A look at some recent articles from around the internet highlighting the latest news and coverage from around the AEC technology space.
Although the AEC industry is one of the oldest on Earth, really dating back to when humans started living in non-natural structures, it is still evolving with the rest of society. The last couple of decades in particular have been periods of extreme change in the industry as they’ve looked to address inefficiencies that had plagued the sector for decades. At Geo Week News, we cover many of the advancements bringing this industry forward, and today we have another edition of looking at stories exemplifying this phenomenon from other sources around the internet. This time, we highlight stories looking at takeaways from this year’s Trimble Dimensions conference, artificial intelligence’s impact on the AEC industry, and some cool stories from the infrastructure sector.
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3 things we learned from Trimble Dimensions
Mitchell Keller | Construction Briefing
Last month, one of the industry’s biggest annual events took place with Trimble Dimensions, held in Las Vegas over a week in November. Every year, Trimble users and others in the industry come together to learn about what the company is releasing, or has recently released, and to talk about general trends in the industry. Keller outlines some of his biggest takeaways from the conference in this article.
AI Keeps an Eye for Construction
Peggy Smedley | Connected World
AI was involved in those takeaways from the previous article, and here we have more takeaways around AI involving a recent conference put on by an industry leader. This time, it’s referencing Procore’s Groundbreak conference, also held in November, with Peggy Smedley talking about how the company spoke about AI at the show and some of the skepticism she has around some of the ideas.
The 5 Coolest Things in Infrastructure and Digital Twins This Week
Sean O’Neill | Bentley
Finally, we end with a roundup from Bentley about the coolest things they saw in infrastructure and digital twins, the two areas in which Bentley is an industry leader. Some of the examples of stories shared in this article include flood predictions, moon simulations, and digital twins for coral reefs.