Future Forward: BIM’s New Definition: Building an Information Model
These profiles are based on interviews, and the opinions and statements are those of the subject and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by this publication. Theo Agelopoulos is the senior director of Infrastructure Strategy and Marketing at Autodesk. There are several types of automation simultaneously disrupting the AEC and infrastructure industries, but Autodesk’s Agelopoulos is currently focused on design automation and its impact. His definition of design automation i...
Future Forward Full Interview: BIM’s New Definition: Building an Information Model
Theo Agelopoulos is the senior director of Infrastructure Strategy and Marketing at Autodesk. V1 Media: Please provide a brief background about your education and career? Agelopoulos: For the past 12 years I have worked at Autodesk in various roles focused on infrastructure. Prior to joining Autodesk I spent 13 years at Intergraph working primarily in the areas of transportation, geospatial and remote sensing. The majority of my career has been spent in the software industry servicing...
CARES Act Impacts Engineering and Construction Sector
The CARES Act does not provide direct relief for additional costs and delays to individual projects. COVID-19 precautions continue to impact construction by delaying material shipments and reducing labor availability, as well as governmental orders to halt many construction projects. Some ongoing or planned construction projects are at risk of being suspended or terminated because of reduced demand in various sectors, such as hospitality or oil and gas, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ma...
Change Leader: Bringing Collaboration to the Cloud
These profiles are based on interviews, and the opinions and statements are those of the subject and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by this publication. Israel Sumano is the senior director of infrastructure at Southland, one of the nation’s largest MEP building systems firms. Changing the AEC Industry Cloud-based technology has transformed many areas in the business workplace as well as in daily lives. Word processing, email and music are common examples of data that moved from...
Change Leader Full Interview: Bringing AEC Collaboration to the Cloud
Israel Sumano is the senior director of infrastructure at Southland, one of the nation’s largest MEP building systems firms. V1 Media: Please provide a brief background about your education and career? Sumano: I’ve been in IT for more than 20 years. I’ve worked at Sempra Energy for about 15 years, and I’ve been at Southland about eight years. I’ve got just about every certification that you can think of over the years, and I’m currently working on my master’s degree. V1 Media: ...
ReEngineering the Engineer: Curiosity: Engineers Do Better than the Cat
To date, my engineering firm has been a team member for two different Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) projects. Both included many regularly scheduled “Big Room” meetings. Almost all of those meetings start with an ice-breaker question to allow everyone to learn a little something about the other team members. The questions are usually pretty simple: your favorite movie, a favorite childhood memory, the most influential person in your life, your favorite food, a second career you didn’t ch...
Construction Contractors Are Working to Manage Coronavirus Risks
Contractors are staggering shifts and crews are cleaning tools, handles and hands in cities where projects continue. Zurich North America Construction crews in many cities continued to raise cranes and swing hammers as much of the world shut down to stem the spread of coronavirus. While Boston and Pennsylvania ordered a halt to most construction projects, some other cities and states designated construction as an essential or crucial sector. There is debate over the interpretation of go...
Video: Interview with Theo Agelopoulos, the senior director of Infrastructure Strategy and Marketing at Autodesk
In November 2019, Informed Infrastructure Editorial Director Todd Danielson interviewed Theo Agelopoulos, the senior director of Infrastructure Strategy and Marketing at Autodesk, at the Autodesk University (AU) Conference in Las Vegas.
Now is the Time to Increase Investment in America's Critical Infrastructure
The scope of the coronavirus pandemic is something we haven’t experienced in our lifetime. Each of us has been recruited to fight an unseen enemy that is disrupting our lives, businesses, and overall economic health. State and local leaders have called on President Trump to put the nation on a wartime footing. In response, the administration is speeding production of medical supplies and tasking the military to assist states with expanding hospital capacity. Congress is putting partisanship a...
Cracks in the Road: Resolving Unintentional Maintenance Impacts on a Residential Development
All residential development projects encounter problems and complications. Some are expected, but most are not. The Summerlake subdivision in Wintergarden, Fla., required maintenance and mitigation due to unexpected construction delays that allowed cracks to form in the roadways. The following article looks at how these problems were identified, evaluated and mitigated using geotechnical engineering and drainage technologies. In early 2008, the internal roadway within the Summerlake subdivisi...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
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