The 41st AEC Hackathon event was held in Seattle this past weekend and was great and filled with many smart and inspiring people and several new friends and connections. First, the Seattle weather was amazing and I got in a morning run and flight in South Lake Union area.
The AEC Hackathon was held in the University of Washington campus Department of Construction Management CERC.
Friday the event began with introductions, speakers including Damon Hernandez the AEC Hackathon Executive Director, Salla Palos Microsoft Director of Transformation Services, and Mollie Fadule of Cephas. After the speakers and introductions people attending got up and introduced themselves to form teams. This was really good to see and participate in. many of the members of the teams had never met nd had different backgrounds from technologists, architects, to civil engineers, and AR/VR experts. The teams would then work until Sunday on a project to present at the end. I believe the video of the final…