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The Inside Track – January 2013

Welcome to The Inside Track! This page provides the latest news, highlights and case studies from our partners in the architecture and building industry.

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Highlights

Emma, a web-based email marketing service, is a new Advantage partner. AIA members receive a 10% discount.

Viracon’s Nicholas Peake Certified as LEED Green Associate

Viracon Project Wins Office Building of the Year Award 800 North Glebe Road Honored in ‘4 Stories and Above’ Category

Viracon Contributes to AIA Chicago 2012 Design Award Winner Krueck+Sexton Architects Recognized for 1730 Pennsylvania Avenue

ENR Midwest Best Projects Competition Winner Features Viracon

DigitalDistinctions™ By Viracon Offers Virtually Unlimited Glass Design Possibilities High-Resolution Digital Printing Solution Removes the Limitations of Screen Printing

Viracon Wins Three Local Business Awards Luncheon Celebrates Manufacturer’s Week in Owatonna, MN

Zipcar is a new Advantage partner

BSD Announces: Enhancements for Expandable Specifications

Boston Chapter Construction Specifications Institute posts their 2012-2013 Program Calendar

Product Announcements

BSD Announces: Major 5.0 Software Release for BSD SpecLink®-E

BSD Announces Keynote Management Tool

Viracon Introduces CyberShield™ With Pilkington DATASTOP™: New Glass Coating Provides RF Shielding for Secure Building Applications

ARCOM Launches Ground-Breaking MasterSpec Historic Preservation Library at AIA Expo 2012

ARCOM Announces Upcoming Masterworks Version for Macintosh ARCOM Announces New Version of e-SPECS to Integrate MasterSpec with GRAPHISOFT's ArchiCAD

ARCOM Announces Strategic Alliance and Endorsement Agreement with Society for Design Administration

Case Studies

Architecture and Engineering, SHW Group and Newforma Project Analyzer

Quality Improvement

Benefits of Windows in High Performance School Designs

LG Hausys Floors

Government Facility Design

Updated Operation: University of Iowa Hospital

Unifying Design: Canyon View Elementary School

Industry Knowledge

Graphisoft

GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD. GRAPHISOFT® ignited the BIM revolution with ArchiCAD®, the industry-leading BIM software for architects. With GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD’s Building Information Modeling approach, architects can explore design ideas with full confidence, knowing that every detail is being captured and all documents are synchronized. GRAPHISOFT continues to lead the industry with innovative solutions such as the revolutionary GRAPHISOFT BIM Server™, the world’s first, real-time BIM collaboration environment. Open BIM design collaboration offers intelligent, model-based workflow between the members of the extended design team and architects using ArchiCAD, resulting in greater efficiency in the building process.

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Reed Construction Data

Find new project listings in your state for FREE with Reed’s accessArchitecture service.

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Did you miss Reed Construction Data’s webcast, Flat, down, or UP: Where is construction heading? The presentation from this webcast is now available.

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