AEC Trends & Future Tech
How Do You Create a Digital Twin of a 100-Year-Old Lock and Dam?
See how engineers use 3D scanning, point cloud data and historical records to create a digital twin for infrastructure asset management.
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The Big Tech Trend: Predictive Design Over Generative Design
Predictive design has some undeniable benefits. However, ensuring the security of the data upon which it relies is critical. Discover more in this overview.
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5 Landmark BIM Projects Every CAD/BIM Manager & AEC Professional Should Know
BIM didn’t evolve in a vacuum. Discover the 5 landmark engineering projects that pushed Building Information Modeling to its limits … and changed it forever.
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OpenRoads vs Civil 3D: Which One Wins for Highway Design?
If you’ve ever sat in a conference room while two civil engineers argue about their preferred design platform, you already know: the OpenRoads™ vs Civil 3D® debate has roughly the same energy as a Marvel vs DC conversation, except the stakes involve billions of dollars in infrastructure.
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AI Architecture: Hype or Hope?
There’s a nagging question sometimes whispered in the hallowed halls of the architecture and engineering world. “What if the next iconic building is designed by AI instead of an actual architect?”
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From Desert Dream to Digital Reality: The Line’s Pivot from People to Processors
Now, once again, the desert sands are shifting. What started as one of the most audacious urban ideas of the 21st century, a 170-kilometer mirrored metropolis slicing through the Saudi desert, is quietly being rewritten as a hub for somewhat humbler inhabitants: servers and GPUs.
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Engineering the Edge: Florida’s Shift Toward Adaptive Resilience
Let’s be honest: Building in Florida has always been a high-stakes game of “The Floor is Lava,” except the lava is sand and corrosive salt water and, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the US Geological Survey, it’s rising.
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Will AI Kill Your CAD Career or Are Things About To Get Much Better?
Adapt or die? That may sound overly dramatic or Darwinian, but the artificial intelligence (AI) boom has triggered this question for many industries.
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AEC Gold: Hyperscale Data Center Construction
For too long, the humble data center has been the much-overlooked little beige box tucked away in an industrial park, unobtrusively humming along while the rest of the world oohs and aahs at sleek new skyscrapers and crazy-wonderful achievements in bridge design. No more.
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