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Autodesk purchases Navisworks
San Rafael, Calif., software giant Autodesk has purchased Sheffield, England-based Navisworks for $26 million. Known for its BIM collaboration programs such as Jetstream, Navisworks is a platform neutral software provider. “We will do everything we can to keep Navisworks solutions the same as customers have grown accustomed to,” said Jay Bhatt, senior vice president with Autodesk AEC Solutions. “It’s a wonderful model mediation product, and we’re not going to change that and make it only work with Autodesk formats.”
Bhatt also said the Autodesk AEC group is looking at acquiring other properties and expanding its product portfolio...Read the full story, click here

Paints: A Brief History Lesson click here

China to use more non-grain biofuels to replace oil
China plans to expand its use of biofuels to reduce its reliance on petroleum, utilizing 2 million tonnes of bioethanol from non-grain feedstocks and 200,000 tonnes a year of biodiesel by 2010, a senior official said on Tuesday. Beijing's plan also seeks to move away from corn, now the feedstock for most Chinese biofuel, amid concerns over supply security and food price inflation.

Twelve Traits of Sustainable Communities click here

Hybrid Hero
Tom Kasmer is the Binghamton, N.Y.-based inventor of the "hydristor," a new type of hybrid powertrain for just about anything that moves.

Metal Roofing: Estimating Tips

Articles of Interest

Judith Kunoff, chief architect at New York City Transit, is the latest industry leader to be featured in a CMAA Radio Network interview.  She talks about what Building Information Modeling has to offer designers, contractors and owners...how well BIM is being embraced by the industry...and what it's going to take to accelerate this adoption.
CMAA President Bruce D'Agostino interviews Ms. Kunoff, together with Ted Garrison, founder of New Construction Strategies.  This is the latest in a continuing series of online radio programs that will bring insights, best practices and valuable new ideas to the Association.
To listen to the interview with Ms. Kunoff, click on:
http://www.newconstructionstrategies.com/CMAA/JudithKunoff.html