Book Smarts Builders looking to get up to speed with VectorWorks 12—the latest version of Nemetschek North America's popular CAD software—now have a full line of training workbooks to choose from. Prices start at $54.95 for a fundamentals manual and go as high as $99.50 for the essential manual. For more information and to download tables of contents and sample chapters, visit www.nemetschek.net/training/guides.php.
Handy Tool Kimball Hill Homes is rolling out AirWavz, the handheld scheduling application from AirToolz Software, to all of its operating divisions, located across nine states and 17 major markets. Chief information officer Frank Scaramuzza says the company hopes to have the project completed by year's end, adding that Kimball Hill Homes will use AirToolz for project scheduling and to manage punch lists. Project supers and construction managers will run AirWavz on Palm handhelds.
