Vectorworks and Autodesk get Hammers at awards show

It's been a big year for the construction industry, with the formation of the BIM Library, NBS Create and more. So it was good to see everyone's hard work praised in the Construction Computing Awards, affectionately known as the 'Hammers'.

This year saw the sixth outing of the awards, presented by RIBA Enterprises' Richard Waterhouse. They featured 20 categories that "reward the technology, tools and solutions for the effective design, construction, maintenance and modification of commercial buildings, residential and social housing and civil engineering projects of all sizes."

On the night, some of the big software winners included Autodesk's Building Design Suite, which walked away with the Building Services Product of the Year award, and Vectorworks, which took home the 'One to watch' gong. We've been watching Nemetschek Vectorworks 2012 since it was announced, and have been impressed with how positive the company behind it has been towards BIM processes. TheBIM and openBIM capabilities within the latest version of the software have been extensively demoed in free webinars for beginners, and Vectorworks was also instrumental in the formation of the National BIM Library, working closely with the NBS. Keep up the good work in 2012, guys.

Other Construction Computing Awards included:

• Collaboration Product of the Year - 4Projects Solutions.
• BIM Product of the Year - Graphisoft - ArchiCAD 15.
• Project Planning Product of the Year - Asite Key Professional.
• Structural Design Product of the Year - Tekla Structures.
• Structural Analysis Product of the Year - Bentley Systems STAAD.Pro V8i.
• Company of the Year - Causeway Technologies.

The full list of winners and pictures from the night are up at www.ConstructionComputingAwards.co.uk.

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