are the buzzwords widely used throughout the CM/PM industry each day — and are among the key topics to be discussed at the 2010 CMAA National Conference and Trade Show taking place Oct. 3-5, in San Diego.

DALLAS — Systemates Inc. has announced an integration partnership with Informative Graphics Corp. (IGC) to enhance Projectmates construction project software. Systemates has fully integrated IGC's Brava viewer into Projectmates, combining Projectmates' ‘anywhere access’ to project information with Brava's ‘any type access’ to files.

BOSTON — Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) has been awarded a General Services Administration (GSA) training course with Applied Software. The course, entitled “BIM + Performance Analysis: Managing analysis within an integrative approach,” is applicable for 7 hours of AIA HSW continuing education credit.

SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — Autodesk Inc. has announced the results of the AutoCAD 2011 software productivity study. David S. Cohn Consulting compared the productivity of AutoCAD 2011 to AutoCAD 2008 on typical AutoCAD design processes in a variety of industries.

DUBUQUE, IOWA — Eagle Point Software Corp. has announced the release of Siteworks for Revit, its second third-party software solution built to run inside Autodesk Revit Architecture.