What Will Manufacturing Look Like in 2021? The 5 Top Trends to Watch by Asif Moghal From disruption-ready supply chains to personalized products and intelligent automation, here are the manufacturing trends that will define 2021 and beyond.
Construction From BIM to Big Data, Bouygues Builds the Construction Site of the Future by Maxime Thomas
Manufacturing Thanks to Big Data in Agriculture, BIM Makes Its Way to the (Coffee) Farm by Carlos Tomasini For the best brews, according to Colombia’s Blue Bird Coffee, combine altitude, sun, shade, four generations of expertise in agriculture—and digitalization and big data.
Infrastructure Indonesia Has a Bold Infrastructure Plan—and Is Using 5D BIM to Drive It by Rina Diane Caballar Indonesia is investing $412 billion in a massive infrastructure overhaul. A key project is the Temef Dam, which will provide irrigation and flood control—and 5D BIM will make it happen.
Construction This Smart Building Is a Living Lab for a Greener Future in Construction by Mark de Wolf Kingspan’s global innovation center, IKON, uses IoT, BIM, and AI to illustrates ways a smart building can inform construction’s greener future.
Engineering Tech Leadership in the Next Normal: Prakash Kota on Returning to the Workplace by Susan Etlinger, Altimeter Group Sr. Analyst Autodesk CIO Prakash Kota details the strategies for using data, digital technology, and automation to help companies return to the workplace and navigate the post-pandemic “next normal.”
Architecture How 3 Global Architecture and Engineering Firms Are Revitalizing Work in 2020 by Zach Mortice As traditionally on-site businesses struggle to define post–COVID-19 protocols, here’s a snapshot of three global architecture firms in 2020—and how they’re envisioning the future of work.