AECCafe Voice Archive for the ‘construction’ CategoryAECCafe Voice 2021 Industry Predictions – Part 1Friday, January 15th, 2021What will we look forward to in technology trends, design trends, and developments in BIM in 2021? Artificial intelligence and machine learning will help the “aided” in computer aided design, according to Piet Lelieur of BricsCAD. For GRAPHISOFT, the machine-driven process tends to clash with creative disciplines such as architecture – however, according to Akos Pfemeter, we see examples of the ways it can assist in construction security, generative design, and other areas.
AECCafe 2020 Year End Technology Wrap-UpSaturday, December 19th, 2020It goes without saying that the Covid-19 virus has upended our lives and industries around the world beyond most people’s imagination and not in a good way. Most people I speak with want 2020 to end, eager to herald the start of a new year and new beginnings.
Executives Offer Profound Perspectives at Bentley Year In Infrastructure 2020Tuesday, December 15th, 2020Year in Infrastructure 2020 Executive Perspectives held on October 29th, 2020 with Greg Bentley and Satya Nadella featured discussions with the following executives:
To begin with, Greg Bentley spoke about the past year at Bentley Systems:  Greg Bentley, CEO, Bentley Systems “This year has been about confluence of infrastructure and resilience. We have been a privately held company for 36 years and now publicly held. Those interested can view our investor relations website with all our performance listed there. BSY is the ticker symbol for Bentley on NASDAQ. Usage in our apps hit a trough earlier in the year yet returned to earlier levels by June. Infrastructure engineering is mission critical; professionals are able to be virtualized, advancement in going digital is greater this year as well as in 4D construction modeling. We’ll continue to see that grows every year as construction is about occupancy of space and time and that’s ever more important after a pandemic and forever. 800 Bentley colleagues are working on solutions with digital twins on perils we may not know and anticipate. Our own colleagues have been virtualized working at home, working on work-at-home for users as well. Digital Twins for Infrastructure Resilience Infrastructure Infrastructure resilience sustains our economy and environment. Infrastructure is advanced by infrastructure engineering and empowered by infrastructure engineering software, so we recognize our responsibility as an infrastructure engineering software company. For investors we inform them, break revenues down by end market. Autodesk University Virtual 2020 Focuses on Virtual Creation and DataFriday, November 27th, 2020The first Autodesk University Virtual attracted 99,000 attendees worldwide and offered 750+ classes, live Q&As and meetings.  Autodesk Tandem – Reviewing asset details for more informed operational decision making Update on Bentley Systems’ Buildings and CampusesThursday, November 12th, 2020Eduardo Lazzarotto, Bentley Systems, Director, Product Management and Susanne Trierscheid, Bentley Systems, Senior Director, Facilities Engineering spoke with AECCafe Voice regarding their new releases in the latter part of this year. Their biggest product is OpenBuildings, within the Buildings and Campuses portfolio of Bentley. Bentley Year In Infrastructure 2020 Goes VirtualFriday, October 30th, 2020This year’s Bentley Year In Infrastructure event was as most conferences this year, held remotely. Media representatives from over 28 countries attended the event.
Trimble Connect Announces New Integration for Microsoft 365 and BIMcollabFriday, October 2nd, 2020Ray Bagley, business area director for Trimble Connect, spoke with AECCafe Voice regarding their latest announcement of new integrations for Microsoft 365 and BIMcollab with Trimble Connect cloud based collaboration platform. Users of both platforms will enjoy a common data environment for connecting project stakeholders with data necessary to inform decisions and improve team efficiency.
Mixed Reality for Onsite Construction at TrimbleThursday, August 6th, 2020Jordan Lawver, Portfolio Manager, Mixed Reality for Trimble conducted a webinar for the Trimble Buildings Basecamp on the topic, “Mixed Reality Use Cases for Onsite Construction – ROI Overview and Customer Interview.” Mitigating Risk in ConstructionThursday, July 23rd, 2020In the recent panel discussion hosted by IMAGINiT entitled “Mitigating Risk in Construction,” as part of the company’s “BIM and Digital Construction” series, panelists Norman Akin, Senior Applications expert, with a background in architectural construction and manufacturing applications, and Jim Stoneberger, Solutions Consultant for IMAGINiT, with a background in architecture and construction, joined moderator Joe Eichenseer, director of Building Lifecycle Solutions, to discuss this timely topic.  Autodesk BIM 360 Layout GRAPHISOFT Delivers BIMcloud as a Service, Archicad 24 Plus Other Major Product UpdatesThursday, July 9th, 2020This week GRAPHISOFT held a press briefing on the expanded availability of their BIMcloud as a Service worldwide which will be instrumental in helping architects and designers collaborate during the work-from-home shift we are currently experiencing.
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