{"id":66952,"date":"2019-11-07T12:14:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T12:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=66952"},"modified":"2019-11-07T12:14:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T12:14:03","slug":"graitec-acquires-geomap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/bim-news\/graitec-acquires-geomap\/66952\/","title":{"rendered":"Graitec acquires Geomap GIS America\u2019s Autodesk business unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.graitec.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Graitec<\/a>, a global developer of BIM design and calculation software solutions, has announced the acquisition of <a href=\"http:\/\/geomapgis.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Geomap GIS America\u2019s<\/a> Autodesk business unit<\/h2>\n<p>The acquisition is strategic for the interaction between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/what-is-bim\/40457\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BIM<\/a> and GIS in the foundation of smart cities.<\/p>\n<p>Hugo Michaud, general manager at Graitec Canada, explains: &#8220;In the context of continued population and city growth, discussions of climate change and the importance of sustainable buildings, the construction market is really booming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGraitec and Geomap will be working together to make sure information flows between GIS and BIM.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As a result of this transaction, all of Geomap\u2019s day-to-day operations such as information requests, technical support and training will be managed by Graitec.<\/p>\n<p>This will provide Geomap\u2019s customers with access to a new range of products and such as <a href=\"https:\/\/advantage.graitec.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gratiec Advantage<\/a> Service to access to online training, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graitec.com\/powerpack-for-revit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PowerPack for Revit<\/a> to purchase or renew Revit subscriptions, as well as a range of services, tailored to AEC and manufacturing professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Geomap\u2019s customers will also to access large pools of professional and technical resources, who share their knowledge and expertise with each other daily.<\/p>\n<p>Danick Venne, CEO of Geomap, said: &#8220;This alliance will allow Geomap to refocus our team\u2019s efforts on what it does best: providing intelligent information management through M-Files, our company\u2019s content management solution and all our geomatics solutions that support Autodesk and ESRI technology.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After analyzing Autodesk partners in Quebec, we concluded that Graitec has the best technical team to support our customers on Autodesk products. 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