Amr Raafat, Vice President of VDC and Technology shares Windover’s technology-forward approach that has transformed and reinvigorated conventional construction management processes. “Technology by itself is powerful, but when you combine data from disparate sources together – like drone mapping, laser scanning, and BIM coordination – you get powerful insights,” says Raafat. Watch this video to
One of the three first builders to implement drone technology on our jobsites, Windover has been using drones for nearly all projects for the past few years. Drone expert, and Windover Vice President of VDC & Technology, Amr Raafat, continues to push the envelope by discovering new ways to utilize the technology in conjunction with
Windover’s Vice President of VDC & Technology and 2019 Autodesk Innovator of the Year, Amr Raafat, joins Neil Sandler in his podcast Measure This!. Amr’s novel use of BIM and implementation with technologies such as drone mapping, virtual reality, mixed reality, laser scanning, and robotics–helped him become the first U.S. citizen to receive this honor.
This past fall Amr Raafat received Global recognition for his pioneering efforts in VDC and construction technology as he was honored as the AEC Autodesk 2019 Innovator of the Year. Amr was selected from a diverse group of 41 finalists from around the world. This award recognizes a person who is leading, changing, and transforming the
This past fall, Windover received two Autodesk AEC Execellence Awards, one of the most prestigious honors for innovation in architecture, engineering and construction (AEC). Amr Raafat, Vice President of VDC and Technology was named 2019 Innovator of the Year, an international award recognizing an individual that is leading, changing, and transforming the design and/or construction
The use of drone technology is becoming more and more mainstream. So much so that these days the sound of that unnatural buzzing overhead hardly provokes more than a casual glance upwards. Everyone from Amazon to Uber is touting their use – or future use – of drones to enhance and expand their service offerings.
Windover Construction’s Director of Virtual Design & Construction Amr Raafat is featured in Multifamily Executive for his work combining drone technologies and 3D BIM on Canvas. Read the full article here.
The Furniture Trust’s 2019 Eco-Carpentry Challenge An old, worn fabric remnant gave nautical inspiration to our visionary team when it came time to develop a concept for the 2019 Eco-Carpentry Challenge. This piece of fabric, among many other materials, had been salvaged from a commercial office fit-out and with our team’s great imagining, soon would be taking sail
Join Windover’s Director of Virtual Design & Construction, Amr Raafat, in a conversation on the power of drones and virtual reality (VR) for Building Information Modeling in a recent interview for the upcoming AECNEXT and SPAR3D Expo and Conference. Interested in learning more? Consider attending the conference May 21-23, 2019 and use code “RAAFAT” for a
Amr Raafat, Windover’s director of virtual design & construction, joins a conversation on the future of construction technology, virtual reality, augmented reality, and BIM in the latest edition of Construction Executive.