CASCO Selects Autodesk Revit for Retail, Hospitality, and Restaurant Design.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN RAFAEL San Rafael (săn rəfĕl`), residential city (1990 pop. 48,404), seat of Marin co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco on the northern shore of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1913. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2002 Leading Commercial Design Practice Delivers Higher Quality Projects Through Building Information Modeling Solution Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSK ADSK Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) ), the world's leading design software and digital content company, announced today that CASCO, a full-service architecture/engineering firm, has purchased 55 licenses of Autodesk Revit, a powerful building design and documentation system. CASCO serves major national and international retail, hospitality, and restaurant clients. Ranked 9th in the ENR ENR Enrolled (bill, resolution, etc. passed by both houses of Congress and re-typed) ENR Engineering News Record EnR Énergies Renouvelables (French) enr Enregistrement (French) 2002 Top Retail Design Firm list, CASCO specializes in developing and adapting prototype facility designs for clients such as Extended Stay America The first Extended Stay America hotels opened in 1995 by a number of founders including management from Blockbuster Video and AutoNation. In 1996, Extended Stay America acquired StudioPLUS, further continuing its growth. ; Toys "R" Us Toys "R" Us (currently typeset as ToYsЯuS in the logo) is a toy store chain based in the United States, Canada, Australia,The Netherlands, South Africa, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. ; Circuit City; PETsMART; Payless ShoeSource Payless ShoeSource is a discount footwear retailer that was founded in 1956 in Topeka, Kansas. Shaol Pozez and his cousin Louis Pozez founded and operated Payless Shoes. In 1961, it became a public company as Volume Shoe Corporation. ; Zale Corporation “Zale” redirects here. For other uses, see Zale (disambiguation). Zale Corporation (NYSE: ZLC) is the second largest specialty retailer of fine jewelry in North America, operating over 2,300 retail locations, (which includes both kiosks/carts and stores) ; and Bed Bath & Beyond. By using Autodesk Revit for concurrent design and documentation, CASCO believes it can deliver higher quality buildings to its clients by improving its communication with contractors. "Revit puts the pencil back in the architect's hand as a design tool rather than just a drafting tool," said J.C. Alberts, president of CASCO. "We're excited by Revit's inherent ability to relate design to issues of constructability. This will bring more control back to the architect as the master builder Master Builder can refer to:
CASCO selected Autodesk Revit for its ability to eliminate much of the fragmentation caused by today's specialization in the building industry, ending conflicts among different project team firms that cost time and money. CASCO was initially drawn to Revit as a presentation tool but soon became interested in its power to revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es 1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage. 2. mainstream CAD technology. With Autodesk's building information modeling strategy, CASCO can do more than merely mimic fragmented drawing processes; designers can produce renderings that assist clients in visualizing visualizing, v 1., holding an image in one's mind. 2., forming an image of a goal or destination in one's mind before undertaking it, so as to facilitate success. design concepts while behind-the-scenes the Revit technology creates an accurate building model that simultaneously provides design and construction documents. CASCO, which is currently in the process of deploying Revit throughout its organization, has already benefited from the efficiencies of using the application on selected projects for a significant retail client. The entire team is enthusiastic about the potential of using Revit to provide executives of the company with high-quality information for the evaluation of a new prototypical retail store in preparation for the rollout of the concept. About Building Information Modeling and Autodesk Revit Building information modeling is Autodesk's strategy for improving how architects and other building industry professionals use information technology to do their work. Building information modeling solutions create building databases that support iterative it·er·a·tive adj. 1. Characterized by or involving repetition, recurrence, reiteration, or repetitiousness. 2. Grammar Frequentative. Noun 1. change in a building's design, construction, and operation. These building databases can be shared by the worldwide community of Autodesk customers who collaborate, using common design tools and methods. Autodesk Revit is a powerful building design and documentation system for architects, design-build teams, and other building industry professionals, offering substantial productivity, quality, and business benefits to the entire team. Revit is Autodesk's strategic authoring application and building information modeling platform for the building industry. About CASCO CASCO provides full in-house professional development services including project management, architecture, structural, mechanical, electrical, and civil engineering. An associate, Landmark Systems, provides construction services. In addition to its headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, CASCO has four branch offices located in Texas, California, New Jersey, and Georgia. For more information about the company, see http://www.cascocorp.com. About Autodesk Founded in 1982, Autodesk, Inc., is the world's leading design software and digital content company. The company serves a diverse portfolio of markets, including building design, geographic information systems geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to , manufacturing, digital media, and wireless data services. By delivering tools that foster innovation and creativity, Autodesk helps customers create, use and leverage their digital design data. For more information about the company, see http://www.autodesk.com. Autodesk and Revit are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. |
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