Construction Software + Global Notebook

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(1) Brendan Lynch, Software Speeds Up Construction; Tech revolutionizing building industry. Boston Herald, Jan 8, 2012.
http://bostonherald.com/business ... g?articleid=1394153

Note:
(a) Boston University: private; established in 1839; is nonsectarian, but is historically affiliated with The United Methodist Church
(b) Everett, Massachusetts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett,_Massachusetts
( the last city in the United States with a bicameral legislature; named after Edward Everett
(c) BIM stands for Building Information Modeling.
(d) BIM technology. The following three are made by Autodesk inc (since 1982, based in San Rafael, CA
(i) Revit.
http://usa.autodesk.com/revit-architecture/

Click "Features" in the left lower corner.
(ii) NavisWorks
http://usa.autodesk.com/navisworks/
(iii0 Autocad
http://usa.autodesk.com/autocad/

(2) Joanne Chen, Taiwan Notebook Shipments Sink 5.7% on Quarter in 4Q11. DigiTimes, Jan 9, 2012.
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20120109PD209.html
(Taiwan, though, fares better than others; shortage of hard disc drives scrimp Lenovo also)