The AGC BIMForum met in Dallas May 28-29 and again proved to be the greatest venue for industry collaboration. The theme of the meeting was "BIM, Now More Than Ever: From the 30 Day to 30 Year Perspective."

The presentations and discussions addressed ways to achieve immediate return on investment with BIM, how models can be created to foster greater collaboration and what owners increasingly want to see. Held in conjunction with two sessions of AGC's new BIM 101 courses, the conference had more 300 architects, contractors, engineers and software providers in attendance over three full days. 

The next BIMForum meeting will be held in Philadelphia, Pa., October 8-9, 2009.

The 2009 Update to AGC's State Law Matrix will be available in June!  The Update will include new information on immigration and statute of repose issues.  AGC's State Law Matrix is the most comprehensive, definitive and concise publication available regarding a wide range of state law issues that can affect your public or private construction project.  State Law Matrix is an essential resource you should use before completing any construction contract to improve compliance and enforceability under state law.  State Law Matrix is available as a complete subscription package or by region.  The complete package includes all regions listed below:

Northeast Region: CT, DE, DC, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WV
Midwest Region:   IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI
Southern Region:  AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, PR, SC, TN, TX, VA
Western Region:   AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY

AGC Members receive special pricing:
Complete Package (All Regions):
Retail Price: $295.00     Member Price: $195.00

Individual Region: 
Retail Price: $145.00     Member Price: $95.00

To purchase or find more information about State Law Matrix, please visit www.AGC.org/Bookstore.

This month, ConsensusDOCS will release 11 new standard construction contract documents (bringing the catalog total to 90+ documents addressing all project delivery methods).  In direct response to customer feedback, the new release will also incorporate a software feature allowing you to choose whether or not to print the ConsensusDOCS logo box on your contracts.  Click here for titles and descriptions of the new documents.

There is no charge for existing subscribers to upgrade to ConsensusDOCS powered by DocuBuilder v6.3.  An email with download instructions will be sent to all subscribers.  Please contact Carrie Ciliberto at cilibertoc@agc.org or (703) 837-5367 for additional information.