Although the AEC industry is one of the oldest on Earth, really dating back to when humans started living in non-natural structures, it is still evolving with the rest of society. The last couple of decades in particular have been periods of extreme change in the industry as they’ve looked to address inefficiencies that had plagued the sector for decades. At Geo Week News, we cover many of the advancements bringing this industry forward, and today we have another edition of looking at stories exemplifying this phenomenon from other sources around the internet. This time, we highlight stories looking at the impact OpenUSD – or the Universal Scene Description – can have on the industry, the winners from this year’s Year in Infrastructure Awards from Bentley Systems, and the keys to implementing technology in the sector.
Find links to the full articles below.
What To Expect at AU 2024: OpenUSD in M&E, AECO, and Beyond
Alliance for OpenUSD
Next week marks one of the biggest events for the AEC industry every year, with professionals coming together in San Diego, California for Autodesk University 2024. One of the big talking points for this year’s event figures to be OpenUSD, the open standard for creating, describing, and sharing in the 3D ecosystem. This article from the Alliance for OpenUSD – a consortium of many large companies working to spread awareness and adoption of the framework – looks at the ways OpenUSD can help the AEC industry and how it will be showcased at this year’s Autodesk University.
Bentley Announces the Winners of the 2024 Year in Infrastructure Awards
Bentley Systems
Last week in Vancouver, Canada, Bentley Systems held their annual Year in Infrastructure, a two-day event featuring news and insights from the infrastructure software company as well as an awards ceremony honoring the best and most innovative projects in a number of categories. Geo Week News was in attendance – and the author of this article was a juror for the Surveying and Monitoring category – and we will have more coverage of the event next week. In the meantime, the winners for all categories were announced Wednesday evening, and readers can check out all of the winning projects with the link below.
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Tech Implementation, but How?
Peggy Smedley | Connected World
It’s easy to say that the AEC industry needs to be more proactive in adopting and implementing new technologies to address efficiency issues that have plagued the sector for years. It’s not as easy to outline how exactly firms need to be doing this. It’s this question that Smedley tackles in this article, providing a step-by-step guide for implementing a new piece of technology into workflows.
