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

Video: NXT BLD 2018 London conference - Mike Leach, Lenovo UK

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 28 June 2018

Enhancing performance – NXT BLD London, June 2018

NEWS: Bentley acquires Synchro for 4D construction modelling

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 26 June 2018

Adding a time dimension to 3D model will help synchronise BIM processes with work packaging, immersive visualisation, and ‘constructioneering’

PREVIEW: NXT BLD 2018

Details: Category: Events; Published: 14 May 2018

AEC Magazine’s conference and exhibition returns to London on 13 June. Find out why you should attend this inspirational technology-led event

NEWS: Leica simplifies reality capture with BLK3D

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 13 June 2018

Handheld device features stereo camera and electronic distance measurement technology for real-time, in-picture 3D measurement

NEWS: Lenovo launches its first 15-inch VR-Ready mobile workstation

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 13 June 2018

ThinkPad P52 features Nvidia Quadro P3200, which on paper looks to be for entry-level VR workflows

PREVIEW: V-Ray NEXT for 3ds Max

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 17 May 2018

The latest version of the popular design viz renderer uses scene analysis to optimise rendering and gives GPU rendering the same standing as CPU rendering

Aladdin’s CAVE

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 28 June 2018

Bentley Systems and Fulcro recently installed a BIM CAVE at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London to help educate current engineers in the latest collaborative technology as well as inspire the next generation.

BIM, the Kiwi way

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 17 May 2018

In the fourth instalment of our global examination of BIM adoption, Rebecca De Cicco, Director of Digital Node, turns the spotlight onto New Zealand

BIM on the high seas?

Details: Category: Features; Published: 17 May 2018

Matthew Jensen of architecture and interiors consultancy Fraiserline explores the challenges of applying BIM to cruise and ferry ship design, to serve the complex needs of architectural, interior, product and naval professionals

Making the grade

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 17 May 2018

AECOM used reality modelling to help transform the dangerous terrain of a Hong Kong quarry into a commercial and residential development for 25,000 people

Double vision

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 17 May 2018

The collaborative efforts of a UK real estate advisor and a Parisian BIM supplier developed a digital twin for Aurora, a 4,830 sqm office building in Ealing for one London client, the Moorfield Group

Automatic for the people

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 16 May 2018

Three professionals from global engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services firm GHD explain how they are embracing design automation and applying it to real world projects

BLK to the future

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 16 May 2018

RIBA Chartered Architect, Jacob Down takes the Leica BLK360 for a field test to see if the low-cost, compact, simple-to-use reality capture device really does live up to its promise of bringing laser scanning to the masses

Interview: A Q&A with Revizto

Details: Category: Interview; Published: 15 May 2018

AEC Magazine speaks with Revizto’s Rhys Lewis to find out more about the simple-to-use cloud-based collaboration tool that can work with 2D and 3D data

Review: Tekla Structures 2018

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 15 May 2018

Trimble brings its structural BIM tool up to date with new workflows for complex modelling and design automation as well as support for point clouds

NEWS: New analytics tool for high-performance glass

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 14 May 2018

Guardian Glass releases web-based Glass Analytics tool to streamline glass performance analysis

Review: Lenovo ThinkPad P52s

Details: Category: Technology; Published: 14 May 2018

Lenovo’s updated slimline mobile workstation features an enhanced Quadro GPU and a quad core CPU. It may not have the performance or good looks of its peers but it wins hands-down when it comes to battery life