REED SmartBIM Library 1/2 Price Sale through 3/31/09 and Reasons to Buy

For a Limited Time Only - SmartBIM Library is 50% off!

In anticipation of the launch of SmartBIM Library 3.2, we are having a pre-launch sale! All licenses of SmartBIM Library are 50% now through March 31st. Anyone who purchases SmartBIM Library now, will be automatically upgraded to version 3.2 upon its launch.

SmartBIM Library	List Price	1/2 Sale Price
Single License	$500.00	$250.00
5 pack	$2,250.00	$1,125.00
10 pack	$4,250.00	$2,125.00
25 pack	$10,000.00	$5,000.00
Unlimited Site License	$50,000.00	$25,000.00

This sale will end March 31st

BIM Object Survey Result Highlights

• The average number of searches per day for objects is ten.
• Employees using their office library average over three minutes a search.
• Employees using internet collections such as Autodesk Seek, Revit City and the AIA site average over six minutes a search.
• Over 40% of the time after spending this amount of time searching the employee does not find the object they need in either the office library or on the Internet.
• When the employee can not find the object they need it is split evenly between building their own or modifying an existing object.
• The average time to build or modify an object is 6 minutes, some modifications are quick, but over 30% of the time employees are taking over 1 hour per object.
• 60% of the employees build or modify objects less than 10 times a week, 40% of the employees build or modify objects over 20 times a week.

Search Activity	Quantity/Day	Minutes per Search	Cumulative Time per Day	Cost per day
Office Library	10	3	1/2 hour	$20
Internet Sites	4	6	1/2 hour	$20
Simple Build/Modification of Object	6	5	1/2 hour	$20
Complex Build/Modification of Object	1	30	1 hour	$40
			Total Cost	$100/day
				$25000/year

For full article on survey go to:
http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/you-are-wasting-your-money

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