Autodesk Partners With Nvidia on Collaborative Design Environment

In an effort to create a common environment for design visualizations across multiple platforms, Autodesk has partnered with Nvidia to bring its broad suite of design software to Nvidia Omniverse, a recently launched collaborative 3D environment that allows users of different software to see their 3D designs in one shared online space.

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Construction Economics for November 9, 2020

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

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New ASHRAE Headquarters' Sustainable Retrofit To Be Net-Zero Energy

ASHRAE’s move into a 66,700-sq-ft retrofit of a 1978 building near Atlanta, is complete, though design of its photovoltaic power system, which would allow the building to generate as much energy as it uses in a year, is currently in progress.

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Construction Economics for November 11, 2020

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

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NEHRP Recommendations Likely To Improve Seismic Design

Code-based earthquake engineering is on the verge of getting simpler, thanks to the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program’s recommendation to replace the traditional seismic hazards maps with an improved seismic hazards database. 

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