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December 11, 2024
Digital Twins for Asset Management: Revolutionizing Lifecycle Maintenance in the AEC Industry
AECbytes Blog, External News, ViewpointsBy enabling predictive maintenance, enhancing decision-making, and ensuring operational efficiency, digital twins are not just tools — they are processes that support sustainable, data-driven facility management. This article by...
December 4, 2024
hb+a Architects: Firm Profile
AECbytes Blog, External News, Profileshb+a Architects, a hands-on, tech-savvy design studio focused on delivering high-quality design projects of varied project types in cities all over the Bay Area of California, with special emphasis on sustainability and efficiency, share...
November 20, 2024
SketchPro: AI Assistant for Architects and Designers
AECbytes Blog, External News, ReviewsGiven so much of the hype surrounding AI these days, it might be easy to dismiss the idea of an “AI assistant” for architectural design as one more example of a software tool that over-promises what it can actually deliver. However, ...
November 6, 2024
GHC’s BIMM Degree Program: Shaping the Future of Digital Construction
AECbytes Blog, External News, Newsletters and FeaturesIn the rapidly evolving world of construction, digital processes like Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) are transforming the industry. Georgia Highlands College (GHC), whose home campus is in R...
October 30, 2024
Graphisoft 2024 Product Launch
AECbytes Blog, External News, Newsletters and FeaturesThis article captures the main updates of Graphisoft’s 2024 product portfolio, including point cloud support and cloud-based AI visualization in Archicad, 3D model switching and support for Apple Vision Pro in BIMx, the availability of...
October 16, 2024
How to Make the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics a Long-Term Benefit For the City’s Infrastructure
AECbytes Blog, External News, ViewpointsThe Olympic Games aren’t just a collection of the greatest athletes on earth. They are a building, construction, and infrastructure undertaking of massive scale and expense. Before the games begin, countries and cities embark on a mult...
September 25, 2024
Sustainability Through Technology: How AEC Software is Paving the Way for Green Construction
AECbytes Blog, External News, Newsletters and FeaturesThe construction industry is often criticised for its environmental impact, contributing to nearly 40% of global energy-related carbon emissions. Given this significant footprint, the urgent need for sustainable practices in construction...
September 18, 2024
Corgan: Firm Profile
AECbytes Blog, External News, ProfilesCorgan, a leading architecture and design firm that is currently ranked as the fourth-largest architecture firm in the United States and one of the world’s largest by revenue and number of architects, with over 1000 professionals acros...
September 4, 2024
AI Technology in the Construction Industry and its Potential Impact on Jobs
AECbytes Blog, External News, ViewpointsThis Viewpoint article by Sharnette Tucker, program manager at HNTB and a leader in PWC’s Professional Development Advisory Council, discusses the many advantages and ways to incorporate AI and predictive data analytics in the construc...
August 22, 2024
Technology for Urban Planning at Houseal Lavigne
AECbytes Blog, External News, Newsletters and FeaturesHouseal Lavigne is an urban planning and geospatial design firm that using cutting edge technologies including procedural and detailed 3D modeling, visualization and simulation, and publishing its designs as playable games that can be in...
August 1, 2024
TonicDM: Project Information Management for AEC
AECbytes Blog, External News, ReviewsWhen TonicDM was launched nine years ago as a solution for PIM (Project Information Management) in AEC, the field of PIM was relatively new with only one player, Newforma Project Center. Fast forward to now and the field of PIM is still ...
July 24, 2024
Vive l’Héritage: Why Former Olympic Stadiums Struggled and Legacy, and How BIM Can Help
AECbytes Blog, External News, ViewpointsHosting the Olympics Games is expensive and challenging, especially when it comes to stadiums and infrastructure. Until recently, host cities did not have access to the sort of technology that can enable organizers to build and plan stad...
July 9, 2024
Graphisoft 2024 Innovate Event: Paris Olympics Athletes’ Village, Toronto’s Pier 27, and Spain’s Morph Estudio
AECbytes Blog, External News, Newsletters and FeaturesGraphisoft continued its 2024 series of Building Together events with an Innovate event held last month that was specifically focused on how architectural firms were making innovative use of its technologies for extending their design ca...
June 26, 2024
From Complexity to Clarity at AtkinsRéalis
AECbytes Blog, External News, Newsletters and FeaturesIn this article, Dr Avgousta Stanitsa, Associate Design Researcher, and Sukhmit Singh, Digital Solutions Lead at AtkinsRéalis, show how, at the Building Design Research and Innovation (R&I) unit at AtkinsRéalis, they are...
June 19, 2024
Tackling the Challenge of AEC Technical Report Management
AECbytes Blog, External News, ViewpointsTechnical report deliverables, typically the most visible representation of an AEC company’s service, are currently an exercise in frustration, a source of inefficiency, and a hindrance to growth and profitability for most companies....
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National Precast Concrete Association has represented manufacturers of plant-produced precast concrete products and the suppliers of products and services for the industry since 1965. They are dedicated to expanding the use of quality precast concrete and providing members with the programs and information required to operate a successful precast plant.
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AECbytes is a technology publication launched by Dr. Lachmi Khemlani in Nov 2003. AECbytes is focused on researching, analyzing, and reviewing technology products and services for the building industry. It publishes a variety of articles including newsletters covering conferences and shows, reviews of products, feature articles profiling case studies of firms and projects that showcase the use of technology, viewpoint articles featuring contributions from industry leaders, and tips and tricks authored by experts in individual AEC applications.
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