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Have you tried it and it just didn&#8217;t work out for your firm?<\/p>\n<p>If this conversation impacts you &#8211; go read the post and comment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bimmanager.com\/2010\/09\/27\/is-bim-for-big-firms-only\/\">Read it on BIMManager.com <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just posted on my BIM Manager site as I was wondering about reasons given for AEC firms not to move to BIM. Big firms are moving, but are smaller firms moving? 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