Ideate, Inc. Publishes a First – a Civil 3D Virtualization Study in Success

SAN FRANCISCO, California – 10/10/2013 - Autodesk Gold Value Added Reseller Ideate, Inc., a solutions provider offering quality software, training, support and custom consulting services to the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry, today announced the publication of its first Virtualization-focused Study in Success, “Ideate Consulting and IMSCAD Lead ESA to Autodesk Design Solution Virtualization Mastery.”

Ideate customer Environmental Science Associates (ESA), a leading environmental science and planning firm with offices in the Western and Southeastern United States, faced challenges when the firm needed to seamlessly integrate IT hardware and its office and accounting software with graphics-intense Autodesk design technology software. Virtualization looked promising, provided it could be achieved within the firm’s desired parameters of a reliable, cost effective, and functional solution.

ESA enlisted Ideate Consulting and its strategic ally, UK-based IMSCAD, and as John Lessard, Director of Information Technology, ESA, said, “We spent several hours at Ideate. The comparison to anything we had experienced to date was night and day. We determined that the concept of running AutoCAD Civil 3D in a Citrix environment was not only possible. Virtualization, it turned out, was very doable.”

The first-of-its-kind Study in Success reveals how these expert allies partnered in scoping, installing, and configuring the components, then implementing a successful desktop virtualization project that is working for ESA with Autodesk design software, and specifically with AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Bob Palioca, President, Ideate Inc., says, “Being able to use any hardware from anywhere is facilitating fast-paced collaboration for ESA. The firm is streamlining software deployment and upgrade procedures, all while lowering its costs. Our goal is always to have our customers be overwhelmingly delighted with the solutions we provide, and we could not be more pleased.”

Ideate has published “Ideate Consulting and IMSCAD Lead ESA to Autodesk Design Solution Virtualization Mastery,” online. Download the Study in Success at ideateinc.com/ideas/case

About Ideate, Inc.
Ideate, Inc. is a leading Autodesk Authorized Developer with 25+ years’ experience in software development and specific focus on Building Information Modeling (BIM) and is a leading Autodesk solutions provider offering quality software, training, support and custom consulting services to the AEC industry since 1992. Headquartered in San Francisco, California and operating five Autodesk Authorized Training Centers (ATCs) in the northwestern U.S., Ideate is recognized as an Autodesk Gold Partner for Architecture, Engineering and Construction, one of Autodesk’s highest levels of authorization.

Autodesk, AutoCAD, ATC and Civil 3D are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries.

Citrix is a trademark of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries.
 

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Making New Mistakes + Grow

Many people believe the word “mistake” is a taboo. The perception is that if you make mistakes, then you are not “perfect” and therefore incompetent.

When I first started in the construction industry, my business partner, Ron Warrington, made a great statement “Let’s make new mistakes.” Of course, I argued. His point, and it was/is a brilliant one, is that we learn from our mistakes.

Learning From Mistakes
There have been many studies that say we learn far more from our failures than from our successes.

“The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.”
–Dale Carnegie.  

The general notion is that we are too busy patting ourselves on the back when we win than when we lose. How true! Ego is the biggest roadblock to getting better.

What are the best practices?

• Post-mortems are really a requirement – post-mortem is defined as an analysis (not blaming) on “what we wish we would have known” before we made the decision/proposal/presentation/decision. 

• Critical Analysis is needed – this is different than self-criticism. You must look at the situation with as much dispassion as possible. Remove the emotion.

• Brainstorm this analysis – you are looking to uncover the rock, and discover the nugget of where you went wrong.

• Get other stakeholder’s input. You might be too close to the trees to see the forest. Sometimes it is the simple themes we forget – such as “you never ask for the business.”

• Put what you learn/discover into practice as soon as possible. If your issue is ‘getting mad’ and making a poor decision, maybe delaying the decision for one hour might give you a new perspective.

My experience is that we are never too old or experienced to learn from what went wrong. 

Making mistakes is human nature – learning from the past and reaching past existing boundaries is where leaders are made.

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David Haynes, NCARB, PMP, LEED AP
Ideate Director of Consulting

David is a Registered Architect, Project Management Certified Professional, who previously had his own architectural practice and was President of a commercial design-build construction company for 15 years. A graduate of University of Arizona, he has worked as an Architect, contractor, developer and as a national construction manager for a national retailer. David currently provides business process analysis, virtualization and change management solutions for AEC clients across the United States involved in the design and building industry. Follow David on Twitter: @dhaynestech 

Get it. Know it. Use it.

Ideate, Inc. Director of Consulting David Haynes Receives Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

SAN FRANCISCO, California, 09/27/2012 - Ideate, Inc. (ideateinc.com), an Autodesk Gold Value Added Reseller, today announced that David Haynes, Director of Consulting, has achieved Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification through Project Management Institute (PMI) – (pmi.org).

According to PMI, the globally recognized PMP credential is the most important industry certification for project managers. The PMP demonstrates experience, education and competency in leading and directing project teams. Haynes adds the PMP certification to his Consulting Certification from Autodesk Consulting.

“David Haynes leads a team of Ideate technical experts who share their expertise to ensure customers’ success, and we congratulate him on this exciting designation,” says Bob Palioca, President of Ideate, Inc. “Haynes’ PMP certification exemplifies Ideate’s commitment to providing customers with the highest level of project management skills toward the implementation of design technology.”

David Haynes, PMP, (@dhaynestech), located in the Ideate, Inc. Seattle, Washington office, provides business process analysis and change management solutions for AEC clients across the United States.

About Ideate, Inc.
Ideate, Inc. is a leading Autodesk solutions provider, offering quality software, training, support and custom consulting and 3D printing services to AEC professionals. Established in 1992 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Ideate is recognized as a Gold Partner for Architecture, Engineering and Construction, one of Autodesk’s highest levels of authorization. Ideate, Inc. operates five Autodesk Authorized Training Centers (ATC): San Francisco, Sacramento and San Jose, California; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington. Ideate facilities are Autodesk Authorized Certification Centers, providing globally recognized certification courses for professionals who sell, service and support Autodesk products and solutions. For more information visit www.ideateinc.com.

Ideate, Inc. is also an Autodesk Authorized Developer with 25+ year’s experience in software development and specific focus on Building Information Modeling (BIM). Ideate BIMLink lets users pull data from an Autodesk Revit file into user-friendly Microsoft Excel, and push Excel data into Revit with equal ease. www.ideatebimlink.com

The Ideate Explorer for Revit is a simple, powerful Revit add-on to help explore, quantify and manage the 10,000+ building elements in a Revit model. www.ideateexplorer.com

Autodesk and ATC are trademarks or registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

The Ideate Consulting Group

Your Competitive Advantage
The Ideate Consulting Group team is staffed with the best and brightest experts, experienced professionals who understand your immediate and long term business issues.

“The Ideate consulting was great! Everybody was very happy with the information that we got.

David Haynes was very knowledgeable and gave us a lot of practical feedback on how to approach our next project. It was just what we needed and I speak for everyone who attended, when I say it was time well spent. We will definitely think about doing this sort of thing again at the end of our next Revit project or even at major benchmarks.”

—Brendan Bakey, Freiheit & Ho Architects, Inc., Kirkland, Washington

David Haynes, AIA, LEED AP, Director of AEC Services, is a Registered Architect and a LEED accredited professional. David previously had his own practice and was President of a commercial design-build construction company for 15 years. A graduate of University of Arizona, he has worked as an Architect, contractor, developer, educator and as a national construction manager for a national retailer. David currently develops and implements targeted AEC business solutions – including Revit Architecture, Revit Structure, AutoCAD Architecture, and Navisworks – for clients across the United States involved in the design and building process.

David is representative of the Ideate Consulting Group who work:

• side-by-side with a wide variety of customers, which keeps our experience current and relevant
• collaboratively across disciplines and locations using the newest technologies available
• by investing in the professional community through events we sponsor

In short, we live and breathe your day-to-day challenges and crises through our in-house technical support.

The Ideate Consulting Group specializes in optimizing the investments you make in solutions, so your technology both enhances your bottom line and liberates your design process.

Your Autodesk Consulting Services Partner
Ideate is proud to be designated as an Autodesk Consulting Services Partner. The Autodesk Consulting Channel Services Program helps Autodesk partners like Ideate build world class consulting organizations, enabling development, management and delivery of consulting services which maximize customers’ return and success from using Autodesk technology.

• Ideate is equipped with Autodesk Consulting intellectual property, implementation methodologies and tools which support repeatable and consistent consulting delivery.
• Ideate is provided with consultative sales training and technical and professional webcasts by Autodesk.
• Autodesk promotes Ideate, Inc.’s consulting expertise to Autodesk customers.

Contact us today to gain a competitive advantage: 888.662.7238,
consulting@ideateinc.com