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Engineering.com | March 17, 2020

The last pandemic that almost brought the world to its knees happened during World War I. The viruses of the 1918 Spanish Flu, named for a country that had little to do with it, killed more people 50 to 100 million than bullets did. But a hundred years ago, we didn't know about viruses. We had no idea that being packed together in the trenches of war or the close quarters of cities would cause a contagion to spread like a wildfire. Before the discovery of cells blood, cancer, etc. and microo...

Trimble, Tekla | April 09, 2020

Trimble’s latest Tekla software releases improve the free flow of information, the creation of data-rich constructible models and improved collaboration. Trimble released updates of its Tekla 2020 Structural BIM Software Solutions, that are used for advanced Building Information Modeling, structural engineering and steel fabrication management. The updates concern the following software products: Tekla Structures is advanced structural BIM software for creating, combining, managing and sha...

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Bridgit | November 10, 2020

Bridgit, the leading provider of construction resource management solutions, today announced it has launched an integration with Autodesk®, following news of a $7 million USD strategic investment led by the company. Bridgit Bench is now integrated with BIM 360® and BuildingConnected®. Customers can add and edit a project in Bridgit Bench from BIM 360 or BuildingConnected, log in to Bridgit Bench with their BIM 360 credentials, and open Bridgit Bench in a BIM 360 Partner Card. BIM 360...

IMechE | April 01, 2020

Alongside Industry 4.0, smart factory and industrial digitalisation, the term Industrial Internet of Things IIoT has also grown in prominence over recent years. Broadly, IIoT refers to devices and equipment in industrial settings that have been fitted with sensors and other instrumentation, and then networked together to gather and share data, and to carry out connected operations. These networks are both wired and wireless and often consist of multiple types of communication technologies &ndash...