What does AECO mean?

by | Apr 3, 2023 | Glossary

AECO can stand for Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations, a term that describes the entire life cycle of a built envi­ron­ment. The term AECO refers to the entire process from the ini­tial design and plan­ning phase, through the con­struc­tion and...

What is Building Information Modeling (BIM)?

by | Apr 3, 2023 | Glossary

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a dig­i­tal rep­re­sen­ta­tion of a build­ing or infra­struc­ture project used for design, con­struc­tion and main­te­nance pur­pos­es. BIM soft­ware enables archi­tects, engi­neers, con­trac­tors, and own­ers to col­lab­o­rate...

What does TEKLA stand for?

by | Apr 3, 2023 | Glossary

Tekla is a soft­ware plat­form for the con­struc­tion indus­try that pro­vides tools for build­ing infor­ma­tion mod­el­ing (BIM), struc­tur­al engi­neer­ing and con­struc­tion man­age­ment. Tekla was devel­oped by a Finnish com­pa­ny called Tekla Corporation, which...

What offers Trimble Connect?

by | Mar 31, 2023 | Glossary

Trimble Connect is a cloud-based archi­tec­ture, engi­neer­ing, con­struc­tion and oper­a­tions (AECO) col­lab­o­ra­tion plat­form that enables users to share and access project infor­ma­tion, mod­els and oth­er data in real time from any­where in the world. With...