{"id":2137,"date":"2017-05-11T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2017-05-11T11:25:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T16:25:19","slug":"aec-excellence-awards-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/aec-excellence-awards-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the AEC Excellence Awards 2017!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/05\/AEC-Excellence-Awards-2017-Hero-Image-with-Logo.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2138\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2138\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/05\/AEC-Excellence-Awards-2017-Hero-Image-with-Logo-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/05\/AEC-Excellence-Awards-2017-Hero-Image-with-Logo-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/05\/AEC-Excellence-Awards-2017-Hero-Image-with-Logo-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/05\/AEC-Excellence-Awards-2017-Hero-Image-with-Logo-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/autode.sk\/AECExcellence\">AEC Excellence Awards 2017<\/a> is now open for submissions!<\/p>\n<p>We are pleased to announce the categories for this year\u2019s AEC Excellence Awards competition: Building, Infrastructure, Construction and Sustainability. This year\u2019s competition will showcase projects embracing the future of making things for AEC and civil infrastructure through the use of innovative and connected BIM technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Autodesk is pleased to sponsor the AEC Excellence Awards competition showcasing stellar examples of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/solutions\/bim\/overview\">Building Information Modeling<\/a>\u00a0[BIM] in action again for the fifth year in a row, along with co-sponsors <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hp.com\/go\/autodesk\">HP<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/\">Construction Dive<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartcitiesdive.com\/\">Smart Cities Dive<\/a>. Click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/campaigns\/aec-excellence-awards\/2016\">here<\/a>\u00a0to see last year\u2019s winning projects and get inspired \u2013 the results were spectacular.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/05\/project-collage.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2141\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2141\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/05\/project-collage.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/05\/project-collage.png 640w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/05\/project-collage-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Awards include 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, and 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place prizes in each category. We are looking for truly inspirational projects. Your best examples of connected BIM and future inspired global projects\u2014the ones that <strong><u>you<\/u><\/strong> are excited about! Pioneering projects that are using BIM, implementing technology trends such as Augmented Reality\/ Virtual Reality, drones, generative design, computational design and more \u2014your best efforts using BIM workflows and Autodesk tools!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/05\/FoMT-image.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2140\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2140\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/05\/FoMT-image-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/05\/FoMT-image-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/05\/FoMT-image-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/05\/FoMT-image-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The deadline for entry is June 23, 2017.<\/strong> The top ten nominees for each category will be announced in August. The winners will be announced at the AEC Excellence Awards Ceremony at <a href=\"http:\/\/au.autodesk.com\/\">Autodesk University Las Vegas 2017<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n<p>If your project takes BIM to the next level, <a href=\"http:\/\/autode.sk\/AECExcellence\">submit it to the competition<\/a> and you and your company could get global recognition you deserve!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/05\/AEC-Excellence-Awards-2017-Hero-Image-with-Logo.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2138\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/autode.sk\/AECExcellence\">AEC Excellence Awards 2017<\/a> is now open for submissions!<\/p>\n<p>We are pleased to announce the categories for this year\u2019s AEC Excellence Awards competition: Building, Infrastructure, Construction and Sustainability. This year\u2019s competition will showcase projects embracing the future of making things for AEC and civil infrastructure through the use of innovative and connected BIM technologies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6101,"featured_media":2180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[80,167,475,522],"class_list":["post-2137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aec","tag-bim","tag-bim-360","tag-construction","tag-forge"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Announcing the AEC Excellence Awards 2017! - In the Fold<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/aec-excellence-awards-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jessica Brill\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/aec-excellence-awards-2017\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/aec-excellence-awards-2017\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jessica Brill\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b92cd4cde156e68455a2aa500565da67\"},\"headline\":\"Announcing the AEC Excellence Awards 2017!\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-11T16:00:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-11T16:25:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/aec-excellence-awards-2017\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":243,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/aec-excellence-awards-2017\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/71\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/aec-thumb.png\",\"keywords\":[\"BIM\",\"BIM 360\",\"Construction\",\"Forge\"],\"articleSection\":[\"AEC\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/aec-excellence-awards-2017\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/aec-excellence-awards-2017\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/aec-excellence-awards-2017\\\/\",\"name\":\"Announcing the AEC Excellence Awards 2017! 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