Tax time is upon us all. For help, Todd Taggart, partner and co-leader of Grant Thornton LLP's construction industry practice, offers these helpful tax tips for construction contractors wanting to save money now and in the long run: Grant Thornton's Construction, Real Estate and Hospitality Industry group has developed 10 tax tips for construction contractors. To receive a copy of the tax tips, go to www.GrantThornton.com/taxtips or e-mail [email protected]. For technology help, Reed Construction Data (the publisher of Constructioneer) is offering a new service focused on building information modeling, or BIM. RCD has acquired Tectonic Partners Inc., a leading developer and service provider of building information modeling (BIM) for the architectural, engineering and construction industries. The acquisition will formally close Feb. 1, 2008. The acquisition represents a significant strategic move by Reed Construction Data to become a leader in the emerging building information modeling space and complements the strategic partnership with RCMS Group announced earlier this year. The combination of Reed Construction Data and Tectonic will give architects, engineers and contractors (AEC) a powerful set of solutions for creating and managing BIM content on their desktops, as well as integrating RSMeans' industry-leading cost data into the objects and the drawings themselves. Tectonic provides several unique products and services, including BIM Library Manager, a software application for the organization and management of Autodesk Revit families, which helps assist in efficient creation of BIM. The emerging BIM technology provides consumers with the ability to improve visualization, coordination, simulation and optimization, which translates into direct advantages such as cost savings, fewer errors, productivity gains, and the ability to manage building information throughout a project's entire lifecycle.