Outsourcing is a hot (and often sore) topic nowadays. Engineers and architects in North America are badly enough off as it is, so it is not surprising that there is often an anguished cry when architectural drafting or engineering drafting is outsourced. But life is not all milk and honey for Indian CAD service providers,…
As anyone connected with international business knows, there is a hue and cry in the US about IT jobs being outsourced to India. President Obama has doubled the visa fees for IT specialists coming to the US to work (for companies with less than 50% US citizen/permanent resident employees) and there is the H-1B and…
On August 12 2010 President Obama of the US signed into law a Border Security Bill that increases the fee for H1-B visas by US$ 2000 – 2500. This was clearly intended to shield unemployed US IT specialists against “imports” and is a blatant protectionist measure. India has been exceptionally victimized by the Bill since…
You know the old saying: “People buy from other people whom they like and trust.” Well, there is a corollary to that: “People buy from other people whose CAD models they love and trust.” Users, whether they be engineers, architects or interior designers, need to know whether your company’s products are a good fit for…
Our latest guest on TMG’s Engineering and Architecture Video Show was the architect who designed the soon-to-be-opened, spectacular spa at the Trump Soho Hotel in New York City. Anthony J DiGuiseppe, member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and a charter member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) talks in depth about…