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Vico Software Announces BIM Partnership with Autodesk
Boulder, CO - November 25, 2008 - Vico Software announced today its partnership with Autodesk whereby Vico's 5D Virtual ConstructionTM solutions and services will be integrated with Autodesk's technology and solutions for the AEC industry.  With the adoption of BIM accelerating, it is advantageous for General Contractors and Owners to have the combination of Vico's integrated 5D capabilities within the Autodesk solutions environment.

According to Clay Freeman, chief product officer at Vico, the initial focus of the partnership has been integrating Vico's Virtual Construction Suite with Autodesk Revit for Building Information Modeling.  "We have a growing number of customers requesting that our virtual construction solutions work in conjunction with an Autodesk Revit model," says Freeman.  "Today we are happy to announce that the integrated solution with Revit is demonstrable, and our intent is to support a wider range of capability offered by multiple Autodesk products in the future."

Together the solutions from Vico and Autodesk will enable building owners, general contractors, and construction managers to produce:

- Constructability and Coordination

- Model-derived quantities and location-based quantities

- Optimized project schedules

- Model-derived cost estimates

Vico has not announced a date for general availability.  Freeman adds, "Integrating our virtual construction solutions with Revit is a very high priority, and we will be going to customer beta test soon.  Importantly, our internal Virtual Construction Services team is already contracting work on projects using Revit models in conjunction with our software, so we are quite confident in the quality of the integrated solution."

Vico will publicly debut the integration of its Virtual Construction solutions and Autodesk Revit at the Autodesk University Conference next month.  To see the Revit-based Virtual Construction in action, visit Vico at Booth 397 at Autodesk University, December 2-4, in Las Vegas.

For more information, visit http://www.vicosoftware.com.

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