Thornton Tomasetti’s CORE studio, Simply Rhino, Grimshaw Architects and KPF Architects on July 8-12 hosted the AECtech Symposium and Hackathon, a virtual event that studied innovations from the UK design and construction industry.
Product demos by startups, networking and venture capital panels brought back a familiar, if masked, sense of collegiality Sept. 1, for demo day of the BuiltWorlds Summit 2021 at Chicago's Westin River North.
The pandemic is driving rapid change in design and construction technology, but the same adoption rigor that existed before it still delivers the best results.
At its first all-virtual Autodesk University conference, software vendor Autodesk announced three new construction cloud products, a partnership for electrical design and a new digital twin offering for owners and operators.
Efficiencies in design, construction and building use are being unlocked thanks to analysis and proactive changes informed by construction data. Even 3D printing for a NASA project on structures on Mars is on the table.