The London 2012 velodrome achieved the environmental standards rating ‘BREEAM Excellent’ at the design stage. The article ‘London 2012 Velodrome – integrating advanced simulation into the design process’ by Harries, Brunelli and Rizos, published…
Highlighting Technology Advancements in 3D Modeling #AUINFRA #AU2013
After a break, the Infrastructure Symposium covered different technology advancements. Jack Strongitharm, civil industry manager, ISM at Autodesk discussed…
Autodesk Infrastructure Symposium Kicks Off to a Packed House #AUINFRA
BIM for Infrastructure is the focus of the Infrastructure Symposium today as a pre-event kick-off to Autodesk University in Las Vegas. The event has grown…
Autodesk Launches Vehicle Tracking 2014 Intelligent Design Solution
Autodesk has just released Vehicle Tracking software that provides design and simulation for transportation analysis. This technology allows designers to model the turning radius of different vehicles, and to model any potential clashes in roadway design scenarios.…
Urban Planning for a Changing Climate
Rising sea levels, severe storms, droughts, hotter summers and colder winters are just some of the threats Europe's cities face from a changing climate. Urban planners need to be able to take into account these and other effects of climate change if they are…
Game On – Why Your Tween is Poised to be the Next Geospatial Super User
Much has been written about converging threads in the geospatial arena over the past several years (6 articles in Safe’s blog alone!), whether it’s BIM and GIS, 3D and 2D, 2.5D and 2D, or even geospatial and music videos! But over the past couple of…
Toward Intelligent Infrastructure
We are living in a world with a rapidly growing population and an urbanization rate that is increasing year over year. According to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), people living in urban areas will increase from 50% worldwide in…
