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2 days ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
Across the business world, within essentially every sector you can think of, hype around artificial intelligence is showing no signs of slowing down. Talk to people in the startup world, and they’ll acknowledge that one of the best strategies to secure funding is to make sure the term “artificial intelligence” is sprinkled at various points throughout a pitch deck.
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3 days ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
Toward the end of 2020, Autodesk completed its acquisition of Spacemaker, a Norway-based software solution for the design phase of construction projects. Today, Spacemaker is known as Autodesk Forma, an AI-powered cloud-based solution for planning and design, allowing architects to quickly iterate on and set up projects. Forma’s AI components, according to Autodesk, let users automate tedious tasks throughout a workflow in order to spend more time on the design process.
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4 days ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
Every week here at Geo Week News, we have been highlighting some of our favorite stories from around the internet that cover the geospatial, 3D, and AEC industries. Whether it’s a fascinating case study, insights from an industry thought leader, or deep dives into new tools, there is never any shortage of great writing and storytelling in this industry. Now, we’re expanding this section a bit.
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5 days ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
When we think about large-scale infrastructure projects like a new highway or rail system, it’s understandably the final result that we usually think about, even in the context of the project’s progress. It’s the building of the end result that we picture during the construction process, and the modeling of that end result that becomes the focus of the design process.
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6 days ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
One of the biggest themes that cuts across much of our coverage here at Geo Week News is the rapid improvements being made around lidar. This is true for both the hardware and the software, but the steps taken in the former’s regard are particularly impactful for its adoption. In large part due to innovations from the automotive industry, as they use this technology as a major component in the development of autonomous vehicles, lidar sensors are better than ever.
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1 week ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
The utilities industry is at an interesting point in which things seem to be moving in two different directions simultaneously. In many ways, it is the same as it has always been. Many of the power systems we rely upon for our daily energy usage are largely the same as they have been for decades. Of course there have been updates to the technology to keep up with changing demand patterns and improving tools, but the need for inspection, maintenance, and replacement follow many of the same beats.
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1 week ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
As communities across the world reckon with how humanity has affected the environment, attempted corrections are coming in many forms. A lot of this revolves around changing the way we work and live, whether it’s a greater embrace of public transportation, forgoing single-use items, or moving to digital workflows across many industries. The other side of this focus, though, comes in the form of rebuilding and restoring natural environments that have for too long been ignored or actively destroyed.
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1 week ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
Every week here at Geo Week News, we have been highlighting some of our favorite stories from around the internet that cover the geospatial, 3D, and AEC industries. Whether it’s a fascinating case study, insights from an industry thought leader, or deep dives into new tools, there is never any shortage of great writing and storytelling in this industry. Now, we’re expanding this section a bit.
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2 weeks ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
BIM is not a new class of technology, particularly in the context of an AEC industry that is increasingly using cutting-edge technologies. Depending on who you ask, the concept dates as far back as the 1970s, and it was around the turn of the century when the idea of a “Building Information Model” became a widely accepted term. However, it has been a long road to the technology being widely used across the industry, a process that is still ongoing.
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2 weeks ago | 
geoweeknews.com | Matt Collins
The AEC industry is at a fascinating inflection point. Gone are the days of the sector being a technological laggard, averse to moving away from the analog world toward the digital one. Today, the industry is dealing with growing demand across nearly all project types, and especially with infrastructure, while simultaneously trying to work around workforce challenges throughout the industry.
