Harley Ellis Devereaux Adopts Autodesk Revit Platform
 SAN RAFAEL, CA, Oct 11, 2007 - Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK) and Avatech
Solutions (OTC Bulletin Board: AVSO), today announced that Harley Ellis
Devereaux (HED), an national architecture and engineering firm with
operations across the United States, has adopted the Revit platform for
building information modeling (BIM) across the firm, replacing Bentley
Triforma.
The full-service architecture and engineering firm with more than
500 people in 7 offices is using Revit Architecture, Revit Structure, and
Revit MEP software to facilitate collaboration and coordination across all
design disciplines.
Avatech Solutions, (OTCBB: AVSO.OB), the technology
experts for design, engineering, and facilities management, worked closely
with HED to create a transition plan for the move to the Revit platform and
ensure minimal disruption to the ongoing project delivery cycle during
implementation. To date, HED has begun 5 projects in Revit, including a
complex 130,000 square foot medical center, the Troy Ambulatory Care Center
at Beaumont Hospital, which was their initial successful pilot project.
"For over 10 years, our firm has been pushing toward BIM,
but we hit a brick wall with Bentley and knew we needed a better solution,"
said Donald Giroux, Chief Operating Officer, Harley Ellis Devereaux. "As the
most powerful and popular BIM platform on the market, Revit was an easy
choice. The 3D, shared information model significantly improves productivity
by improving communications between architecture and engineering. Revit
ensures that design and engineering information remain coordinated, helping
to reduce design costs and errors, and cutting time to project completion
for owners, which is a huge plus."
When HED decided to seek a new solution, they turned to
Avatech Solutions to help create a plan, and to ensure success during the
migration. Avatech helped by identifying the most appropriate technology,
creating an implementation plan including a pilot and longer-term rollout.
Today, Avatech continues to provide customized training on an ongoing basis.
Since initiating the pilot, HED has begun 5 projects on the
Revit platform including 4 other buildings for Beaumont Hospitals. An
important benefit stemming from HED's use of Revit on these projects has
been an improved understanding of the details and architectural features of
the building by the design team. In addition, designers are now able to see
the whole building in 3D and from multiple perspectives, which is useful for
client presentations and to resolve issues. HED engineers and architects are
working together more closely, using the Revit platform to collaborate on
the building model.
The Revit Platform for Building Information Modeling
The Revit platform is Autodesk's purpose-built solution for
BIM -- the creation and use of coordinated, consistent and computable
information about a building project. Such information is crucial to more
efficient design decision making, precise construction document production,
performance predictions, cost estimations and construction planning, as well
as managing and operating facilities. At the core of the Revit platform, a
powerful parametric change engine automatically helps coordinate all changes
across design, documentation and analyses. The Revit platform can keep
information coordinated, up-to-date and accessible in an integrated digital
environment, giving architects, engineers, builders and owners a clear
overall vision of all their projects, as well as aiding their ability to
make better decisions faster.
About Autodesk
Autodesk, Inc. is the world leader in 2D and 3D design
software for the manufacturing, building and construction, and media and
entertainment markets. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982,
Autodesk has developed the broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art digital
prototyping solutions to help customers experience their ideas before they
are real. Fortune 1000 companies rely on Autodesk for the tools to
visualize, simulate and analyze real-world performance early in the design
process to save time and money, enhance quality and foster innovation. For
additional information about Autodesk, visit
http://www.autodesk.com.
About Avatech Solutions
Avatech Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB: AVSO.OB) is a nationwide
design automation and technology services company providing innovative
solutions that enable clients to more effectively design, develop, and
manage projects, products, and facilities. Avatech experts give customers a
competitive advantage through technology consulting, implementation,
integration, training, and support services exclusively for the design,
engineering, and facilities management industries. Headquartered in Owings
Mills, Maryland, Avatech is one of the largest integrators of Autodesk
software worldwide and a leading provider of PLM solutions. Customers
include industry leaders from the Fortune 500 and Engineering News Record's
Top 100 companies.
For more information visit
http://www.avatech.com.
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