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From the Editor: DOTs supporting multiple CAD platforms and instituting better standards 


Departments of Transportation (DOTs) aren’t just focusing attention on infrastructure projects, but also on the processes and technologies that support the design, construction, and management of their vast assets.

In fact, a current trend among DOTs is to establish workflow standards and drafting standards that will improve efficiencies for their staff. Further, DOTs are opening up the options for their consultants so that they can choose the CAD platform that will meet a project’s and design engineer’s specific needs, rather than what is standard for the agency. Said plainly, some DOTs have implemented  Autodesk software in addition to others.

Learn more about these DOT trends by attending a free webcast tomorrow, July 29, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. Register here for “Accelerating BIM ROI with Interoperability Standards,” presented by Bradley E. Adams, P.E., senior vice president and managing principal, Bohannan Huston Inc., and Karen Weiss, P.E., technical marketing manager for Autodesk.


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Headlines From Around The Web

N.C. DOT to cut 400 positions (Winston-Salem Journal)
Georgia DOT commissioner resigns (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Georgia DOT loses another top manager (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
New Road Signs Will Now Wait (The New York Times)
WYDOT staffer wins national post (Billings Gazette)
Schneider named acting IDOT director (The State Journal-Register)
Selection of MDOT director delayed (Hattiesburg American)



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  The Survey Summit
 July 7, 2011 - July 12, 2011, in San Diego California
  TRB 90th Annual Meeting
 January 23, 2011 - January 27, 2011, in Washington D.C.
  Autodesk University
 November 30, 2010 - December 2, 2010, in Las Vegas
  Trimble Dimensions 2010
 November 8, 2010 - November 10, 2010, in Las Vegas Nevada
  IHEEP 2010
 September 26, 2010 - September 30, 2010, in Dearborn Mich.

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