The Confluence Podcast
The Confluence podcast is the director’s commentary track for AEC industry software. Go behind the scenes with us to learn how and why decisions were made in the creation of your favorite software for the architecture, engineering, and construction industries.
This podcast is a collaboration between Randall Stevens of AVAIL and Evan Troxel of TRXL.
S2E11
Navigating The Evolution of AEC Tech
Richard Harpham of Skema joins the show to talk about his insights from decades of experience in AEC technology.
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S2E11
Navigating The Evolution of AEC Tech
Richard Harpham of Skema joins the show to talk about his insights from decades of experience in AEC technology.
S2E10
An Aspiration and Appetite to Innovate
John Cerone joins to discuss his journey with SHoP Architects, emphasizing the integration of technology and design in architecture.
S2E9
Innovating with AI in Civil Engineering
Rob Sinclair of Wade Trim shares insights on the firm's AI journey, from establishing an AI task force to developing enterprise-level chatbots and automated image recognition tools.
S2E8
Audacity, Antiquity, and AI
Christy Chapman of the University of Kentucky joins the show to discuss how AI has unlocked antiquity, focusing on the origins of the Vesuvius Challenge.
S2E7
The Evolution of Computational Design and AI in Structural Engineering
Robert Otani joins to talk about about his journey from a structural engineer in the 90s to leading the CORE Studio at Thornton Tomasetti.
S2E6
Data Governance and the Cloud in AEC
Aaron Vorwerk of Egnyte joins to talk about Egnyte's role in AI and machine learning within the AEC industry.
S2E5
The Evolution of 3D Visualization
Phillip Miller of Chaos joins to navigates through Phil's extensive background in the 3D technology and AEC industry, highlighting his contributions to Autodesk, Adobe, and NVIDIA.
S2E4
Bringing Newforma to the Cloud
Carl Veillette of Newforma joins to talk about the transformation and integration of BIM Track with Newforma to revolutionize project management in the AEC industry.
S2E3
AI in Architectural Practice
Charles Portelli of Perkins&Will joins to talk about the application of AI and machine learning in architectural practice.
S2E2
AR for Construction with Sitelink
Jesse Vander Does and Adrian Hatch of Sitelink join the show to talk about their work in the construction tech industry.
S2E1
Bringing AI to the Synthesis Intranet Platform
In this episode, Chris Parsons of Knowledge Architecture joins us to discuss bringing AI to their Synthesis intranet platform.
S1E12
The Evolution of TonicDM
Randall Stephens talks with Reg Prentice from TonicDM to discuss the development and evolution of architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) technology.
S1E11
Veras, the AI-Powered Rendering Tool
Benjamin Guler of EvolveLab joins the show to talk about Veras, the AI rendering tool that is used for creating stunning architectural diffusion-based visualizations.
S1E10
Democratizing 3d Content with Fovea
Corey Rubadue of ArchVision joins the show to talk about Fovea, a tool that simplifies the process of translating and sharing 3d content across different 3d platforms and 3d file formats.
S1E9
Building IMEG’s AI Assistant
Steve Germano of IMEG joins to talk about developing an in-house AI assistant named Meg, a conversational chatbot and search engine for company data running within Microsoft Teams.
S1E7
Overhauling Knowledge Architecture’s Synthesis v6
Christopher Parsons of Knowledge Architecture joins the show to talk about the major overhaul of their Synthesis intranet platform that’s been recently released for AEC firms.
S1E6
AI Governance and Ethics in AEC
YegaTech CTO, Sam Zolfagharian, Ph.D. joins in a comprehensive overview of artificial intelligence (AI) governance and ethics in the AEC industry.
S1E5
Looking Forward with AI in AEC
Adam Chernick of Amazon Web Services (AWS) joins to talk about the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in AEC.
S1E4
VIM’s PowerBI Dashboards
Joel Pennington of VIM joins the show to talk about the use of PowerBI as the front end for VIM to enable real-time, interactive analytics of BIM data.
S1E3
Creating the Revit 2024 Sample Project
Guests Paul Aubin and Harlan Brumm join hosts Randall Stevens and Evan Troxel to share their experiences and insights into the creation of a new, long awaited sample project for Revit 2024.
S1E2
Designing AVAIL's Channel Groups
Randall Stevens of AVAIL joins Evan Troxel to discuss the development process behind AVAIL’s new channel groups feature.
S1E1
What is Confluence?
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