Choosing to work in public service comes with the reward of getting to help provide essential services and necessary infrastructure to constituents. But it also comes with some incredible challenges, …
How reality capture can make renovations easier for government agencies
As any surveyor or field engineer knows, capturing existing field conditions for an infrastructure project or building renovation is a tedious, manual, often analog, and inaccurate process – not to me…
Let’s talk about design and engineering data governance (or the lack thereof)
From GIS data to CAD data, spreadsheets to presentations, government agencies and departments spend a lot of time creating, managing, and organizing large volumes of data in support of civil infrastru…
Spotlight your agency’s achievements and win a free pass to Autodesk University
Autodesk University (AU) 2018 is coming up this November 13-15th in Las Vegas. It’s a great place to learn, build connections, and explore what technologies are shaping your line of work. The conferen…
Making the Move to BIM is the Right Decision (Just Like CAD was 30 Years Ago)
If you’re one of the millions of people who’ve been lucky enough to hear Lynn Allen present, you’ll know her as the queen of AutoCAD tips and tricks and all-round Autodesk technical evangelist, but sh…
Ten reasons why it is time to move to BIM
You’ve heard the rumble in the industry surrounding BIM…but is it a reality or just a passing fad? Is it really worth the changes you’ll have to make to your software, hardware and process? Does the…
How Wexner Medical Center moved from AutoCAD to 6 million square feet of BIM
Converting six million square feet of space from 2D drawings to intelligent 3D building information models at one of the nation’s largest medical centers is no small undertaking. But that’s exactly wh…
What’s the Difference Between 3D Laser Scanning and Photogrammetry?
It’s hard to imagine a world without digital. But as you look around you, much of the physical world was designed and constructed using traditional 2D blueprints and is yet to be captured in a digital…
BIM solutions spark infrastructure improvements in underserved communities
BIM solutions are being utilized in underserved comminutes throughout the world for infrastructure and historical preservation. KnowledgeWell, comprised of professionals who volunteer to share their c…
Three questions for post occupancy BIM implementations
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is quickly becoming the industry standard tool for designing and architecting new buildings, public works projects and other structures – and for very good reason. …