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TECHNOLOGY A SUPPLEMENT OF THE ZWEIG LETTER
Better BIM for DBO? Two software and technology creators are joining forces in an effort to produce better tools for the AEC industry.
GET CONNECTED. Trimble Connect is a new way for designers, builders, owners, and operators to col- laborate, share, and view project information. It is based on GTeam, the ground-breaking collabora- tion platform developed by Gehry Technologies . Trimble and Nemetschek plan to leverage the Trimble Connect collaboration platform to in- tegrate workflows and create close interoperabili- ty between selected Trimble solutions – including SketchUp, Tekla Structures, Vico Office, Trimble Prolog, Trimble Field Link, and MEPdesigner for SketchUp – and solutions in the Nemetschek port- folio, such as Allplan, ArchiCAD, DDS, SCIA Engi- neering, Vectorworks, and Nevaris. BEST OF BREED. Both companies are committed to open standards and workflows – a rapidly emerging “Across the DBO spectrum, customers want the freedom to choose the best tools for the job and the security of knowing those tools will work together. But too often they find that the data they need is not interoperable across their different software workflows. Our companies’ shared vision is to give users a choice, rather than dictate what they use.”
By LIISA ANDREASSEN Correspondent
A s the old adage goes, “two heads are better than one,” which is certainly the case with two soft- ware and technology giants who have decided to join hands. Trimble and the Nemetschek Group , leaders in digital solutions for the AEC markets recently formed a strategic alliance to expand the deploy- ment of building information modeling across the entire design-build-operate lifecycle of build- ings. The alliance will emphasize collaborative ap- proaches to design modeling and 5-D construc- tion management through data integration be- tween an array of the companies’ products. The two companies will share their extensive glob- al market and technology expertise and collaborate on initiatives to drive a paradigm shift in the devel- opment and adoption of technologies for the AEC industry and building owners. The companies intend to: Transparently share data formats to support new solutions and promote workflow interoperability between selected products across the DBO lifecycle Tighten the connection of virtual design and con- struction solutions to real data from the field and real objects in the physical world Support interoperability and the longevity of project data for the entire project lifecycle Maintain their respective deep commitments to open standards and workflows for the benefit of the entire industry – rather than for any individual vendor
See DBO, page 8
THE ZWEIG LETTER NOVEMBER 2, 2015, ISSUE 1126
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