{"id":1694,"date":"2016-09-19T11:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/?p=1694"},"modified":"2016-12-07T12:02:41","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T17:02:41","slug":"autodesk-highlights-the-future-of-making-things-for-aec-with-excellence-awards-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/autodesk-highlights-the-future-of-making-things-for-aec-with-excellence-awards-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Autodesk Highlights the Future of Making Things for AEC with Excellence Awards Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Record number of submissions across architecture, civil engineering and construction
\n<\/em>By Jessica Brill, Autodesk<\/p>\n

Drum roll please — announcing the Autodesk AEC Excellence Awards finalists!<\/p>\n

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For the past four years Autodesk has sponsored the Excellence in Infrastructure Competition<\/em> to showcase stellar examples of Building Information Modeling<\/a> [BIM] in action within the civil engineering industry. \u00a0Click here<\/a> to see last year\u2019s winning projects – The results were spectacular.<\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s competition now includes building and construction categories, and showcases projects embracing the future of making things for AEC [architecture, engineering and construction] and civil infrastructure through the use of innovative and connected BIM technologies.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s announcement of the finalists sets the stage for the unveiling of the Competition\u2019s winners on November 16 at Autodesk University 2016<\/a> in Las Vegas.\u00a0 Each of these finalists will join us at the awards ceremony. \u00a0\u00a0Come to think of it \u2013 you should join us at AU too!<\/p>\n

New Competition Categories
\n<\/strong>Categories include 1st<\/sup> and 2nd<\/sup> place for building, construction, and infrastructure projects. There are also categories specifically for small or niche projects, such as design and fabrication, communication and collaboration, computational design, small and large building construction projects, and more. We will also present a Philanthropic Award that addresses the fields of public interest, social impact, community, humanitarian or sustainable design.
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\nFacts-at-a-glance<\/strong><\/p>\n