This week’s news resources:

How do engineers plan for and deal with sinkholes? "As a structural engineer, I don't focus on what caused or facilitated the building or portion of the building to drop. We come in and say how much it has dropped and what can be done about it." Read more on the ASME website. 

"To find success with BIM, firms need to look beyond the CAD processes that staff are comfortable using. Assessment, planning, and communication are key." Read more about restructuring for BIM success on Design Intelligence. 

Want to know who's using BIM and what the biggest misconceptions are? Check out this infographic with all kinds of BIM statistics. 

In this video, you'll hear from AISC's Lifetime and Special Achievement Award winners, including Mark Holland of Paxton & Vierling Steel. Mark is the vice president of the SDS/2 Users Group and is also an Advisory Board member! 

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You could be featured in the HxGN LIVE keynote! Plus, don't forget to stop by and see us in booth #311 while you're there. Read more here. 

If you’re planning to attend HxGN LIVE on June 3-6, you could be featured in Hexagon President and CEO Ola Rollen’s Keynote Series Premiere! For your chance to be mentioned, post the reasons you’re looking forward to HxGN LIVE on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Google+, and LinkedIn. Contest details here.

The conference, formerly known as Hexagon 2013, demonstrates new ways to experience what’s unfolding in the world of design, measurement, and visualization technologies. This year’s theme is “Great Stories Start Here.” 

Don’t forget to stop by and see Design Data in booth #311!

This week’s news resources:

Central Texas Iron Works (CTIW) has established the Steel Industry West Relief Fund for victims of the plant explosion disaster in West, Texas. Modern Steel Construction has the details. 

Who will shape the future of AEC? Millennials. "For them, Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the only way to design our future infrastructure as it can be understood by everybody involved, resulting in better decisions and better outcomes." Read more about how we’re passing the baton to millennials on The Nation. 

If you're afraid of heights, you may want to skip this video, but The New York Times has an incredible, high-speed look at the spire installation on 1 World Trade Center last week. 

The benefits of BIM don't stop when construction does. "Now that BIM is becoming a more routine tool in the design and construction process, building owners are looking for more ways to use it, which includes facility management." Area Development has the story. 

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Check out the Peddinghaus BDL-1250/9D, the latest model in the beam line series!