Companies small and large throughout the world have been stepping up to heed the call for help during the coronavirus pandemic while also striving to innovate and operate as normal as possible. Autodesk is one of those businesses that is facing the current challenge head-on and ensuring that the AEC community continues to be recognized for its achievements.
Although COVID-19 has hampered gatherings for the foreseeable future, Autodesk is moving forward with its ninth Autodesk AEC Excellence Awards competition. The company just announced that it is taking submissions for 2020 entrants. The competition, cosponsored by Informed Infrastructure and Society for Marketing Professional Services, recognizes extraordinary projects of various sizes and at various stages of construction, as well as awards an Innovator of the Year. Submissions for 2020 can be made online. The deadline to submit projects is June 10.
The 2019 Building Design—Large Project (over $200 million) was awarded to ÅF Infrastructure, Sweco Architects and Skanska Sverige AB for the European Spallation Source. (Image courtesy of ESS Team HLA.)
Past winners have accomplished some substantial feats. In 2018, China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group won the medium-size project award for its airborne LiDAR mapping of a railway route to reduce the need for tunnels and bridges. In 2019, ÅF Infrastructure, Sweco Architects and Skanska Sverige AB won the large building design award for the European…