I enjoyed delivering the keynotes on the Digital Design Symposium roadshow for Government where the main focus was on the Future of Design. After some discussion on embracing change and moving to BIM – my keynote changed lanes to focus…
Lynn Allen Explains the Top Six Trends for the AEC Industry
This is the Era of Connection. Today, everything is network-enabled and Internet-connected, from smart doorbells to fitness trackers, and this technology isn’t likely to slow down. By 2020, Cisco estimates that there will be more than 24 million devices connected…
Join Lynn Allen for “The Future of Building (Government) Things”
Cloud computing, mobile technology, and collaboration are changing every aspect of our lives. So much so that it can be hard to keep pace. In the CAD world we’ve seen this change or “era of disruption” before, first with the…
What the Autodesk and ESRI Partnership Means for Government Infrastructure
Late in 2017, Autodesk and ESRI announced a new partnership to “advance infrastructure planning and design”. The relationship was positioned to help build a bridge between building information modeling (BIM) and GIS technologies. But what does this relationship mean for…
Autodesk’s digital manifesto details an exciting future for construction
Every few decades, new technologies come along that are truly disruptive and revolutionary – capable of shaking up the way we work, live and play. Once these new technologies enter the marketplace, nothing is the same again, as “business as…
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