Ahead of the Curve

AOTC Weekly Digest

A lot happens in seven days in the AEC industry. Here a few things things that were on our radar this week:

You may be running AutoCAD on a notebook, but Ralph Grabowski over at WorldCAD Access runs AutoCAD 2010 on a netbook - and he believes that they're more powerful than salespeople would have us believe.

Transoft Solutions is off to Autodesk University in Las Vegas next week and the AutoTURN Challenge will be there for attendees to try - and possibly net a netbook!

US DOT hands over $9.4million to Mississippi and Missouri for transportation improvements.
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Autodesk is going to support engineering education in China with a donation of $50 million worth of software.

and... Shouldn't be a sign on every road?

Featured Designer

November’s Featured Designer is Blake Gallagher, Junior Designer at HOK Seattle. With the launch of AeroTURN 3.0 and AeroTURN Pro 3.0 we are excited to spotlight an AeroTURN Pro user and an enthusiastic designer who did his training at Cal Poly and post grad at the University of Washington. We chatted with Blake to get to know him better.

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AeroTURN and AeroTURN Pro 3.0 Released

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FHWA passes $20B mark on ARRA Projects

The United States Federal Highway Administration has surpassed the $20 billion mark of the $26.6 billion set aside for road, bridge, and highway infrastructure improvements highlighted in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The milestone was reached with project approval of the $36 million replacement of the I-25/Alameda Avenue bridge in Denver.

Read the press release here

Read the posting and/or comments on Sec. Lahood's blog here

Image source: usda.gov