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QUICK TAKES Bentley Releases Enhanced AutoPLANT P&ID in response to the evident synergy between critical new technology-enabled methodologies and objectives in sustainable design, which are both rapidly reshaping the building professions. Leaders in AEC shared their organizations’ best practices in building information modeling and sustainable design during the presentation sessions, and hosted an interactive think-tank discussion in the afternoon. Bentley, the sponsor of this event, now makes its informative and thought-provoking sessions available for viewing online. contacting those states’ departments of transportation and by accessing their Web sites, which are accessible through the AASHTO Web site. >>more highlights Bentley has released a signiﬁcant enhancement to AutoPLANT P&ID, a wellestablished and proven product that includes all the components needed to create P&ID CAD drawings quickly and uniformly. Version 8.9.3 of AutoPLANT P&ID brings important new capabilities, including support for AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD 2008 and greater compatibility with ISO15926. The new version’s support for AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD 2008 enables AutoPLANT users to stay abreast of the latest versions of AutoCAD. At the same time, because AutoPLANT v8.9.3 also maintains full support for legacy versions of AutoCAD, AutoPLANT users enjoy the ﬂexibility of deploying the AutoCAD version of their choice. >>more Master of the New Nostalgic for the Old Rem Koolhaas shows some photographs—not glossy shots of some earth-shattering new building he has created, but small snapshots of street life in the age-old courtyards of Beijing. Known as hutongs, these tight webs of hotchpotch homes and alleys are gathered around wells. “Most of them will soon be gone,” says the architect, speaking in the Rotterdam headquarters of his company, Oma. “The Olympics next year will ﬁnd them oldfashioned and unsightly. Those who live there are being given new high-rise ﬂats. These are well-equipped and clean, but people, I think, will miss their old life down below in the courtyards.” Yes, down below—with the fruit-sellers, public kitchens, urban bustle and banter, the traveling >>more New AASHTO Bridge Information Site The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Ofﬁcials (AASHTO) has launched a Web site of resource information regarding bridges for the use of the general public and the media. The site addresses frequently asked questions regarding bridges in the federally ﬁnanced U.S. transportation system, including numbers of bridges, condition of the bridge inventory, and work done in recent years to improve and invest in that inventory. It also explains key terms used by state and federal bridge experts, and offers reliable federal estimates of funding needs for bridge work in the United States. Speciﬁc information about bridges in individual states can be found by Liability in 3D Scanning What do service providers, EPCs, and asset owners involved in 3D laser scanning need to know about assessing liability and insuring against risk? Part 1 of this series by Bruce Jenkins, president of research at Spar Point Research LLC, looks at service-provider issues in assessing liability and insuring for risk in 3D laser scanning. Part 2 offers owner and EPC perspectives on these issues and a review of professional liability essentials. >>more (Part 1) >>more (Part 2) BIM Executive Summit Proceedings Online Earlier this year, building industry executives gathered in New York City at a one-day summit to guide each other and the industry. The central topics of this event were chosen conjurors, and steaming public laundries. All are going to make way for the brave new Olympian world.” Koolhaas may have designed some of the most challenging, controversial, and critically acclaimed ultramodern buildings of the past decade—Seattle public library, Casa da Musica in Porto, the Dutch embassy in Berlin—yet, for all the excitement of working with CCTV, his heart might belong to a world closer to Beijing’s hutongs, something altogether more exotic. >>more Don’t Miss a Minute! Want to keep on top of technical issues and news? Subscribe to BE Newsletter today. Distributed twice a month, BE Newsletter is an electronic newsletter that provides practical coverage of Bentley products, issues, and news in a lively mix of reviews, reports, case studies, and analysis. It regularly covers the latest technical trends and applications for GIS, AEC, and civil engineering professionals. >>more 4 BE MAGAZINE | Volume 4, Issue 4 http://www.dot.state.ia.us/subcommittee/default.aspx http://www.bimsummits.com/ http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/Quarter+3/AutoPLANTPID.htm http://www.sparllc.com/archiveviewer.php?vol=05&num=16&file=vol05no16-01 http://www.sparllc.com/archiveviewer.php?vol=05&num=18&file=vol05no18-01 http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/architecture/story/0,,2156966,00.html http://www.be.org/en-US/Be%20Newsletter/

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BE Magazine - Volume 4, issue 4 Contents The Drive To Innovate News BE Newsletter Highlights Converging on the Market Bytes and Bricks Generative Components Building Courting Success Remodeling an Icon Structural Integration Building News From Bentley Civil Greenfield Airport Takes Flight Good Neighbors Collaborative Innovation Civil News From Bentley Advertisers Index Geospatial Ring of Fiber Revolutionizing Integrity Management Port City Transformation In Conversation With Greg Bentley Geospatial News From Bentley Plant Single-Source Service Committed to Cleaner Air Expediting Expansion Plant News From Bentley Strength in Numbers The Art of Visualization A Winning Legacy Zero Change Culture: Further Definition A Remarkable Collaboration With a Forward-Thinking Community

BE Magazine - Volume 4, Issue 4

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