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Maximizing the Benefits of Field Management and Tablet Computers in Construction - Webinar

Maximizing the Benefits of Field Management and Tablet Computers in Construction An independent study of 15 Skanska projects

For almost a decade, Skanska, a global top 20 general contractor, has been at the forefront in exploring the use of tablet computers for construction. In the past 3 years the firm has moved from exploration to explosion, as hundreds of projects around the world are leveraging Field management software from Vela Systems (now Autodesk® BIM 360 Field) and tablet computers to help drive programs for quality, safety, commissioning, Field BIM™ and access to construction documentation. This explosion of usage is fertile ground for research: What trends can be seen across multiple projects? For example, what factors contribute to projects getting the most value from the technology and thus create the most value for the owner? This complementary webinar will feature Brian Fitch, Project Controls Director at Skanska USA Building and Michael Moran, a Masters graduate of the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. Michael’s peer-reviewed research will be presented wherein he evaluated the benefits of Vela Systems field management software and tablet computers on 15 Skanska projects around the globe. Drivers of success will be examined and recommendations will be presented on the best ways to implement these technologies going forward. Title: Maximizing the benefits of Field Management and Tablet Computers in Construction Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Time: 1:00pm — 2:00pm Eastern time Speakers: Brian Fitch, Project Controls Director at Skanska USA Building Michael Moran, a Masters graduate of the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Can’t make the day and time? Register anyway as the webinar will be recorded and available for later viewing.

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BIM for Infrastructure webcasts

Reduce costs and maximize efficiency with intelligent model-based design

Autodesk Building Information Modeling for Infrastructure helps you minimize safety risks, analyze environmental impact, and identify issues that could cause costly delays.

 The Autodesk® Design Suite for Infrastructure provides a comprehensive set of integrated tools to plan, design, build, and manage road and highway projects more predictably.

We are running 2 webcasts on the 25th of October in Northern Europe, one for the Benelux, at 10.00 AM, which will be in Dutch and one for the UK, Ireland and Scandinavia  at 2.00 PM which will be in English.

In these webcasts you will learn:

•  how BIM can help you to stay up-to-date at every stage of the project lifecycle.
•  how to find better solutions by bringing together multiple types of data from many sources.
•  how to identify and address potential environmental impact and concerns.



Register Now for the Benelux (Dutch) webcast (October 25th , 10.00 AM)

Register Now for the UK, Ireland and Nordics (English)  webcast (October 25th , 2.00 PM)

 

Peter Ingels

BIM 360 Glue On The Go

Accessing models and BIM project data in the field has been a high priority for our construction customers for some time now, and requested more times than I can remember. Around 10 months ago I was asked to product manage a team to build an app that could handle large BIM datasets - to say I was thrilled (and honored) is an understatement, as although I've worked on Navisworks for many years, this was the first product I'd be the lead for. No pressure.

via beyonddesign.typepad.com

From conceptual models on your IPAD and web viewing with AIM360 to project models using BIM Glue 360 now available on itunes.

Check out the blog post from the product manager

Infrastructure Models on the web and mobile

Sooner than expected, back for an update on the web and mobile capabilities of Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler 2013 R2, which has just been released to subscription customers.

Sooner than expected, mainly because the process of installing the software, compiling a model, creating a design proposal, filtering the model to create a scenario for sharing, publishing to the cloud service and viewing on the web and mobile…. all took less than a Friday afternoon!

So, here’s a few views on the same model I rendered for my last blog post….

1. External view of the new hotel proposal in geographic context.  Running in Firefox browser.

2. Interior view from the new hotel proposal in geographic context.  Running in Firefox browser.

3.  View of the new hotel proposal in geographic context in the Autodesk 360 Infrastructure Modeler iPad app.

Thanks to Blom (http://www.blomasa.com/) for the geospatial data used in these examples.

Next stop Bristol to check out the Augmented Reality features of the iPad app!

Watch this space…

John Allen

Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler: Update, Web & Mobile!

I am delighted to pass on news of the release of Infrastructure Modeler 2013 R2, the much anticipated upgrade that includes new presentation capabilities on the desktop as well as clients for viewing 3D building and infrastructure models using web browsers and mobile devices.

I had a very quick tour of the new version and love the new storyboard and rendering tools.  I am by no means a rendering expert but created the image below in a matter of minutes!

More to follow from me as I play with the web and iPad clients.  For now here’s the full run-down…

Key Enhancements and Features:

• Storytelling Tools – Enables users to better convey the details of their designs to non-technical audiences with the ability to create camera paths, fly-through animations, and videos that include titles, captions, points of interest and storyboards.
• Rendering More Realistic Models – Helps users produce higher quality renderings with new photorealism tools like progressive ray trace, more realistic sun/sky models, and high and low definition range output
• Open Standards Support – Enables user to access CityGML, the standard many municipal bureaus in Europe use to store city data. CityGML data may contain a whole city’s structure (including detailed 3D models), roads, pipes, and textures in different levels of detail. The inclusion of CityGML can greatly improve our user’s ability to incorporate detailed data into their designs that was previously unavailable.
• Autodesk 360 Infrastructure Modeler for Mobile* – Now, infrastructure professionals can share their models as well as specific scenarios in a more secure cloud environment - via Autodesk® BIM 360™ cloud-based services- with public stakeholders who want the ease and convenience of using an iPad® mobile digital device. Available via the Apple iTunes app store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/autodesk-360-infrastructure/id557267648?ls=1&mt=8
• Autodesk 360 Infrastructure Modeler for Web* – The new Web application enables interested parties who are not Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler 2013 users to view models and specific scenarios via a link using their Web browser, giving broader access to project proposals and more. To download the web plug-in, please go here: http://autodesk.com/aim360webdl

Looking forward to seeing your samples, please send any graphics to john.allen@autodesk.com

John Allen

Autodesk and CGarchitect Present First Autodesk Excellence in Infrastructure Awards

Hydropower Plant in China, Highway Exchange in Washington State and Mixed-Use Academic Center in New York Take Top Honors in New Competition.

Click here for the Official Press Release

Managed by CGarchitect, and co-sponsored by Autodesk and HP, the competition’s jury of industry experts selected the winners from a total of 44 submissions covering a wide range of transportation, land development, urban planning, water/wastewater and energy related projects. Entries were judged based on complexity, innovative use of technology, sustainability factors and the overall value Autodesk software and BIM for Infrastructure provided to the project outcome, whether used to plan, design, build or manage infrastructure projects. The winners will be honored at the upcoming Autodesk University 2012 conference this November in Las Vegas, where HP will be demonstrating their latest technology and awarding first place winner KHIDI an HP EliteBook 8560w Mobile Workstation.

Kunming, China-based KHIDI was awarded the first place prize for the HD hydropower station project located in southwestern China. In addition to generating much needed power, the station will help with flood control, irrigation, increased water supply, soil and water conservation and tourism. The project includes a concrete gravity dam with a maximum height of 203 meters, with a total capacity of 1.5 billion cubic meters and an installed capacity of 1,900 megawatts. For this massive project covering an area of approximately 20 square kilometers, the KHIDI team used software in the Autodesk Design and Creation suites to enable BIM workflows for the design of hydraulic structures, design and the composition of metal structures, surveying, hydrological design, construction, clash detection, virtual walkthroughs, 4D simulation and support for planning and design, multi-program comparison and selections, and presentations for stakeholders.

“The application of Autodesk software for BIM has greatly improved our design quality,” said Xuelei Wu, BIM project team member, KHIDI. “Employing BIM workflows has helped us in many ways, including: collaborative design and planning across disciplines, BIM-based estimation of construction volumes, detection of conflicts between design models, multi-schematic conceptual design and application, virtual interactive walkthroughs and better presentation of blueprints, as well as a dramatic enhancement in design quality and efficiency.”

 

The second place prize was awarded to the Clark County Public Works Department for work on the Salmon Creek Interchange Project, a joint effort between the county and the Washington State Department of Transportation.

The New York City office of Stantec Consulting received the third place prize for their work on the Columbia University Manhattanville project, a 17-acre, mixed- use academic center in the former Manhattanville manufacturing zone of West Harlem in New York City.