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Spotlight On Air Travel: How Technology Tackles 5 Key Infrastructure Challenges
The future may be unpredictable, but one thing seems certain: The air travel and cargo sector will keep booming. More specifically, passenger travel is expected to expand to 8.2 billion air travelers annually by 2037 and the number of cargo freight aircraft is expected to jump 30 percent. If these projections come true, airport designers…
Infrastructure
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AEC Excellence Awards wins made possible by Revit
It’s hard to believe Autodesk is in its sixth year of involvement with the AEC Excellence Awards, and this time we share the privilege with co-sponsors HP, Construction Dive and Smart Cities Dive. This year’s AEC Excellence Awards competition attracted 256 submissions from 40 countries and culminated in a ceremony held at Autodesk University Las…
Architecture
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Revit LT or Revit? That is the question
While not quite as existential as Hamlet’s soliloquy on the nature of life and death, we do see this question asked by customers: Revit LT vs Revit? They are trying to figure out which version of Autodesk Revit software is going to work best for them and understand the real differences between them. In this…
Architecture
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The New Bridge Design: Building Before Building
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Colas SA is using BIM for virtual planning and construction of the Rivière des Galets Bridge on Reunion Island. Autodesk software—including ReCap, Civil 3D, Revit, 3ds Max, Navisworks, and BIM 360—is helping the firm and all the project stakeholders better plan, coordinate, and carry out construction. Rivière des Galets bridge…
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High-Altitude Scan-to-BIM
ATFF provides Scan-to-BIM services using ReCap and Revit for a hospital renovation in the French Alps The Project The Aiguilles-Queyras Hospital Center is a 20,000-square meter facility in Aiguilles, France. Located in the French Alps, the facility has the highest altitude of any hospital in France. A renovation project is underway to accommodate more out-patient…
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BIM in terminal tram line design
The Huawei Terminal new headquarters in Dongguan, Guangdong Province covers about an area of 12 square kilometers with a new tram design at about 13 kilometers. The project includes coordination of floodway, reservoir, bridge and mountains. Huawei’s Songshanhu base remodeled 12 classical cities or regions which are renowned in the world and deeply favored by people.…
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