Industry Thoughts
Why Content Management Systems Fail - BIM Automation
Content management systems, and ultimately the initiatives they enable, fail over time.  But why?  In a word…Trust.  Once someone loses trust in the system, they begin to work “around” the system or revert to old behaviors, such as using old content buried on their local drive, raiding past projects for content or searching and downloading content from the internet.  A root cause analysis will often lead to two inherent problems.  First, you begin losing trust if the information you’re looking for in the content management system isn’t there, but you know (or suspect) it exists.  Second, when you use a system (or process) infrequently you become frustrated with each interaction as you’re basically having to re-learn each time you use the system.  AVAIL is strategically addressing both of these issues.
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Context Matters (Redux) - Contextual Search
Context Matters (Redux) I wrote a blog post titled “Context Matters” in September 2015, prior to spinning AVAIL out of ArchVision, where I tried to describe the underpinnings of our approach to the
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We Believe – What Drives Us at AVAIL
WE BELIEVE AVAIL is fortunate to have inherited a deep history in the AEC market; we knew many key leaders, technologists, and even the competition before they were the competition. We find the
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BIM Content Management: 6 Considerations When Choosing a Platform
We recently worked with a client (Leo A Daly) on their story about how BIM Content Management gave them tools for collaboration in a digital world. I’d like to share some of the key takeaways that influenced their decision. 
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BIM Project Management: Connecting Content and Knowledge
The most common system that serves both as a content management and a knowledge management system is the old school Windows File System and it is holding A/E/C/O firms back from working faster and making smarter designs.
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Context Matters – What Makes You Different?
As ArchVision began contemplating entering the crowded content management market we spent a lot of time trying to identify what was missing. We have dabbled in content management over the years as we attempted to provide solutions to manage our RPC subscription content and provide customers with easy ways of managing thousands of pieces of content. We learned a lot over the years and developed some philosophies to build on.
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Optionality in Content Management
One of the observations we’ve made regarding the current state of content management is the strong reliance on two tools to manage your company’s files be they on a WAN/LAN or in the cloud; the ability to create and name file folders and the name of files themselves. I don’t have to tell you how limiting those tools can be. Our only option for decades we’ve all become somewhat numb to the pain.
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Autodesk Forge and the Benefits of Horizontal Thinking - A Streamline Workflow
I attended Autodesk University 2018 in Las Vegas week before last along with several others from the AVAIL and ArchVision teams. That included participating in the Autodesk developer conference on
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AVAIL as a System of Engagement
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Local vs Cloud – A Limited Argument
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