Posts Tagged ‘infrastructure’
Tuesday, January 27th, 2015
I’ve been reviewing what people have been discussing at conferences this year, and what their thoughts are for 2015. While so many topics such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) have been around for awhile, they are still very relevant moving forward. Customers are still grappling with challenging problems surrounding project delivery and collaboration. Others want to ensure that the model they build will not only last through the life of the project, but will extend beyond it into the future, for operations and maintenance. Reality capture, UAVs, scanning, data management, data acquisition as a service, cloud computing, are all technologies we have today, yet will be front and center in the AEC community going forward into the new year.
 MultiTaction Display Wall (more…)
Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, Bentley Systems, BIM, building, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, engineers, GIS, infrastructure, laser scanning, mobile, point clouds, reality capture
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2015
Guest article:
By Gordon Beckman, AIA – Principal and Design Director, John Portman & Associates
Looking ahead, advances in technology may have the biggest influence on the work that we will do in 2015 and the way that we do it. The dynamic, collaborative and performance-driven nature of our profession causes us to continue our quest for ever more efficient, meaningful and expedient ways of working.
 230 Peachtree Street in the heart of downtown Atlanta represents the very first highrise office building designed by Portman (1965). It is now being revitalized as a Hotel Indigo on the lower floors, with office space on the upper floors. The plaza out front provides a connection to the Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (subway) station below.
Image Credit:
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Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, BIM, building, building information modeling, CAD, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, infrastructure
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
Sefaira Systems is the new product from Sefaira for heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) design engineers that provides real-time performance analysis of mechanical systems and envelope options in record time, according to the company.
On the heels of previewing a new product for heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) design engineers and showcasing its latest performance analysis tools for architects at Autodesk University 2014 in December, Sefaira’s CEO Mads Jensen provides an update on Sefaira and the state of performance-based design.
 Sefaira Systems is the new product from Sefaira for heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) design engineers that provides real-time performance analysis of mechanical systems and envelope options in record time. (more…)
Tags: 3D, AEC, architects, architecture, Autodesk, Autodesk University, BIM, building, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, engineers, infrastructure, Sefaira
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Friday, January 9th, 2015
At Autodesk University 2014 held in Las Vegas in December, Kevin Breslin Infrastructure Solutions Manager, IMAGINiT Technologies talked about new technologies that are being used by their consulting company and their clients this year. IMAGINiT is a provider of software, training, support and services to design and engineering companies and Autodesk Authorized Reseller and Autodesk Training Center.
 La Pata Gap Closure, Orange County, California. Image courtesy of Huitt-Zollars and Orange County Public Works (more…)
Tags: 3D cities, 3D printing, AEC, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk University, BIM, building, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, IMAGINiT Technologies, infrastructure
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Monday, December 22nd, 2014
Looking back on 2014, there were a number of important developments that rocked the AEC world. Here are our takes on what were the most telling announcements of the year:
 Autodesk Ember 3D Printer (more…)
Tags: 3D printing, AEC, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk University, Bentley Systems, BIM, building, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, infrastructure, reality capture, Trimble
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Monday, December 8th, 2014
3D printing is not just about manufacturing anymore: it is destined to permeate the AEC industry as well.
In a press conference held at Autodesk University 2014, president and CEO Carl Bass and CTO Jeff Kowalksi introduced the company’s new 3D printer, Ember.
Autodesk Ember 3D Printer (more…)
Tags: 3D, 3D printing, AEC, architects, architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk University, Autodesk University 2013, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, engineers, infrastructure, laser scanning, reality capture
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014
Autodesk CTO Jeff Kowalksi opened the Mainstage Keynotes for Autodesk University 2014 held in Las Vegas, Nevada this morning, with the statement, “Our creations are more dead than alive.”
 Jeff Kowalski, CTO, Autodesk (more…)
Tags: 3D, 3D cities, 3D printing, AEC, Apple, architects, architecture, Autodesk, Autodesk University, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, engineers, infrastructure, iPad, laser scanning, mobile, reality capture, Revit, SketchUp
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2014
At Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure 2014 Conference in London in early November, Founder and CTO of Bentley Systems, Keith Bentley spoke on the topic of innovation.
 “The ideas that start out to be the greatest start as small ideas.” – Keith Bentley, Founder and CTO, Bentley Systems (more…)
Tags: AEC, architects, architecture, Autodesk, Bentley Systems, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, construction, design, engineering, engineers, infrastructure, iPad, London, reality capture
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
In an interview with AECCafe Voice, John Bacus, director of SketchUp product management at Trimble, discussed the new features of Trimble Connect, that offers a new way for designers, builders, owners and operators to collaborate, share and view project information. It is based on GTeam, the collaboration platform developed by Gehry Technologies.
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Tags: 3D, AEC, architects, architecture, Bentley CONNECT, Bentley Systems, BIM, building, building design, building information modeling, CAD, Cloud, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, engineers, Gehry Technologies, infrastructure, SketchUp, Trimble Connect
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Friday, November 14th, 2014
Royal Farros, CEO IMSI/Design, talked with AECCafe Voice about the new version of TurboSite, version 4.
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Tags: 3D, AEC, architects, architecture, BIM, building, building information modeling, CAD, collaboration, construction, design, engineering, engineers, GPS, IMSI/Design, infrastructure
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