Articles by Tom Sawyer

A Q&A with a Structural Engineer who hung it up for construction photography

Typical vendor-sponsored case studies read as self-service marketing, but a new report from ClearEdge3D—a developer of software for making sense out of scan data—stands out because of its many tips for organizing as-built data acquisition using any tools or platforms.

Immersive reality has a new look coming at the end of November in the form of a clever arrangement of digital projectors, curved screens, mirrors and software for image rendering and stitching, configured into a portable viewing theater.

Realizing the promise of liquid paper­—lightweight digital surfaces that can be written on, erased and saved as easily as traditional paper—is an elusive goal, but a new tablet from Kent Displays is getting close.

The introduction of a cloud-based, automatic, change synchronization system for composite project models captured great attention at a Bentley Systems' Year in Infrastructure conference in Singapore, and that was just the start.

On Sept. 26 in New York City, the Boston-based construction company Suffolk officially opened the first of six Smart Labs that it is building in the heart of its key offices in the U.S.

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