Between the Linestag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-41432020-09-18T08:19:03-07:00 Design, Strategy, Technology, and more blog.TypePadAEC Hackathon Online v2 Join Me!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026be4129996200d2020-09-18T08:19:03-07:002020-09-18T08:19:25-07:00I hope you will again join the AEC Hackathon organized by an independent group of AEC technology and built environment superheroes.These events are normally held in person, but with the current COVID-19 they pivoted this summer with the first online...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="https://www.hackaec.com/"><img width="264" height="264" src="https://www.hackaec.com/img/logo.png"></a></p><p>I hope you will again join the <a href="https://www.hackaec.com/">AEC Hackathon</a> organized by an independent group of AEC technology and built environment superheroes.These events are normally held in person, but with the current COVID-19 they pivoted this summer with the first online version being a hit in light of all the quirks and challenges online live sessions and collaboration can bring they pulled it off. I really enjoyed being mentor and speaking with some of the teams. The speaker sessions were very informative as were the discussions and pitches by the teams competing. </p><p>They are holding v2 in October, I hope you join in at least for the presentations and meeting people as it is a truly industry thought provoking and inspiring innovation exercise.</p><p><a title="https://www.hackaec.com/" href="https://www.hackaec.com/">https://www.hackaec.com/</a></p><blockquote><p><a href="https://www.hackaec.com/">AEC Hackathon online</a> v2 is our 45th event and our second virtual multi-week experience of online presentations, workshops, interviews, mentor hours, meetups, hackathon, and more.<br><br>The AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) Hackathon was created in 2013 to give those designing, building, and maintaining our built environment the opportunity to collaborate with cutting edge technologies and its developers and designers. It’s an experience of geeking at its finest for improving the industries that affect all that live or work in a house or building. It has quickly become a global community of innovators that include all elements of the built environment. See our <a href="http://aechackathon.com/faq-frequently-asked-questions"><b>Frequently Asked Questions</b></a> section on our website for the basics and Code of Conduct.<br><br>If you are a built environment and or tech professional, expert, company, conglomerate, country, alien, robot AI, or other working to improve the built environment / give super powers to its workforce, join us!</p><p><a href="https://www.hackaec.com/"><img width="640" height="238" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e9667b3f200b-pi" border="0"></a></p></blockquote></div>
Congratulations to AEC Hackathon Teamstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0264e2ec2fe3200d2020-08-03T06:02:39-07:002020-08-03T06:03:54-07:00Recently, over the course of two weeks there has been the AEC hackathon that for the first time after over AEC industry hackathon just had to resort to go in digital since we cant meet in person safely. There were...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://www.hackAEC.com"><img width="700" height="233" title="AEC Hackathon" alt="AEC Hackathon" src="file:///C:/Users/hurleys/AppData/Local/Temp/1/OpenLiveWriter-1549935276/B643AB049D29/image.png"></a></p><p><br></p><p>Recently, over the course of two weeks there has been the AEC hackathon that for the first time after over AEC industry hackathon just had to resort to go in digital since we cant meet in person safely. There were many teams from around the world competing in this global event and many presentations over the course of the two weeks with the final presentations and and the awards held on July 26th. It has been an absolute honor to take part in this as a mentor and I look forward when we can all be together and share and hacking our AEC silos and technology. They are already planning for the next one in October.<p>Hackathons and innovation sprints are a great innovative method to explore ideas internally in you company or in industry groups and find solutions to the tough problems that you may not be able to solve in normal process or teams. They provide the space to explore, try things, and collaborate with others they may not normally get the chance to expanding their perspectives, experience, and skills. We just finished up an internal Hackathon in Global Consulting Delivery at Autodesk with 9 teams coming up with some amazing solutions that I hope hope to tell you more about in the future. I can’t encourage this way of thinking and collaborating enough and I am hoping to partner with some <a href="https://www.autodesk.com/">Autodesk</a> customers in the future to combine forces to solve their challenges together as I think that would be a win-win.<p><strong>Congratulations to all the team participants, the AEC Hackathon organizers, presentation speakers, mentors, sponsors, and industry.</strong> <br><br><strong>Here are the wining teams.</strong></p><p><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e959f1cd200b-pi"><img width="304" height="235" title="Best-Overall" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Best-Overall" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e959f1d1200b-pi" border="0"></a><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e959f1d8200b-pi"><img width="304" height="235" title="Best-Mashup" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Best-Mashup" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e959f1dc200b-pi" border="0"></a><br><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263ec2b9774200c-pi"><img width="304" height="235" title="Best-Big_Problem" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Best-Big_Problem" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0264e2ec2fc1200d-pi" border="0"></a><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0264e2ec2fc5200d-pi"><img width="304" height="235" title="startup" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="startup" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0264e2ec2fc9200d-pi" border="0"></a><br><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e959f1e5200b-pi"><img width="304" height="235" title="Best-Humans" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Best-Humans" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e959f1e9200b-pi" border="0"></a><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263ec2b9780200c-pi"><img width="304" height="235" title="Autodesk" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Autodesk" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263ec2b9784200c-pi" border="0"></a><br><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e959f1ed200b-pi"><img width="304" height="235" title="vim" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="vim" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e959f1f1200b-pi" border="0"></a><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e959f1f5200b-pi"><img width="304" height="235" title="Best-Hack-Past-Event" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Best-Hack-Past-Event" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e959f1f9200b-pi" border="0"></a><br><br></p><p>See the projects from the Hackathon on Devpost.<br><a href="https://hackaec.devpost.com/submissions">https://hackaec.devpost.com/submissions</a></p><p>There were many great live presentations that were recorded throughout the entire event. Pretty amazing that for $25 you got more than you paid for in the information and questions and answers by experts around the world.</p><p><br></p><p>Here are just a couple of the presentations that I attended.</p><p>Autodesk’s <a href="https://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/about-the-author.html">Kean Walmsley</a> talking about <a href="https://dasher360.com/">Dasher360</a> </p><p><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e959f1fd200b-pi"><img width="644" height="385" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263ec2b9788200c-pi" border="0"></a></p><p>Mass Timber construction including amazing designs, industrial robots, and sustainability.</p><p><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0264e2ec2fd3200d-pi"><img width="644" height="359" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263ec2b978c200c-pi" border="0"></a></p><p><br></p><p>Construction in Brasil</p><p><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0264e2ec2fda200d-pi"><img width="644" height="353" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263ec2b9790200c-pi" border="0"></a></p><p>Building an app on top of Autodesk <a href="https://forge.autodesk.com/">Forge</a> </p><p><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e959f203200b-pi"><img width="644" height="353" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e959f209200b-pi" border="0"></a></p><p><strong><br>Read Kean’s great blog post on the AEC Hackathon.</strong><br><a href="https://www.keanw.com/2020/07/the-first-online-aec-hackathon.html">https://www.keanw.com/2020/07/the-first-online-aec-hackathon.html</a></p><p><br></p><p>For more information on the AEC Virtual Hackathon, visit<strong> </strong><a href="http://www.hackAEC.com">www.hackAEC.com</a></p><p>I hope to hack with you in the future!<br>Shaan </p></div>
Join Us for a Virtual AEC Hackathontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0264e2e7439b200d2020-07-07T09:15:08-07:002020-07-07T09:15:08-07:00Over the next couple of weeks there is a online virtual event going on for those in the AEC industry. Some of the presentations are free to attend, but the registration is cheap at $25 to see some of the...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="https://constructionblog.autodesk.com/aec-hackathon/"><img width="744" height="264" title="BIM 360 Users: Join Us for a Virtual AEC Hackathon " style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="BIM 360 Users: Join Us for a Virtual AEC Hackathon " src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263ec26ac40200c-pi" border="0"></a></p><p>Over the next couple of weeks there is a online virtual event going on for those in the AEC industry. Some of the presentations are free to attend, but the registration is cheap at $25 to see some of the potential cutting edge silo busting ideas and the hackathon team solution presentations. Come learn something, a new perspective, a new technology, a new contact, a new potential solution to a challenging problem in our industry. </p><p>For a great deal of information, please read the blog post by <a href="https://constructionblog.autodesk.com">Autodesk Construction Cloud Blog</a> by <a href="https://constructionblog.autodesk.com/author/philipp-mueller/"><strong>Philipp Mueller</strong></a>:<br><br></p><h3><a href="https://constructionblog.autodesk.com/aec-hackathon/">BIM 360 Users: Join Us for a Virtual AEC Hackathon</a> <br><a href="https://constructionblog.autodesk.com/aec-hackathon/"><font size="1">https://constructionblog.autodesk.com/aec-hackathon/</font></a></h3><blockquote><p>"<strong>Ready… Set… Hack!</strong></p><p>We’re inviting all professionals in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) fields to join us and many others for a virtual Hackathon from July 10-26. The event is designed to break down barriers and encourage collaboration in the AEC industry and will consist of workshops, lightning rounds, and presentations, eventually crowning winners when the Hackathon wraps up at the end of July. Specifically, winners will be chosen in categories that include Best Overall Project, Best ‘Solves a Big Problem’ Project, Best Mashup, Best Hack From a Past Event, Best Hack for Humans, Best Startup Project, Best BIM 360 Project, Best Design Automation Project and Best Mashup with VIM.<p><b>Presentations to Catch</b></p><p>The 2020 AEC Virtual Hackathon is ripe with presentations, which are scheduled to roll out July 13-23. Here’s a closer look at some of the ones you won’t want to miss.<ul><li><b>July 13th, 2 p.m. EST</b> – Timo Hartmann- CEO<b>, </b><a href="https://www.contecht.eu/"><b>Contecht</b></a><b> </b><li><b>July 17th, Noon EST</b> – Hugh Geoghegan – BIM Consultant <a href="https://www.xinaps.com/"><b>Xinaps</b></a><li><b>July 17th , 1 p.m. EST</b> – Torbjørn Grimstad – CEO, <a href="https://www.moicon.net/"><b>Moicon</b></a><b> </b><li><b>July 20th , Noon EST</b> – Caner Dolas – CEO, <a href="https://gamma-ar.com/"><b>Gamma AR</b></a><b> </b><li><b>July 21st , Noon EST</b> – Kean Walmsley – SW Architect, <a href="https://autodeskresearch.com/"><b>Autodesk Research </b></a><li><b>July 21st, 1 p.m. EST</b> – Stuart Maggs – CEO, <a href="https://www.scaledrobotics.com/"><b>Scaled Robotics</b></a><li><b>Time TBD – </b>David de Yarza – CEO, <a href="https://builderbox.io/"><b>Builderbox</b></a><li><b>Time TBD </b>– Artur Bessoni – CEO, <a href="https://www.shedmate.com.au/"><b>Shedmate</b></a></li></ul><p><br></p><h4><b>Schedule of Events</b></h4><p>If you’re interested in virtually attending or participating in the Hackathon, be sure to register and <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aec-hackathon-online-tickets-107332043030">purchase your ticket here</a>. From there you can connect with other virtual attendees via the LinkedIn Group, Slack Channel or by joining the conversation on Twitter. You’ll then be able to pitch a project and join a team to compete in the challenges that have already been set. From there, the timeline of events is as follows:<ul><li><b>July 6-9</b><b>th</b> Developer prep Workshops <li><b>July 10</b><b>th</b> 2 p.m. EST Lighting Rounds & Team Building<li><b>July 13-23</b><b>rd</b> Hacking & Presentations <li><b>July 24</b><b>th</b> 11:59 p.m. EST Hacking Deadline <li><b>July 25</b><b>th</b> 2 p.m. EST Team Presentations <li><b>July 26</b><b>th</b> 1 p.m. EST Winner Announcement</li></ul><p><strong>For more information on the AEC Virtual Hackathon, visit <a href="http://www.hackAEC.com">www.hackAEC.com</a></strong>”</p></blockquote></div>
AEC Hackathon Online Join In and Bust Silostag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0264e2e47c0d200d2020-06-23T15:08:34-07:002020-06-23T15:08:34-07:00I would encourage anyone in the AEC, technology, and the built environment industries looking to break silos and explore new ways of doing things and meeting like minded awesome people to look into joining the upcoming AEC Hackathon. This year...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><img width="640" height="278" title="AEC Hackathon Online" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="AEC Hackathon Online" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0264e2e47c09200d-pi" border="0"><br>I would encourage anyone in the AEC, technology, and the built environment industries looking to break silos and explore new ways of doing things and meeting like minded awesome people to look into joining the upcoming <a href="https://aechackathon.com/">AEC Hackathon</a>. <p>This year the Hackathon will be online due to the current world events with COVID-19, but there are already plans to get back together, and hopefully we do it again in <a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/2020/02/aec-hackathon-copenhagen-2020.html">Copenhagen</a> at BloxHub (<a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/2020/02/aec-hackathon-copenhagen-2020.html">AEC Hackathon Copenhagen 2020</a>). I will be involved in both the online and in person AEC Hackathons. The AEC Hackathon is not an Autodesk event and instead founded and managed by a great team from the AEC industry. Autodesk is involved in sponsorship, employees presenting, mentoring, and enjoy participating.<p><strong>AEC Hackathon Online July 2020</strong> <a href="https://www.hackaec.com/">https://www.hackaec.com/</a></p><blockquote><p><em>“AEC Hackathon online is a multi-week experience of online presentations, workshops, interviews, mentor hours, meetups, hackathon, and more.<br><br>The AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) Hackathon was created to give those designing, building, and maintaining our built environment the opportunity to collaborate with cutting edge technologies and its developers and designers. It’s a weekend of geeking at its finest for improving the industries that affect all that live or work in a house or building. It has quickly become a global community of innovators that include all elements of the built environment.“</em></p></blockquote><p>Hackathons aka innovation sprints are a great way to innovate and break silos of thinking and process to find better ways to accomplish something or the unexpected desirable outcomes. It is also a lot of fun to be challenged in a limited amount of time and working with new team members. I just finished a innovation sprint hackathon event within <a href="https://www.autodesk.com/">Autodesk</a> Global Consulting where we had 9 global teams of 6 members each propose challenges and the solution, and then present them. It is challenging and gives team members breathing room to try something new or a concept out. <br><br>Have you done something similar internally to find new solutions as well exercise creativity and busting “rinse, wash, repeat” workflows to challenges and exercise capabilities?</p><p>Hope to see you at a future AEC Hackathon!<br><br>Cheers,<br>Shaan</p></div>