Desoutter Tools

PBC Today | April 24, 2020

The new Hospital Nova in Finland has used BIM models and VR to involve over 350 staff in the building design. As the first completely new hospital to be built in the Central Finland Healthcare District since the 1970s, Hospital Nova aims to be modern and efficient. With planned opening in late 2020, the project is an entirely new concept compared to traditional hospitals, with a target to cut operating costs by 10%. Due to the ambitious nature of the project, the project team wanted to involve s...

Accenture | May 20, 2020

Accenture in Italy has entered into an agreement to acquire Turin-based boutique systems integrator PLM Systems. The acquisition will expand Accenture’s capabilities to help clients improve how they generate, manage and benefit from product data in design, engineering and manufacturing. Founded in 1996, PLM Systems specializes in designing and building information systems for product lifecycle management. Its clients are Italian and international automotive, industrial equip...

MARKET

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...

ENGINEERING TECH

GeoSLAM | July 07, 2021

GeoSLAM, a leading SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) technology company, has developed a solution for quickly and easily tracking the progress of a construction project. After almost a decade of close collaboration with the construction sector, GeoSLAM has developed Construction Progress to simplify project monitoring using generated point cloud data. By speeding up an essentially manual process, the solution will assist construction companies in evaluati...