AEC Magazine - Building Information Modelling (BIM) for Architecture, Engineering and Construction

Mapping Newark

Details: Category: Case Studies; Published: 25 September 2017

A mobile mapping device from Topcon has allowed companies working on a sewerage upgrade in Newark, Nottinghamshire to better understand the town’s layout, minimising traffic disruption and eliminating risk to historic buildings

NEWS: Nittygritty.net to launch two new technologies at DCW

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 09 October 2017

First outings for SyncView.io for more visibility into Revit projects and IRONfile for cloud back-up

Bridging the performance gap

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 25 September 2017

The aim of the EU-funded ACCEPT project is to improve knowledge transfer, project coordination, and quality assurance in the construction process.

NEWS: DCW hosts free to attend BIM Clinics

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 09 October 2017

Clinics and workshops will focus on the technical detail of delivering BIM Level 2

BIM skills & training – creating consistency

Details: Category: Comment; Published: 25 September 2017

Rebecca De Cicco on BIM skills development and how a rapidly evolving industry must adapt to variations in regional terms, processes and requirements

NEWS: ‘One click’ tool turns Revit models into interactive presentations

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 04 October 2017

CL3VER opens up its real time viz tool to much wider audience with a streamlined workflow and cloud-based collaboration

REVIEW: Lenovo ThinkStation P320 Tiny

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 25 September 2017

In a world of shrinking workstations, Lenovo’s ThinkStation P320 Tiny is the smallest yet

NEWS: VR Drop and Share looks to simplify collaborative VR

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 29 September 2017

Free to use platform allows up to six concurrent users to share 360-degree rendering experience

PREVIEW: Cold as ice

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 22 September 2017

Sheffield-based Iceotope brings ‘total liquid cooling’ to the desktop by submerging every component inside its custom-built workstation in a non-conductive coolant, making it ideal for harsh and dusty workplaces

NEWS: BIMobject signs deal with UK Ministry of Justice

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 21 September 2017

Hercules cloud-based content management solution will be used to support the ministry’s BIM object library

A virtual night out

Details: Category: Case Studies; Published: 22 September 2017

Kelsey Kish, staff designer at StudioMB, discusses the role that Virtual Reality (VR) played in the firm’s design for the Potomac Distilling Company bar and restaurant in Washington DC

NEWS: Countdown to Digital Construction Week

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 21 September 2017

DCW will offer visitors a chance to meet the teams behind the tech and try out the latest developments for the AECO industry

PREVIEW: Excitech DOCS

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 22 September 2017

While BIM adopters typically take a model-centric approach to design, collaboration is all about document flow

In search of sustainability

Details: Category: Case Studies; Published: 22 September 2017

With the help of IES, Barts Health NHS Trust has been able to understand the likely impact of a range of energy conservation measures at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel