April 2, 2025
This article discusses how robots are being used for a wide range of tasks on construction sites, from interior finishing to the demanding precision of structural work and the bird's-eye efficiency of site management.
This article describes how the Dublin City Council, which governs the city of Dublin in Ireland, is leveraging digital twin technology from Bentley Systems to enhance city management and operational efficiency.
Nathan Kegel, Vice President of IES, shows how whole-building platforms in AEC address the fragmentation of siloed tools by providing an integrated environment where multiple performance tasks can be conducted from a single model.
Gregor Štrekelj, Product Manager for Infrastructure at Allplan, highlights the importance of open standards in construction and infrastructure to allow project teams to future-proof their data, improve collaboration, and maintain accessibility across an asset’s lifecycle.
This article describes the digital twin of the Köhlbrand Bridge in Hamburg, Germany, which was developed with the objective of enabling predictive maintenance of the bridge rather than the conventional reactive maintenance that is ubiquitous for buildings and infrastructure.
This article captures the discussion on the potential impact of AI in Architecture presented at the WA100 Live 2024 event, with leading firms in the UK including Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio sharing the exploratory work they are doing with AI.
HKS is an interdisciplinary global design firm of over 1,400 architects, interior designers, urban designers, scientists, artists, and anthropologists working in multiple practice areas including aviation, urban design, civic & cultural, commercial, education, government, health, hospitality, and more.
This Viewpoint explores what happened to the concept of “City Information Modeling” (CIM) for city planning and management, which is similar to the concept of “Building Information Modeling” (BIM) for building design and construction. Has CIM been subsumed by the concept of “urban digital twins”?
