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How to turn IT into a profit center
Most design and construction firms view information technology as an expense item and don’t capture opportunities to turn it into a profit center. This is often the result when IT is not viewed as a strategic part of the firm’s mission. Consider these ideas for extending and growing your core business by leveraging your IT investment. more...

IT can help transform the building industry
The best collection of papers and think pieces we've seen about the potential for signficant process reform in AEC can be found at the Beck Group's Web site.
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Creating communities with Web sites
Simon Ruffle of the University of Cambridge shows how Web sites can be used to educate, inform, and involve all the stakeholders in a buildling project. more...

Knowledge management for design firms:
Design firm managers often say that their most important asset is their people. But what they are probably talking about is what their people know. Indeed, the principal asset of any knowledge-based endeavor is the accumulated experience of its staff. But how widely and efficiently is that knowledge and experience shared within the organization? more...


Did you miss last month's issue?

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Coming attractions:
Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley: Process and Technology Transformations in Design Environments, more info...

Jonathan Cohen will present at ZweigWhite AEC Technology Strategies
Washington, June 4-5, 2003, more info...

Jonathan Cohen teaches this summer at Harvard Design School Executive Education program July 16-18, 2003
Internets and Extranets for Collaboration and Knowledge Management
, more info...

Participatory Design and Planning with the Internet: Case Study The World Trade Center Reconstruction, more info...

Jonathan Cohen speaks on mixed-use development at the California APA Convention, Sept 28-Oct 1, 2003, more info...

Fall AIA TAP Conference:
Connecting the Dots Understanding the Emerging Digital Building Process

San Francisco, October 16-18, 2003
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