Design Automation For Sustainable Infrastructure

I interviewed Autodesk managers and software trainers as background research for this piece that establishes the need for more sustainable infrastructure development and how Autodesk software tools further this aim.

Population growth, aging infrastructure, climate change, and the call for economic and social recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are creating more demand for high-quality, sustainable infrastructure to accommodate a global populace that is predicted to reach 10 billion by 2050.

The G20 nations-backed Global Infrastructure Hub estimates that infrastructure dollars needed to satisfy global demands will rise to $94 trillion by 2040–an investment gap that amounts to $15 trillion.

Faced with challenges of unprecedented scale, industry professionals are turning to tools and technologies that empower greater automation, cloud collaboration, and data insights to boost efficiencies, reduce risks, and develop more sustainable projects.

> Increase design efficiencies with automation 

Automation is an opportunity to make more things, make them better and with less negative impact on the world. “Automation is changing the very things we’re capable of making and how we make them,” says Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost “It is introducing new ecosystems, new jobs, and whole new ways of working.”

Within a BIM-based process, design automation improves efficiencies by taking the repetitive and often manual work out of design workflows. By reducing rote tasks and rework, designers can spend more time focusing on design challenges.

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