CAD Technology Center, Inc. selected as BIM-M consultant

Words: David Biggs
CAD Technology Center, Inc. (CTC) of Bloomington, Minn. has been selected to be one of the consultants for BIM-M’s Project 3, Masonry Wall Definition — Phase II.

CTC is a worldwide leader in building information modeling (BIM) technologies and services. As one of the largest Autodesk partners in the United States, CTC provides professional services and design technology solutions to the building, infrastructure, and facilities management industries.

For BIM-M, CTC will develop masonry BIM models and help develop a “Best Practices Guide” for modeling of masonry using Autodesk Revit. Their work will be presented at the BIM-M 2015 Symposium in St Louis on April 9, 2015. Jamie Davis PE is the BIM-M Project Manager.
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