Autodesk Infrastructure Solutions Accelerate Survey Workflows with Autodesk Solutions
Thursday, February 23, 2012
In this webcast presentation, civil engineering and survey professionals will learn how quickly and easily it is to implement the survey specific functionality within the Autodesk infrastructure design solutions.
View Now Wisconsin Roadway Design Case Study: Gremmer & Associates
(Featuring consulting engineering firm Gremmer & Associates)
Thursday, November 10, 2011
In this webcast, the engineering team at Gremmer & Associates will discuss how Civil 3D helped them to better tackle challenges and was instrumental in meeting project deadlines. A look at using Civil 3D to perform work for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation on a roadway segment leading to a major highway overpass, as well as lessons learned will be examined.
View Now Lessons Learned: 3D Design Models and Automated Machine Guidance in Construction
(Featuring the Wisconsin Department of Transportation)
Thursday, November 3, 2011
During the construction of US 10 in central Wisconsin, WisDOT utilized 3D models that were a by-product of the corridors designed using AutoCAD® Civil 3D® for automated machine guidance operations using GPS for grading as well as material layers for subgrade improvements and base course placement. This presentation will examine how these models were prepared and delivered to the contractor and review lessons learned during construction.
View Now Cost Avoidance in Construction using BIM
(Featuring the Wisconsin Department of Transportation)
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is becoming a standard way of doing business for many large infrastructure agencies. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is currently exploring the benefits of BIM for transportation. This presentation examines data collection methodologies and processes that are being investigated at WisDOT in order to use BIM to complete construction projects on time and on budget.
View Now Better Infrastructure Management with Information Modeling
(CE News Webcast Series: Overcoming Our Infrastructure Deficits)
Thursday, September 22, 2011
After a road, highway, water or utility infrastructure project is constructed owners face the challenge of maintaining the asset to maximize the capital invested. Planning early in the project lifecycle can help designers deliver the information models owners need for efficient maintenance and improvement operations. This session will discuss how using BIM for GIS and infrastructure design throughout a project can help public agencies and private firms make better and faster operational decisions.
View Now Infrastructure Design to Construction Coordination
(CE News Webcast Series: Overcoming Our Infrastructure Deficits)
Thursday, August 11, 2011
During the construction phase of road and highway projects, collaboration and communication between design and construction teams are critical to success. This session will focus on how engineering and construction firms can use the BIM process and rich 3D models to help them gain greater visibility into a project, develop deeper insights into constructability, and identify and resolve issues virtually before breaking ground.
> View Now Infrastructure Projects: Optimizing Designs Through Visualization
(CE News Webcast Series: Overcoming Our Infrastructure Deficits)
Thursday, July 28, 2011
During the design phase of road and highway projects, design teams need to quickly create, analyze, and present design options that meet established goals for performance, safety, and cost. This webcast will explore working with a dynamic information model as the basis for more efficiently creating and exploring multiple design alternatives, performing analysis to guide decision making, and creating high-quality exhibits and visualizations for stakeholder reviews.
> View Now The Value of the 3D Design Models in Highway Construction Letting
(Featuring the Wisconsin Department of Transportation)
July 14, 2011
Does better project planning lead to time savings on bidding activities and lower bid prices? This presentation focuses on the pre-bid and bidding phases of highway projects at WisDOT. We'll examine how processes were developed to take advantage of 3D model technologies in order to provide data that would assist contractors in preparing their bids.
View Now Site Development: Planning for Sustainability
(CE News Webcast Series: Overcoming Our Infrastructure Deficits)
June 23, 2011
Selecting the best location for new infrastructure and building projects, especially with today’s attention to sustainable development, has never been more important. In this session, we’ll focus on the significance of knowing not only where to build, but also where not to build an infrastructure or building project. We’ll discuss how to effectively integrate and analyze information about floodplains, environmentally sensitive areas, land use, transportation data, and more to create more accurate base maps of the project area and make smarter site selection decisions as part of the BIM process.
View Now Roads & Highways: Planning Ahead
(CE News Webcast Series: Overcoming Our Infrastructure Deficits)
June 2, 2011
Effective planning for roads and highways ensures their safety, efficiency and effectiveness, and minimal environmental impact. This presentation will show how geospatial data can be accurately integrated into the BIM process for more effective analysis and better design decisions. Planning, GIS, and civil engineering professionals will see how they can effectively access, integrate, and analyze disparate data to better assess and present project impacts, and help get projects approved faster.
View Now Better Planning with Information Modeling
(CE News Webcast Series: Overcoming Our Infrastructure Deficits)
May 11, 2011
Increasingly, geospatial professionals working on transportation, utility, and other infrastructure projects are being asked to integrate BIM models with GIS data to more directly represent the as-built structure and better leverage “GIS ready” design data. This session will present how design and GIS professionals can take advantage of data aggregation, integration and standards to create more accurate drawings, designs and maps; make better design decisions by evaluating existing conditions more effectively; distribute and exchange information in different ways; and more.
View Now Model-based Design at WisDOT
(Featuring the Wisconsin Department of Transportation)
May 5, 2011
In this special presentation, you'll hear from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation about their implementation of AutoCAD® Civil 3D® and the opportunities for the department to enhance their workflows through to construction. These updated workflows, along with lessons learned, will be examined in the context of their recently completed design project.
View Now The Infrastructure Lifecycle: Challenges and Solutions
(CE News Webcast Series: Overcoming Our Infrastructure Deficits)
March 31, 2011
With limited financial and human resources, it is critical to find innovative approaches to deliver infrastructure projects faster, more economically and more sustainably. This session kicks off a series of webcasts that address the issues and opportunities surrounding the delivery of infrastructure today. It will present how information model based design tools play a key role to support these new approaches to reduce risk, costs, and timelines.
View Now 3D Laser Scanning Webcasts Improving Road & Highway Design Workflows
Learn more about using laser scanning in the roadway and highway design process. See best practice approaches to data collection and for categorizing Lidar data. The end deliverables from the processed point clouds will be evaluated relative to the engineering software that will use it. (Video: 56:46 min.)
View Now Road & Highway Corridor Study Workflows
Learn about using laser scanning in road and highway corridor studies. We'll discuss best practices for collecting corridor point clouds and combining imagery and GIS data to obtain corridor-specific information from the point cloud.
(Video: 57:49 min.)
View Now Road & Highway Series Part 1: 3D Laser Scanning Technology Overview
We'll identify current trends and challenges facing the use and adoption of laser scanning technology within current civil design and infrastructure management software environments. (Video: 58:51 min.)
View Now Water / Wastewater Webcasts Water Infrastructure Design Using AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011
Using recommendations from the drainage planning study presentation, see how to design a stormwater management system for a neighborhood. You'll build on data from the drainage planning study to do a surface analysis and determine drainage catchments in AutoCAD® Civil 3D® software, design a drainage system in Civil 3D, and share pipe network and catchment information. (Video: 54:27 min.)
View Now Water Infrastructure Planning Using AutoCAD Map 3D 2011
Use AutoCAD® Map 3D 2011 along with Autodesk® Storm and Sanitary Analysis Stand-Alone to do regional planning for a citywide stormwater drainage system. See how you can: - Aggregate data from multiple sources including SHP and raster imagery using Map 3D 2011
- Share data with Storm and Sanitary Analysis to build analysis model
- Run simulations and analysis in Storm and Sanitary Analysis
(Video: 53:33 min.)
View Now CE News Webcast Series Accelerating BIM ROI with Interoperability Standards
Bradley E. Adams, P.E. discusses: - Key lessons learned from his engagement with the Colorado DOT
- The benefits of supporting dual platforms for drafting and design
- How interoperability standards can result in increased competition for projects that may lead to reduced costs for government agencies
Karen Weiss, P.E. demonstrates the enhanced functionality in the AutoCAD® 2011 family of products, which gives users a competitive edge while fulfilling their clients' CAD and technical requirements. (Video: 61:16 min.) View Now Visualizing Civil Designs with the Power of BIM
Whether you’re taking the designs through review and approval processes or soliciting public comment, design visualizations can make a difference. Learn how design visualization plays a role throughout a project: - Exploring project alternatives
- Validating designs
- Communicating design intent to project stakeholders
- Winning more work for your organization
(Video: 60:45 min.) View Now The Future of Civil Design & Construction with BIM
The process of civil engineering design and heavy construction, especially for roads, highways, and urban transportation projects, is being transformed. Hear more about the changes in the industry and how your organization can leverage BIM to address them. (Video: 55:07 min.)
View Now Road Design Series Webcasts BIM and Sustainability for Roadway Drainage Design
Learn how storm water and sanitary sewer system networks are modeled, analyzed, and sized using the Hydraflow extensions available to Civil 3D subscription customers. From storm sewer design, watershed analysis, detention pond modeling, and culvert analysis, the Hydraflow extensions help you address crucial parts of your workflow and leverage design information for predicting project performance. (Video: 50:15 min.)
View Now Product Overview AutoCAD Civil 3D Screencast
See how AutoCAD Civil 3D software for civil engineering design, analysis, and simulation can boost productivity by taking a project from survey data collection to construction documentation, efficiently and with minimal errors. (Video: 0:59 min.)
View Now From GIS to Design
Lucy Kuhns and Peter Southwood show you how you can use AutoCAD Map 3D and AutoCAD Civil 3D software to design a connector road to access a new development and create direct routing to major thoroughfares. (Video: 0:59 min.)
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