AECCafe Voice Archive for the ‘sustainable design’ CategoryIMAGINiT Technologies Responds to Changing TimesFriday, May 29th, 2020Chantale Marchand, Vice President, IMAGINiT Technologies spoke with AECCafe Voice about the Covid-19 virus policies and changes implemented in their company. IMAGINiT is an Autodesk Reseller Platinum Partner, and one of the world’s largest providers of design technology solutions to the engineering community.
Bentley Civil Design’s Answer to the New Normal: The Digital TwinFriday, May 15th, 2020Francois Valois, vice president, Civil Engineering with Bentley Systems spoke at Bentley’s recent Civil Design Virtual Press Briefing about the current state of civil engineering and how we now need to do things differently. Civil infrastructure will continue to need to accelerate, according to Valois. “There has been an enormous infrastructure deficit over the years. Any time we stop accelerating we make the problem worse. Now we have social distancing, and funding challenges. Projects may be funded by a special tax on gas, for example. In addition to this, we have to stay home and when we’re onsite we must have less people onsite and find new ways to work. Our answer is the digital twin, and helping our users to go digital.”  Digital Bridge What is Meant by Digital Twins for Intelligent Buildings?Friday, April 17th, 2020A webinar featuring Invicara, Cityzenith and Intelligent Buildings entitled “Smart Building Digital Twins – Demystifying the Building Visualization Technology” shed light on Smart Building Digital Twins and what that actually means. For starters, Invicara’s Digital Twins bring together the critical building information you need to make your properties run smoother, satisfy tenants and lower your operating costs. Offered are a unique mix of consulting, technology and implementation services –
AECCafe Questionnaire: How Will AEC Firms Manage During the Pandemic?Wednesday, March 18th, 2020Every hour the situation with the Covid19 virus pandemic is changing. While people are taking the utmost precautions, AEC and visualization firms are going to have to be resilient and make some necessary adjustments, while continuing to provide services. It is fortunate that technology provides us ways to interact with people other than face to face. However, that technology will be put to the test during this pandemic as more people may need to utilize it and forgo so many face to face meetings. Plus, infrastructure must continue to be constructed and repaired, some of which will be used to support the growing need for specialized facilities.
Pointfuse Space Creator Automates Feature Conversion to BIM LOD 200 and Much MoreThursday, March 12th, 2020Pointfuse, a powerful modeling engine that delivers an automatic, precise and flexible way of converting the vast point cloud datasets generated by laser scanners or photogrammetry into segmented mesh models, has launched a new toolkit called Space Creator. Pointfuse Space Creator is designed to facilitate adopting laser scanning within space management, planning and utilization workflows.  Pointfuse Space Creator Trimble Enters into Reseller Agreement with Sensera to Extend Jobsite Management PortfolioThursday, February 20th, 2020Trimble and its BuildingPoint channel are adding to its jobsite management portfolio that includes Trimble CrewSight, Sensera’s cutting-edge jobsite intelligence solutions including solar/wireless cameras and Sensera SiteCloud™ service Trimble CrewSight combines a jobsite access control system with a worker database for increased site security, worker communications, and jobsite management.
IMAGINiT Clarity and Autodesk Dynamo a Winning CombinationThursday, February 6th, 2020Recently, AECCafe Voice conducted interviews with Peter Costanza, director Facilities Management, Carl Storms, senior applications expert, and Matt Mason, director of Software Solutions from IMAGINiT about the latest developments for their company and what was talked about at Autodesk University 2019.  APEX – client: Biomed Realty Trust Inc., architect: Perkins and Will AECCafe Industry Predictions 2020 – Part 4Thursday, January 23rd, 2020We are winding down our Industry Predictions 2020 series now, with one more week to go. The commitment of industry professionals to what lies ahead in 2020 is demonstrated in these informative views. This week we cover topics such as digital adoption maturity in construction, VR/AR, drone capture and laser scanning, and cloud adoption. CMiC, Autodesk, Trimble and Workspot are our featured voices.
AECCafe Industry Predictions 2020- Part 3Thursday, January 16th, 2020We’re coming down the home stretch with our AECCafe Industry Predictions. The last of a series of editorial articles on this topic will be published the last week of January. Deadline for entries is January 20th. This article is the third installment of those articles. Please keep your submission to 200-1,000 words, with author’s name, email address, photo and a short bio. Susan.smith@ibsystems.com
AECCafe Industry Predictions 2020 – Part 2Friday, January 10th, 2020Every January AECCafe Voice publishes blogs of industry predictions from our readers. This article is the second installment of those predictions. This year we have extended the deadline to Tuesday, January 14th for entries.  SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 01: Thousands of people line the harbour around the suburb of North Sydney during New Year’s Eve celebrations on January 01, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images) |
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