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How (and why) Trimble created the world’s most detailed record EVER of an ancient Roman landmark

BD+C

In reality, it’s the most detailed point cloud model of the historic Library of Celsus, ever. Created with laser scanners that capture 500,000 points per second, this model offers rich, actionable data that could never be captured in a photo. If a picture is worth a million words, a point cloud model is worth exponentially more.

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Industrialized Construction Bridges the Gap Between Traditional and Future Building – Q&A with Salla Eckhardt

Autodesk Construction Cloud

That’s when I was exposed to industrialized construction as a methodology.  In the early 2000s, building information modeling entered academia and became part of the teaching curriculum. Everything was designed and engineered using BIM, then fabricated and lifted into place.

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Industrialized Construction Bridges the Gap Between Traditional and Future Building – Q&A with Salla Eckardt

Autodesk Construction Cloud

That’s when I was exposed to industrialized construction as a methodology.  In the early 2000s, building information modeling entered academia and became part of the teaching curriculum. Everything was designed and engineered using BIM, then fabricated and lifted into place.

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5 Reasons to Move to Integrated Digital Delivery (IDD)

Autodesk Construction Cloud

It saw Integrated Digital Delivery (IDD) as an opportunity to facilitate seamless sharing and delivery of digital information—from design to off-site fabrication, and from on-site assembly to operations and building maintenance. 3 Greater access to information reduces waste and increases profitability.

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Interested In Prefabrication? Here’s 5 Tips To Get It Right From The Start

Autodesk Construction Cloud

For construction companies, productivity – and so profitability – can increase. Likewise, main contractors need to adjust the traditional estimation models which make it difficult to compare prefab designs with those delivered by trade. But in the early days, you’re likely to be working with some fabricators for the first time.

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Rebar Projects in Revit

BIM & Beam

As Building Information Model (BIM) technology has expanded to include more workflows for rebar detailing adoption of these capabilities within the industry has accelerated. Owner requirements for using BIM on project has also been a factor driving adoption, particularly in markets with government BIM mandates such as the U.S. and the UK.

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Top 30 Construction Classes at Autodesk University 2021

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Ivana shares how Mace saved 50% of their time spent on coordination and reporting by using BIM 360 Document Management and Model Coordination. Background into integrated methodologies for tracking changes and model coordination review. How to overcome internal resistance around using 3D models for quantity takeoff.