SAN RAFAEL, Calif., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autodesk, Inc.(NASDAQ:ADSK)today announced that Walter P Moore, an engineering and consulting firm that specializes in structural and infrastructure engineering, has been selected to receive a Revit BIM Experience Award. The firm is being honored for its commitment to BIM and its use of Autodesk building information modeling (BIM) solutions, including Revit Structure, AutoCAD Civil 3D and Autodesk NavisWorks software solutions, to collaborate with extended design teams on large-scale projects. Walter P Moore is also being recognized for its use of Revit Structure and Autodesk NavisWorks solutions for clash detection on the H3-designed Federal Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., a pilot BIM Project for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). The Revit BIM Experience Award is presented to commercial firms, educational institutions and individuals for innovation and excellence in implementing the Autodesk Revit platform (which includes Revit Architecture, Revit Structure and Revit MEP software applications) on one or more projects.

"Our experiences to date have built our passion for the BIM process, and we have moved aggressively to incorporate Revit Structure and AutoCAD Civil 3D as our BIM platforms of choice," said Jim Jacobi, P.E., senior principal and CIO, Walter P Moore. "The automatic coordination of the construction documentation and design model, the use of a single model for both design and structural analysis, and the opportunity for inter-discipline design coordination and clash detection make the Revit platform for BIM worth its weight in gold."

Walter P Moore is an award-winning engineering and consulting firm that specializes in structural and infrastructure engineering. Founded in 1931, Walter P Moore is headquartered in Houston, Texas and has more than 400 professionals in 12 offices coast-to-coast. An early adopter of Revit Structure, Walter P Moore has used the software in production since the fall of 2005 on 90 projects to date, including 45 projects completed through to construction documentation. The firm has built a reputation for mastering engineering challenges, a notable example being the Houston Astrodome, the world's first domed stadium. The practice undertakes a large variety of building types, from convention centers, performance halls and sports stadiums to corporate campuses and urban infrastructure and roadway systems.

BIM is an integrated workflow built on coordinated, reliable information about a project from design through construction and into operations. By adopting BIM, architects, engineers, contractors and owners can easily create coordinated, digital design information and documentation; use that information to more accurately visualize, simulate, and analyze performance, appearance and cost; and reliably deliver the project faster, more economically and with reduced environmental impact. Avatech Solutions, an Autodesk Premier Solutions Provider, introduced Walter P Moore to BIM with the Revit platform, Autodesk NavisWorks and AutoCAD Civil 3D, and provided assistance with training and implementation.