{"id":2309,"date":"2017-08-30T11:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/?p=2309"},"modified":"2017-08-30T10:54:47","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T15:54:47","slug":"aec-excellence-awards-finalists-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/aec-excellence-awards-finalists-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Autodesk Highlights the Future of Making Things for AEC with Excellence Awards Finalists 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Exemplary projects from across the globe in the categories of Infrastructure, Building, Construction &amp; Sustainability<\/em><\/p>\n<p>By Jessica Brill, Autodesk<\/p>\n<p>Co-sponsors Autodesk, HP, Construction Dive and Smart Cities Dive are proud to announce the 2017 AEC Excellence Awards finalists!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/08\/AEC-Excellence-Awards-2017-Logo.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2313\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2313\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/08\/AEC-Excellence-Awards-2017-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/08\/AEC-Excellence-Awards-2017-Logo.jpg 398w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/08\/AEC-Excellence-Awards-2017-Logo-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s AEC Excellence Awards competition showcased stellar examples of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/solutions\/bim\">Building Information Modeling<\/a> [BIM] in action within the AEC industry. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/campaigns\/aec-excellence-awards\/2016\">here<\/a> to see last year\u2019s spectacular winning projects. This year\u2019s competition showcases global projects that have embraced connected BIM technologies in the categories of Infrastructure, Building, Construction and Sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s finalists\u2019 announcement sets the stage for the unveiling of the competition\u2019s winners at <a href=\"http:\/\/au.autodesk.com\/\">Autodesk University 2017<\/a> in Las Vegas on November 14, 2017. During this event, winners will be celebrated for their achievements using Connected BIM workflows on innovative projects. Awards will be presented alongside special guest presentations from industry experts and thought leaders. Anyone attending Autodesk University is welcome to attend this event, but advance registration is required.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2017 Entries by the Numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>145 entries received representing 32 different countries &#8211; China had highest number of overall entries, followed by USA and the Netherlands<\/li>\n<li>32 finalists (Top 8 finalists chosen for each of the 4 categories)<\/li>\n<li>12 winners will be announced at AU Las Vegas (1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> &amp; 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place for each of the 4 categories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nFinalists Announced<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled with the finalists for this year\u2019s AEC Excellence Awards,\u201d said Nicolas Mangon, Vice President AEC, Autodesk. \u201cThe groundbreaking nature of these international projects shows how the AEC industry is rapidly embracing connected BIM technologies. Our 2017 competition finalists truly represent the future of making things for the AEC industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was a tough job for the independent, global <a href=\"http:\/\/autode.sk\/AECExcellenceJudges\">panel of judges<\/a> to evaluate all 145 submissions and narrow down to the \u201cbest-of- the-best\u201d finalists. Click through the slideshow below to see all of the finalists announced today.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2017 AEC Excellence Awards Finalists\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/tPFObHCiDwSy5y\" width=\"427\" height=\"356\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe> <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:5px\"> <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/AutodeskAEC\/2017-aec-excellence-awards-finalists\" title=\"2017 AEC Excellence Awards Finalists\" target=\"_blank\">2017 AEC Excellence Awards Finalists<\/a> <\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/AutodeskAEC\" target=\"_blank\">Autodesk AEC<\/a><\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>Watch for the big announcement of the winning projects on November 14, 2017 at AU Las Vegas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Exemplary projects from across the globe in the categories of Infrastructure, Building, Construction &amp; Sustainability<\/em><\/p>\n<p>By Jessica Brill, Autodesk<\/p>\n<p>Co-sponsors Autodesk, HP, Construction Dive and Smart Cities Dive are proud to announce the 2017 AEC Excellence Awards finalists!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/08\/AEC-Excellence-Awards-2017-Logo.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2313\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s AEC Excellence Awards competition showcased stellar examples of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/solutions\/bim\">Building Information Modeling<\/a> [BIM] in action within the AEC industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":2315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[399,403,80,475,333],"class_list":["post-2309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aec","tag-aec-excellence-awards","tag-architecture","tag-bim","tag-construction","tag-infrastructure"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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