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News and Announcements


Ideate, Inc. Continues to Grow AEC Team to Meet Client Needs!
NEW: Watch For Information on Revit 201 – a Series of Intermediate
Classes for Our “Revit Family” Customers.

Market Test: Who’s Out There?
AIA Government Advocacy – Stewart Issues Call to Action
for 2030 Carbon Emissions Targets
Are You Aware of AIA eClassroom? Check it Out.

Upcoming Events

Experience the Possibilities, Presented by Autodesk
San Jose, CA – May 15
Experience the Possibilities 2008, Presented by Ideate

Hilton Garden Inn, Sacramento – May 16, 8:00am – 12:00pm PT
Sacramento Revit User Group: Revit Families – The Beginning!
AIACV Office – May 16
San Francisco Revit User Group: Customer Success Story -
Dave Bleiman, Principal of Rutherford & Chekene
AIASF Office – May 23

Current Promotions
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News and Announcements

 
   
 

Ideate, Inc. Continues to Grow AEC Team to Meet Client Needs! 

Join us in welcoming these new AEC team members: 

Tony DiVincenzo: Having worked in the Autodesk® sales channel since 1993 as both an account executive and Autodesk Training Center Manager, Tony joins Ideate as an AEC Account Manager working from the Portland office. Tony’s extensive experience will be an asset in assisting AEC customers with training and consulting services.

Svirinivas Vemuri: Ideate is pleased to add Srinivas to our team as an application specialist focusing on Revit® Structure. His experience includes teaching, consulting, and most recently working as a structural engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

Nancy McClure: Nancy brings to the Ideate SF office ten years of project design, contract document production, and project management experience – all in architectural offices. She has also been involved in large projects as well as high-end residential projects.

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Market Test: Who’s Out There?

Ideate, Inc.’s Director of Marketing, Janet Vasilieff, would like to know your thoughts on your Ideate experience. Call her today at 888.662.7238 x6884. Janet has a nice treat for the first 10 callers.

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AIA Government Advocacy – Stewart Issues Call to Action for 2030 Carbon Emissions Targets
Provision to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Federal Buildings

AIA President RK Stewart, FAIA, issued a call to action from the AIA national convention floor May 4 for AIA members to contact their U.S. senators to support legislation to reduce the amount of energy used in new and significantly renovated federal buildings. The measure would require an immediate 50 percent reduction, with further reductions every five years until all new and renovated federal buildings are carbon neutral by 2030.

Two weeks ago, New Mexico Sens. Jeff Bingaman, a Democrat, and Pete Domenici, a Republican, introduced S. 1115, the Energy Efficiency Promotion Act. A bipartisan group of lawmakers has since signed on to the measure. The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, by a 20-3 vote, passed an omnibus energy bill May 2 that included the majority of the energy efficiency provisions that had been included in the chairmen’s bill, including the AIA's energy reduction targets. The bill now moves to the Senate floor where it will be debated shortly before Memorial Day. 

“I’m asking that all AIA members in attendance and, in fact, all AIA members not in attendance to contact their own senators to support this provision, which is in an omnibus energy efficiency bill that the Senate will soon debate,” said Stewart. He noted that the comprehensive bill includes a provision advocated by the AIA to reduce and eventually eliminate the carbon footprint of federal buildings.

The federal buildings energy legislation was one of the issues that hundreds of AIA members brought to their legislators last February during Grassroots. Stewart testified in support of the proposal before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in February.

What You Can Do
Moments after Stewart spoke in San Antonio, the AIA Government Affairs team sent an e-mail alert to AIA members urging them to contact their senators via the AIA Government Advocacy Center, through which you can send a letter to your senator.

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Are You Aware of AIA eClassroom? Check it Out.

What is the American Institute of Architects eClassroom?
The American Institute of Architects eClassroom is a customized e-learning site offering continuing education courses for architects and related professionals.

The AIA eClassroom Site includes:

  • Learning management system (LMS) access via user ID and password protection
  • Student self-registration
  • Easy-to-use, self-paced programs offer the flexibility to take courses around the clock - and around the world
  • Easy-to-use navigation system
  • Communications tools including occasional chat rooms and a discussion board to share ideas with fellow students and faculty members
  • An online library housing links to a wide variety of resources and reference tools
  • Searchable course catalog, which allows users to find courses by keyword, location, or instructor
  • Student certificates and transcript center
  • Private and secure hosting on GeoLearning's high-speed servers, which are maintained and supported by GeoLearning
  • 24/7 helpdesk administered by GeoLearning

    www.eclassroom.aia.org

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Retirement of AutoCAD 2005 and 2005-level Software

Autodesk 2005 Retirement Promotion Began May 1 – You have more choices than ever before. CALL IDEATE FIRST! We’ll tell you all the details and about special offers.

The Autodesk 2005 Retirement Promotion began May 1 and will continue through July 16, 2007. Special promotional pricing is designed to help you upgrade and/or crossgrade from retiring 2005-based products. During the promotional period, you can benefit from the discounts of up to 20% off SRP of AutoCAD® 2008-based products. Call your Ideate sales team FIRST for all the details!

more info | 888.662.7238

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Special “Spring” Pricing on Ideate Premium Support Agreements

Through June 15, 2007 clients have the opportunity to purchase a new Ideate Premium Support Agreement at 50% off our normal rates. This is a limited-time offering to clients who understand the value of a timely, professional technical response to their software issues. Support agreements are your insurance against lost productivity. Check with your Ideate sales representative at 888.662.7238 for details.

Promotion Expires: June 15, 2007
more info | 888.662.7238

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Attention Autodesk Architectural Desktop Customers Who Want Revit Architecture!

Are you ready to switch to Revit® Architecture, but still have projects you’re working on in Autodesk® Architectural Desktop? If you answered “yes,” you’ll want to know about the Rev It Up for Architecture Promotion. With this special offer, you can get a new license of Revit Architecture and upgrade your Architectural Desktop to the latest release for a savings of up to 50%!

Promotion Expires: October 19, 2007
more info | 888.662.7238

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Purchase Any Autodesk Engineering Software and Save $200 Off Training or Services

Customers who purchase any new licenses of, or crossgrade to, the software listed below will receive a $200 voucher off of Ideate’s classroom training* or implementation services.** The following software qualifies for the training voucher:

  • Revit Structure
  • AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite
  • AutoCAD Revit MEP Suite
  • AutoCAD MEP

*Classroom training has to be at least 3 days worth of training
**Implementation services of 18 hours also qualifies

Promotion Expires: October 19, 2007
more info | 888.662.7238

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