Marie-Pierre Aulas, La Fondation Dassault Systèmes' General Manager, spoke with AECCafé Voice about the La Foundation Dassault Systèmes’ steps to preserve our planet and encourage sustainable solutions through innovative technology. La Fondation Dassault Systèmes, which announced a new project to support the preservation of the world’s oceans. The announcement coincides with World Oceans Day, celebrated annually on June 8.
The project has two goals: improve the experience of learning science for children and students while helping them to be better prepared for new jobs involving sustainability, and contribute to finding solutions for sustainable development. Applications are open for researchers, students and communities to submit their ideas for preserving ocean habitats.
What companies besides La Foundation Dassault Systèmes are also taking steps to preserve the planet and encourage sustainable solutions?
Regarding our project, some organizations are already collaborating with la Fondation, such as the Ifremer (the French institute that undertakes research and expert assessments to advance knowledge on the oceans and their resources, monitor the marine environment and foster the sustainable development of maritime activities), and French Public organizations for education, such as the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.
Dr. Anne Kemp OBE, UK BIM Alliance Chair, Fellow and Technical Director at Atkins, has received the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for her contribution to the development of the UK’s smart digital economy.
Simeon Balabanov, Chaos Group V-Ray for Unreal's Product Manager, spoke about the product’s newly released capabilities to what is said to be the only production rendering workflow designed for real-time.
This week, Robert Berry, TurboCAD Business Development and Sales, talked about the latest release of the company’s TurboCAD 2019 line, including Platinum, Professional, Deluxe and Designer versions for Windows® desktop PCs.
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.
Unfortunately, climate change is occurring at such a rapid rate that technology is racing to keep up with it. The built environment currently accounts for 40% of the world’s energy use, meaning buildings and cities have the potential to make the biggest impact in reducing carbon emissions globally.
DT Research, designer and manufacturer of purpose-built computing solutions for vertical markets, recently announced the DT380CR and DT380Q rugged lightweight tablets, weighing two pounds and light enough for field workers to carry all day, yet with an 8-inch display that is large enough to facilitate a large number of indoor/outdoor computing assignments as well as provide high brightness with capacitive touch. These new tablets have IP65 and MIL-STD-810G ratings for military-grade durability, seamless information capture-transmission capabilities and hot-swappable batteries result in no work interruptions– increasing productivity while simultaneously offering organizations an affordable rugged solution.
We experience cultural heritage loss when an ancient piece of architecture or cultural artifact is irreparably damaged, as the fire that destroyed the Gothic Notre Dame’s spire and roof. Just days before, many of the priceless statues and artifacts had been removed from the cathedral for cleaning, saving them from certain destruction.
Huw Roberts, CEO, GRAPHISOFT, spoke with AECCafe Voice about the latest restructuring of GRAPHISOFT and his new role as CEO of the company. Congratulations to Mr. Roberts and to GRAPHISOFT's former CEO Viktor Várkonyi. in his new role heading up the new Planning and Design Division.
The close relationship between design and construction is one that requires an integrated system, usually involving detailed plans and specifications. Carnegie Mellon recognizes construction planning is a process of identifying activities and resources required to make the design a physical reality. Construction, therefore, is the realization of a design put forth by architects and engineers. The various operational tasks that have to be performed in design and construction must be tracked throughout the project lifecycle.
The project lifecycle doesn’t end just at the completion of construction and occupation of the building; it extends many years beyond that. Since there are also many specialized and custom features to buildings, they can take many years to complete. Factors such as site, weather, building codes and other issues must be taken into consideration. It is difficult to foresee the needs of the building over its continued lifecycle. Design plans are changing throughout the lifecycle according to technological changes and the demands of the structure.
