06/11/20 - Digital Twin Consortium FoundedAnsys , Dell , and Microsoft are among the founding members of a new consortium created to develop standard terminology and reference architectures around digital twin technology, in addition to sharing use cases across industries. Author – David Greenfield The Object Management Group (OMG), host of the Industrial Internet Consortium and developer of enterprise integration standards and modeling... read more
06/10/20 - Three ways digitization could change the construction industry If you’ve followed the predictions of construction industry technologists over the last decade you could be forgiven for skepticism about the current hype. Similar to Chicken Little’s warning about the falling sky in the children’s fable (turns out it was just an acorn), the promised mass reckoning for industry laggards and Luddites has... read more
05/15/20 - Delivering the Gafcon Digital Twins and e-Builder SolutionGafcon, Inc. is an Owner Representative based in San Diego, CA with 33 years of experience helping clients in the private and public sectors. Gafcon Digital is the evolution of their Innovative Solutions Group and is focused on the use of Digital Twins in the digital building lifecycle. This process provides Owners with the ability to Plan,... read more
1/1/2020 – Digital Evolution: Risks and Opportunities of Technology Trends in Construction Digital transformation is the buzziest phrase right now. From artificial intelligence to autonomous vehicles to blockchain to 5G to IoT, it is difficult to keep up with all of the emerging tech that will disrupt personal and professional lives. But what does it mean for the design and construction industry? Venture capitalists have... read more