Avatech Solutions instrumental in $600,000 software upgrade; Autodesk software chosen for its integration across the civil engineering and building design workflow.

Autodesk Inc. and Avatech Solutions announced that The Dewberry Companies, a national engineering and architectural firm, has selected Autodesk’s civil engineering and model-based design building industry software for all of its nationwide companies. By using Autodesk software, The Dewberry Companies get a design solution that meets its productivity requirements for civil and building systems engineering and architecture as well as business requirements for the sharing of network licenses to reduce costs.

The Dewberry Companies Ranks 52nd on Engineering News Record’s annual Top 500 Design Firm List for 2002.

Avatech Solutions, the largest Autodesk Systems Center and services provider in the United States, and Autodesk’s sales teams worked closely with The Dewberry Companies to determine their specific productivity and business requirements, which included integrating and maintaining data integrity (including legacy data), collaborating with colleagues, and streamlining usage of its product licenses throughout the company. Together they created a customized solution that enables efficient data sharing and collaboration across disciplines at the project team level. The solution includes:

• Avatech Technical Support and Consulting Services
• Autodesk Land Desktop
• Autodesk Civil Design
• Autodesk Survey
• Autodesk Raster Design
• Autodesk Architectural Desktop
• Autodesk Building Mechanical
• Autodesk Building Electrical