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Six Tips to Create Realistic Exterior Visualizations for Any Situation in Enscape Chaos provides a powerful 3D visualization tool, Chaos Enscape, that seamlessly integrates into existing workflows, allowing for efficient customization and real-time feedback. Monica Nelson of Chaos shows how to leverage Enscape to elevate the realism and impact of exterior renders. https://lnkd.in/gsRV_qcH

How to Make the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics a Long-Term Benefit For the City’s Infrastructure  This Viewpoint article by Tommy Linstroth, Founder and CEO of Green Badger, outlines the challenges the city of Los Angeles will face as it develops infrastructure for the 2028 Summer Olympics and identifies critical aspects to optimize these investments for long-term benefits, including sustainability, reuse, flexibility, environmental best practices, and keeping people first. https://lnkd.in/g-Viz9Gu

Sustainability Through Technology: How AEC Software is Paving the Way for Green Construction This article by Gordon Rodger, Managing Director of the construction consulting firm, STONEHAVEN, delves into how AEC software is driving sustainable construction across the globe, highlighting the cutting-edge technologies and innovative practices paving the way for a more sustainable future in building. https://lnkd.in/gZnBCneu

Corgan: Firm Profile Corgan, a leading architecture and design firm that is currently ranked as the fourth-largest architecture firm in the United States and one of the world's largest by revenue and number of architects, with over 1000 professionals across 18 offices worldwide, shares its perspective on AEC technology in this Firm Profile. https://lnkd.in/gkz5je8C

How STÄBLEINARCHITEKTEN Closes the As-built Gap Renowned for their unwavering commitment to innovation and sustainable design, the German architecture firm, STÄBLEINARCHITEKTEN, has consistently pushed the boundaries of what’s possible in the built environment. This article shows how the firm has unlocked a new level of precision and efficiency in their projects and closed the seemingly inevitable as-built gap between design and construction by seamlessly integrating BIM and 3D scanning technologies into their workflow. https://lnkd.in/gp8MbaK9

AI Technology in the Construction Industry and its Potential Impact on Jobs This Viewpoint article by Sharnette Tucker, program manager at HNTB and a leader in Professional Women in Construction, New York Professional Development Advisory Council, discusses the many advantages and ways to incorporate AI and predictive data analytics in the construction industry, as well as the potential impact of AI on jobs. https://lnkd.in/ghsXV6Kz

Technology for Urban Planning at Houseal Lavigne This article captures the cutting-edge technologies used by Houseal Lavigne, an urban planning and geospatial design firm, as well as several case studies highlighting its use of procedural and detailed 3D modeling, visualization and simulation, and publishing designs as playable games. https://lnkd.in/gfwmatwv

TonicDM: Project Information Management for AEC This review explores how Tonic Design Management (TonicDM) allows design firms to organize and manage project information with cloud-based speedy deployment, unlimited storage, and integrations with Microsoft Office, Procore, and Deltek to automate workflows. https://lnkd.in/gvXDXs33

Vive l'Héritage: Why Former Olympic Stadiums Struggled and Legacy, and How BIM Can Help Marc Nezet of the Nemetschek Group discusses how technologies like BIM can be used to develop Olympic stadiums more efficiently, cost-effectively, and sustainably, enabling sporting events like the Paris Games to be carbon-positive, both now as well as for their legacy use in the future. https://lnkd.in/ggC8pU7w

A Complete Guide to Structural Health Monitoring This article by Preetie Ghotra, Founder and CEO of Tejjy Inc. A BIM Automation Company, provides a comprehensive overview of the field of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), including what it is, why it is critical, the technologies used for it, and the optimal approach to SHM for different types of infrastructure including buildings, bridges, tunnels, dams, and nuclear power plants. https://lnkd.in/gexnfpHK