The mobile workstation difference

The mobile workstation difference

From performance and thermal management to customisation and durability, we explore what makes a mobile workstation stand out from a standard business laptop With today’s flexible working environment, architects, designers, engineers and construction professionals can...
BIM is bust: how should AEC data work?

BIM is bust: how should AEC data work?

If all BIM software were developed fresh today, with modern computer science we would not face the limitations of tools and formats we have inherited. Greg Schleusner, director of design technology at HOK talked with Martyn Day on how we could free data from...
Exploring BIM’s hidden past

Exploring BIM’s hidden past

We don’t hear much today about Rucaps or Sonata or Reflex – but all three systems played a fundamental role in the development of modern BIM and were largely driven by one man, Dr Jonathan Ingram There are only a few individuals from the field of BIM who can boast of...
Autodesk Forges its future

Autodesk Forges its future

At Autodesk University 2021, the main hype was around Autodesk Forge, the cloud-based development platform for developers and customers. Launched in 2015, it’s been a long-time in the making, and it would seem the company is betting the farm on it. Martyn Day reports...

What next for AEC software?

The industry’s current focus is on perfecting BIM workflows. But these are still very drawing-centric and mired in fallible historic working methods. Martyn Day speaks with Richard Harpham, VP of new start-up Slate Technologies on how a BIM-centric approach throttles...
Beyond construction: geospatially enabled BIM

Beyond construction: geospatially enabled BIM

To replace a complex rail bridge HNTB put ArcGIS GeoBIM to the test, envisioning a future where live sensor data could be harnessed to monitor the existing bridge during critical construction periods The Walk Bridge in Norwalk, Connecticut, carries four tracks of the...