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.

AEC Tech | Jan 30, 2017

Building Design+Construction launches Accelerate Live! AEC innovation conference

This fast-paced forum will showcase 18 business and tech visionaries from AEC Giant firms, who will explore the future of the AEC industry and the changing built environment.

Jan 24, 2017

BD+C Accelerate Live! AEC Innovation Conference

Building Design+Construction's inaugural Accelerate Live!

AEC Tech | Nathan Miller | Dec 22, 2016

The success of your data strategy depends on healthy business practices

Data and digital tools are an absolute given to today’s building design and construction process. But creating a true data-driven workflow requires more than just a solid strategy, writes Proving Ground’s Nathan Miller.

AEC Tech | Dec 18, 2016

Customized future weather data now available for online purchase

Simulation tool, developed by Arup and Argos Analytics, is offered to help owners and AEC firms devise resilience strategies for buildings.

Virtual Reality | Nov 16, 2016

Converting 3D model files to VR, with one click

IrisVR offers two new products to simplify and enhance the application of virtual reality for designing projects.

AEC Tech | David Barista | Sep 6, 2016

Innovation intervention: How AEC firms are driving growth through R&D programs

AEC firms are taking a page from the tech industry, by infusing a deep commitment to innovation and disruption into their cultural DNA.

Hardware | Aug 11, 2016

Kyocera introduces the DuraForce PRO, a rugged smartphone equipped with an HD action camera (UPDATED)

The Super Wide View HD Action Camera and rugged design allow users to capture their adventures on land, air, or sea.

AEC Tech | David Barista | Jun 27, 2016

If ‘only the paranoid survive,’ what does it take to thrive?

“Sooner or later, something fundamental in your business world will change.” The late Andrew Grove (1936-2016), Co-founder of tech giant Intel Corp., lived by these words.