NXT BLD

The future has arrived: NXT BLD on-demand

Posted by AEC Magazine - November 30, 2021

AEC Magazine's NXT BLD gives a platform for the true pioneers in our industry

Digital fabrication

The death of architecture (and the rise of a new one)

Posted by Tal Friedman - July 28, 2021

The nature of architectural practice needs to be disrupted. But what needs to happen for…

Construction

Getting more from on-site plant equipment

Posted by Andrew Johnson - May 20, 2021

BIM, 4D scheduling and machine learning is helping improve construction site equipment utilisation

Visualisation

AI generates 3D objects for viz from a single image

Posted by Greg Corke - April 16, 2021

Nvidia GANverse3D uses machine learning to generate fully textured realistic 3D meshes

AI

AI/ML to detect road safety issues in real-time

Posted by AEC Magazine - March 30, 2021

Transoft technology to form backbone to Ontario crash risk prediction system

News

Piaggio and Trimble collaborate on robot-swarms

Posted by Martyn Day - March 24, 2021

Trimble and Piaggio Fast Forward trial (PFF) autonomous robots that follow others on construction sites.

Digital fabrication

Towards a parametric future

Posted by Tal Friedman - March 24, 2021

Tal Friedman explores the rise of AI and robotics and the fall of BIM

BIM

Three trends for BIM tools

Posted by Tiemen Strobbe - March 19, 2021

What disruptive technologies will drive the industry’s toolsets in 2021

GIS

Flood risk modelling goes under the microscope

Posted by AEC Magazine - March 9, 2021

Newcastle University’s high-res flood risk modelling combines LiDAR and oblique aerial photography with AI

AI

TestFit integrates with Tomasetti Asterisk to drive AEC projects

Posted by AEC Magazine - February 24, 2021

Combining their advanced AI-driven platforms, the partnership aims to cut design tasks from weeks to…