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title: AVAIL Blog | AVAIL (3)
description: BIM and Revit best practices tips, tricks, and processes using AVAIL's industry-leading content management system. (3)
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## AVAIL
### Recent Posts
[](https://blog.getavail.com/help-chatbot)
News
[Your AI-Powered Assistant: Introducing AVAIL 5.0's Help Chatbot](https://blog.getavail.com/help-chatbot)
Whether you’re a seasoned AVAIL Champion or just getting started, the newest AVAIL Desktop feature Help Chatbot is here to answer your AVAIL questions in real time. Learn more about the new feature,
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[](https://blog.getavail.com/diamond-schmitt)
Success Stories
[Diamond Schmitt’s Preferred Content Management Solution](https://blog.getavail.com/diamond-schmitt)
An architectural firm of 300-plus employees, Diamond Schmitt thoroughly explored its content management system (CMS) options—which involved installing two other CMS solutions—before landing on the
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[](https://blog.getavail.com/au-2024)
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[Are You Going to AU 2024? Be the First to See AVAIL 5.0!](https://blog.getavail.com/au-2024)
CEO and Founder Randall Stevens and Sales Director Will Rouse will be at Autodesk University (AU) this year, talking about AVAIL’s upcoming 5.0 release and artificial intelligence (AI) and machine
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[](https://blog.getavail.com/confluence-qa)
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[Exploring AI in AEC: Q&A with Confluence Host Randall Stevens](https://blog.getavail.com/confluence-qa)
Confluence is a series of architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry professional development events that bring design technology and product management leaders together in
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[](https://blog.getavail.com/cushing-terrell)
Success Stories
[Cushing Terrell Streamlines Its Content Management With AVAIL](https://blog.getavail.com/cushing-terrell)
Architectural-engineering firm Cushing Terrell saw the value in enhancing its content management practices but was unhappy with the content management systems (CMS) the team tried before landing on
[Read More](https://blog.getavail.com/cushing-terrell)
[](https://blog.getavail.com/confluence-nyc-highlights)
Events
[How are AEC innovators using AI and ML? Confluence New York 2024 Highlights](https://blog.getavail.com/confluence-nyc-highlights)
Our team at AVAIL hosted the first Confluence New York single-day event in the Brooklyn Navy Yard April 17, 2024, and we had such an amazing time learning from top architecture, engineering, and
[Read More](https://blog.getavail.com/confluence-nyc-highlights)
[](https://blog.getavail.com/smma-and-avail)
Success Stories
[SMMA and AVAIL: A Successful CMS Switch Story](https://blog.getavail.com/smma-and-avail)
An architecture-engineering firm of 210 employees and growing, SMMA’s former content management system was not evolving with their needs and concerns. Noticing a lack of development on their former
[Read More](https://blog.getavail.com/smma-and-avail)
[](https://blog.getavail.com/ask-us-anything-032624)
Meeting Notes
[Ask Us Anything: AVAIL Roadmap, AI Chatbots, New Ways to Group Revit Content, and More](https://blog.getavail.com/ask-us-anything-032624)
AVAIL CEO and Founder Randall Stevens and Sales Director Will Rouse hosted an open Ask Us Anything meeting March 26, 2024. The meeting—intended for anyone in the AEC industry—was recorded and is
[Read More](https://blog.getavail.com/ask-us-anything-032624)
[.png)](https://blog.getavail.com/avail-at-au-2023)
Events
[AVAIL at AU 2023](https://blog.getavail.com/avail-at-au-2023)
We are excited to be a bronze corporate sponsor of the 2023 Autodesk University Design & Make Conference, November 13-15 in Las Vegas.
[Read More](https://blog.getavail.com/avail-at-au-2023)
[](https://blog.getavail.com/ea455-randall-stevens-the-big-problem-with-bim)
Industry Thoughts
[EA455: Randall Stevens – The BIG Problem with BIM](https://blog.getavail.com/ea455-randall-stevens-the-big-problem-with-bim)
AVAIL CEO, Randall Stevens, joined Mark LePage on his EntreArchitect podcast recently to discuss the content and information challenges prevalent in the AECO industry and glimpses of what he thinks
[Read More](https://blog.getavail.com/ea455-randall-stevens-the-big-problem-with-bim)
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