Archive for the ‘Year in Infrastructure 2018’ Category
Friday, May 24th, 2019
Bentley Systems hosted its Spring Update Conference Call this week about the progress of the company, with a focus on Digital Twin technology. In addition were two product announcements and the acquisition of Keynetix, a UK-headquartered provider of cloud-based software for capturing, visualizing, modeling, and sharing of geotechnical data.
 With OpenSite Designer, users can create intelligent 3D models for civil site projects complete with site information, terrain data, parking lots, building pads, driveways, sidewalk, parcel layout and related site features. (more…)
Tags: 3D, 3D cities, 3D printing, AEC, architects, architecture, Bentley Systems, BIM, building, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, engineers, generative design, GIS, infrastructure, laser scanning, point clouds, reality capture, visualization
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Friday, March 22nd, 2019
Digital Twins – are they taking the AEC technology world by storm? IDC recently noted that by 2020, 30% of global 2000 companies will be using data from Digital Twins to improve organizational productivity by as much as 25%.
 According to the 2018 Gartner Hype Cycle, Digital Twin is a trend that is now approaching the “Peak of Inflated Expectations” and is estimated to hit the “Plateau of Productivity” within 5 to 10 years. Image courtesy of Gartner, Inc. (more…)
Tags: 3D, 3D cities, AEC, architects, architecture, Autodesk, Bentley Systems, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, climate change, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, engineers, generative design, infrastructure, laser scanning, mobile, point clouds, Trimble, Vectorworks, visualization
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Thursday, January 10th, 2019
Happy New Year!
It’s exciting to predict what may be the technologies of the new year. Many of you have a finger on the pulse of what is up and coming and can share valuable insights with our readers.
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Tags: 3D, 3D cities, AEC, architects, architecture, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, Bentley Systems, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, climate change, Cloud, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, engineers, generative design, infrastructure, laser scanning, mobile, point clouds, reality capture, Trimble, visualization
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Friday, January 4th, 2019
Happy New Year!
Before the holidays I sent out a call for industry predictions for this year. So far, we have received a number of responses. This may mean that I need to extend this into a multiple part blog. Please get your submissions to me asap so they can be included.
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Tags: 3D, 3D cities, AEC, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, Bentley Systems, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, engineering, engineers, generative design, infrastructure, laser scanning, mobile, reality capture, Trimble, visualization
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Friday, November 23rd, 2018
Dr. Horst Kayser, chief strategy officer, Siemens AG, presented a keynote in London at the Bentley Year in Infrastructure 2018 conference in October on the position of Siemens in the world of business. Siemens has gone from a PLM company to software company, and is now rated number two in its space, just behind SAP. It is the largest industrial manufacturing company in European industry, with a focus in the areas of Energy, Healthcare, and Infrastructure & Cities.
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Tags: 3D, AEC, architects, architecture, Bentley Systems, BIM, building design, building information modeling, CAD, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, engineers, infrastructure, laser scanning, reality capture
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Thursday, November 1st, 2018
AECCafe will focus on specific editorial for 2019, so be sure to check in with our Editorial Calendar to find out when might be a good time for your story to be shown. Throughout the year, we provide space for Current Events, as the technology industry is evolving, and we can’t know at the time of this writing just what will be new, groundbreaking and/or disruptive in the coming year.
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Tags: 3D cities, AEC, architects, architecture, Autodesk, Bentley Systems, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, climate change, collaboration, construction, engineering, engineers, Graphisoft, laser scanning, mobile, point clouds, reality capture, Viewpoint, visualization
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Thursday, October 25th, 2018
The Bentley Year In Infrastructure Conference held in London this year at the Hilton London Metropole attracted over 1,200 attendees, a record number for that location and event. The company advanced its theme of “Going Digital” with the inauguration of Digital Twins and iTwin Services. iTwin Services are digital twin cloud services for infrastructure projects and assets, that can be transparently provisioned within Bentley’s Connected Data Environment (CDE) for ProjectWise and AssetWise users.
 Bentley Year In Infrastructure 2018 Awards Ceremony and Dinner (more…)
Tags: 3D, 3D cities, AEC, architects, architecture, Bentley Systems, BIM, building design, building information modeling, Cloud, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, generative design, infrastructure, laser scanning, Open BIM, point clouds, visualization
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Monday, October 15th, 2018
Every year the Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure conference showcases finalists in their Year in Infrastructure competition. The event highlights the company’s prestigious Year in Infrastructure Awards, where finalists in 19 categories present their most innovative projects of the past year and describe how they were able to solve real-world challenges using Bentley applications. The winners will be announced at a special ceremony and gala on Oct. 18.
 Image courtesy of CCCC Water Transportation Consultants, Ltd. (more…)
Tags: 3D, AEC, architects, architecture, Bentley Systems, building, building design, building information modeling, collaboration, construction, engineering, generative design, infrastructure, Open BIM, point clouds, reality capture, visualization
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