RIBA Sponsors Seminar at NEIT

The Building Construction and Cabinetmaking Technology department hosted a CAD seminar sponsored by the Rhode Island Builders Association (RIBA) in the new Construction Technology building on November 7. The software program featured was Chief Architect, the same program taught by the Construction Department. Chief Architect was designed by builders and architects specifically for the residential building industry and is very user friendly. It is one of the most widely used programs by residential builders.

The seminar was conducted in two parts. The first part was a demonstration, using the smart classroom, and was presented by CAP, Inc. CAP is a distributor of the Chief Architect software located in CT. The second part of the program provided hands-on training in the computer lab. There were over 13 participants from industry and several members from the RIBA staff present.

According to Felix Carlone, Building Construction and Cabinetmaking Department Chair, "The department and the college were thrilled to showcase our state-of- the-art facility to members of the construction industry."

Seminar participants gather around their computers.

Autodesk and Microsoft 2002 Training Schedules Available

The Center for Technology and Industry's Winter/Spring 2002 course schedules are now available for their Authorized Autodesk Premier Training Center and Microsoft Certified Technical Education Center.

The Authorized Autodesk Premier Training Center is now offering training in AutoCAD 2002 including Level I "2D Fundamentals", Level II "Intermediate AutoCAD Functions and Concepts", 2002 Update and 3D Solid Modeling. Training is also scheduled in Architectural Desktop 3.3, 3D Studio VIZ, Autodesk Inventor 5.0 and Mechanical Desktop 6.0.

The Microsoft Certified Technical Education Center will be offering Certified Courses for the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer 2000 certification tracks as well as Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Exchange 2000. Courses are now being offered in the evenings as well as during the day.

For more information and course schedules, please call CTI Training Coordinator, Michaela Halloran at (800) 736-7744 x3361 or email her at mhalloran@neit.edu.