Civil engineering

Mott MacDonald invests in geotechnical startup SAALG

Posted by AEC Magazine - May 26, 2021

Software and engineering startup specialises in real-time monitoring data analysis

BIM

Bentley Systems goes big on education

Posted by AEC Magazine - May 5, 2021

Bentley Education Program gives students and educators free access to learning licenses

Digital twins

Bentley acquires mobility simulation specialist Inro

Posted by AEC Magazine - April 15, 2021

Dynamic multimodal simulation data will be fed into ‘mobility digital twins’

Construction

Free app captures construction sites with any drone

Posted by Martyn Day - April 1, 2021

HCSS is giving away a comprehensive drone surveying app to work with its online construction…

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.

Simulation

MSC Software partners with Ingeciber to boost simulation

Posted by AEC Magazine - March 15, 2021

CivilFEM powered by Marc to make non-linear FEA accessible to civil engineers

Digital twins

Bentley Systems to acquire Seequent for $1.05 billion

Posted by Greg Corke - March 12, 2021

Geological and geophysical modelling and analysis specialist will take digital twins deeper underground

Civil engineering

Autodesk acquires water modelling firm, Innovyze for $1B

Posted by Martyn Day - February 24, 2021

With $1 billion acquisition Autodesk enters smart water infrastructure modelling market 

Digital twins

Public beta for Autodesk Tandem digital twin platform

Posted by Martyn Day - February 22, 2021

Tandem is Autodesk’s cloud-based platform for bridge, facility, building, or any other structure