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Sustainability Through Technology: How AEC Software is Paving the Way for Green Construction
September 25, 2024Credit: Original article published here. The 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 ...
Corgan: Firm Profile
September 18, 2024Credit: Original article published here. Corgan, 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 archi...
AI Technology in the Construction Industry and its Potential Impact on Jobs
September 4, 2024Credit: Original article published here. This 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 ...
Technology for Urban Planning at Houseal Lavigne
August 22, 2024Credit: Original article published here. Houseal 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...
TonicDM: Project Information Management for AEC
August 1, 2024Credit: Original article published here. When 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 forw...
Vive l’Héritage: Why Former Olympic Stadiums Struggled and Legacy, and How BIM Can Help
July 24, 2024Credit: Original article published here. Hosting 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...
Graphisoft 2024 Innovate Event: Paris Olympics Athletes’ Village, Toronto’s Pier 27, and Spain’s Morph Estudio
July 9, 2024Credit: Original article published here. Graphisoft 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 t...
From Complexity to Clarity at AtkinsRéalis
June 26, 2024Credit: Original article published here. In 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 ...
Tackling the Challenge of AEC Technical Report Management
June 19, 2024Credit: Original article published here. Technical 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...
Technology in Construction Webinar: Case Studies from ES Global and Laing O’Rourke
June 12, 2024Credit: Original article published here. A couple of months ago, I attended an online webinar in which ES Global and Laing O’Rourke, two leading UK construction companies, shared how they were using cutting-edge technologies on their p...
Xyicon: Asset Information Modeling for AEC
June 5, 2024Credit: Original article published here. The concept of BIM or “building information modeling” in AEC is so well established by now that it does not even need to be explained any more to any AEC professional, just as we stopped clari...
Making the Case for Mandatory BIM in Public Construction Projects
May 22, 2024Credit: Original article published here. Public construction projects are among the largest public investments we make. They represent a significant portion of public capital and ultimately form the backbone of public infrastructure. Pub...
Graphisoft Building Together 2024 Collaborate Event
May 7, 2024Credit: Original article published here. Last month, Graphisoft held the first of its Building Together events for 2024, one that was focused specifically on collaboration in AEC. In addition to highlighting Graphisoft’s solutions for ...
Build the Future ALLPLAN Summit 2024
May 1, 2024Credit: Original article published here. Last week, Nemetschek’s leading AEC technology brand, ALLPLAN, held a virtual event to provide an overview of its growing technology stack, which now includes the structural engineering solution...
The Impact of Big Data and Other Emerging Technologies on the Construction Industry
April 17, 2024Credit: Original article published here. The construction industry is on the cusp of a technological revolution, with big data and emerging technologies like blockchain, 3D printing, robotics, digital twins — and, of course, AI — poi...
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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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