Earlier this year, Autodesk opened a customer briefing center near Portland OR, to court MCAD and Alias customers.
This fall, Autodesk opens a similar center for architecture customers in San Francisco CA. It's located at One Market Street, where the company already has its downtown SF offices.
Link.
The article referenced by the link reports, "But the migration toward SF has sped up amid a pitched hiring battle among companies for technical talent, a desire to retain top employees who live in the city, and the advent of $4-a-gallon gasoline."
$4/gal gasoline is cheap! In my hometown, gas went to $5.50/gal ($1.45/l) this week -- one the lowest prices in Canada.
If you are interested in learning more about the ways the architects and builders on the new 1 Market CBC are using BIM and an integrated project delivery model, see:
http://www.bdcnetwork.com/article/CA6547987.html
Posted by: Noah Cole | Jun 18, 2008 at 11:45 AM
The battle against global warming will never get anywhere while petrol (gas) remains so cheap in North America.
At my local petrol station (UK), it's currently on sale for about $2.40 a litre, or over $10 a gallon.
Posted by: Brian Duguid | Jun 19, 2008 at 04:42 AM