Below is a listing of the stories in this month's DATELINE, organized by categories. The full text is available to DBIA members through the mail.
Featured Stories
Cover Story: Changing the Risk Equation on Projects Involving Underground Utilities 
by Andrew D. Lund
It all started over 40 years ago, when Alan Witten and Tony Devaney roomed together at Rochester University.
3D Enabled Lean, Collaborative Design-Build Delivery
By Jack Hallman, Alex Ivanikiw, and Robert J. Mauck, AIA, P.E.
Five years ago the World Wide Facilities Group (WFG) of GM launched Virtual Factory — an initiative to bring the same lean (waste eliminating) and 3D math-based advantages to construction that their product colleagues had achieved in manufacturing — where waste accounts for 26 percent of the value stream vs. 57 percent of the construction supply chain.
Designing Smart Greatly Improves the Delivery Process
By James G. (Jim) Jacobi, P.E.
The AEC industry recently has been incorporating an emerging combination of technology and process known as Building Information Modeling, or BIM for short.
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DBIA News
Membership Alert: 2007 DBIA Membership Directory Update
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Departments
DBIA Book Club: Design-Build Prep Kit
As you make resolutions for the New Year and consider ways to achieve professional development, be sure to add DBIA’s designation program to your list.
Board Reflections
By Walker Lee Evey, President & CEO, DBIA
Since coming to DBIA some two years ago, I have been repeatedly impressed by the commitment and dedication to design-build shown by DBIA members at all levels.
Legal Briefs: Copyright Protection of Architectural Works
Q. I’m new to the design and construction industry and interested in learning more about how our firm may prevent reproduction or distribution of our architectural work. What are the copyright laws that protect our documents?
Members in the News
Contributors
Editorial Forum: Entering the Virtual Realm of the BIM
By H. Edward Goldberg, AIA, NCARB
Letter from the Editor: Getting Involved in 2007
Perspectives: Rebekah G. Gladson, AIA, AUA
Legislative Update: Design-Build Legislative Update
By Cara Woodson Welch, Esq.
Vice President, Advocacy & General Counsel, DBIA
Best Practices: BIM Benefits for the Designer + Builder
By Stacy Scopano
As 2006 comes to a close I’m reminded of a comment I recently heard regarding Building Information Modeling (BIM), “…there’s been more talk of BIM this year than of all previous years combined.”
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