How AI can augment the design visualization process

Blog author Tim Beecken, AIA, uses the design of an airport as a case-study for AI’s potential in design visualizations.

3D Printing

3D-printed construction milestones take shape in Tennessee and Texas

Two notable 3D-printed projects mark milestones in the new construction technique of “printing” structures with specialized concrete. In Athens, Tennessee, Walmart hired Alquist 3D to build a 20-foot-high store expansion, one of the largest freestanding 3D-printed commercial concrete structures in the U.S. In Marfa, Texas, the world’s first 3D-printed hotel is under construction at an existing hotel and campground site.

AEC Tech Innovation

New ABC technology report examines how AI can enhance efficiency, innovation

The latest annual technology report from Associated Builders and Contractors delves into how artificial intelligence can enhance efficiency and innovation in the construction sector. The report includes a resource guide, a case study, insight papers, and an essay concerning applied uses for AI planning, development, and execution.

AEC Tech

Publication explores how facility managers can use AI

A new guide, “Gamechanger: A Facility Manager’s Guide to Building a Relationship with AI,” provides a roadmap to understanding and using AI in the built environment.

Giants 400 | Jun 26, 2019

How are the AEC Giants faring in the tech arms race?

About half (42%) say their firm is “on par” with their most-direct AEC competitors.

AEC Tech | Jun 10, 2019

Mortenson joins forces with robotics technology producer

The partners will focus on equipment used for earthmoving in wind and solar projects.

AEC Tech | May 15, 2019

AI and digital twin firm Reconstruct Inc. closing $7.7 million Series A investment

Reconstruct’s AI and digital twin capabilities provide indoor/outdoor views for project stakeholders to track and resolve project issues in a virtual environment before they impact cost and schedule.

AEC Tech | May 7, 2019

Can machines design?

Instead of debating about whether machines can design, why don’t we ask, What if they could? How might architecture change if computers take over the process entirely?

Codes and Standards | Apr 25, 2019

Report: Contractors invest $1.6 billion in workforce development annually

ABC members increased training spending 45% from 2013, according to a new report.

AEC Tech | Apr 24, 2019

PlanGrid Delivers BIM Data in 2D and 3D Directly to Mobile Users in the Field

One of the construction industry’s most widely-used mobile technologies makes critical data accessible in the field with first major Autodesk integration after acquisition.

Digital Twin | Apr 24, 2019

Can Digital Twin make project management more efficient?

One leading owner’s rep is pushing that idea with its “OneModel” BIM-sharing approach.

Movers+Shapers | Apr 19, 2019

AEC angel investor

Jesse Devitte is among the prescient venture capitalists who’ve bet on the AEC industry finally coming around to design and construction technology.

AEC Tech | Apr 17, 2019

4 fundamental relationships between buildings and machines

If and when AI drives the entire process of design, construction, and operation, buildings could become exponentially smarter with resources, money, time, and performance.