Tag: USACE

Nov 24 2009

Former Bricsnet CEO indicted on embezzlement charges

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Legal, People issues
24 November 2009

Just over two years ago, I wrote about the latest $13 million fund-raising round by US-based AEC and property solutions vendor Bricsnet. Following a news item on AECcafe.com, I see that Ethan Farid Jinian, the CEO of Bricsnet at the time of that investment, has just been indicted on charges of embezzling $1 million. The …

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Apr 27 2009

USACE contract requirements expose BIM interoperability shortcomings

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Vendors
27 April 2009

I’ve just been reading another great AECbytes guest article, by David Edwards. He writes about the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and how it is driving the adoption of IFC2x3 compliant building information modelling (BIM) in the US – something much discussed at recent IAI/BuildingSMART conferences (see my BuildingSMART conference, part 2 post, for …