AEC Partnerships
by: Matt Torma
AEC Partnerships, Esri
SUMMARY
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opulation growth, mass urbanization, and climate change impacts are putting a strain on the world’s infrastructure. The magnitude of buildings and infrastructure development needed to meet world demand by 2050 is massive. Over the next 30 years, the planet will require constructing an estimated 13,000 buildings per day and more than 150,000 miles of urban roads, and 500,000 miles of rural roads per year. Architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professionals are up to that task and excited about the challenge and opportunity ahead. For business owners, this represents opportunity and a healthy project pipeline. For passionate professionals, this provides
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an opportunity to use expertise, ingenuity, and fun tools to make the world a better place through design and construction. For technology enthusiasts, this represents an opportunity to finally move owners off outdated legacy technologies and onto more modern, even futuristic, technologies and capabilities to support the construction and operations of complex buildings, campuses, and cities. One area AEC firms are exploring to help capture this opportunity, and win the most work, is the integration and BIM (Building Information Modeling) & GIS (Geographics Information Systems) workflows and data. The integration of BIM & GIS technology offers better designs, more efficient project delivery, and digital deliverables built for futuristic operations and management.
AUGIWorld Magazine | July 2021 augi.com
