{"id":23887,"date":"2023-12-14T02:32:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T10:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/discovering-the-right-aec-tech-for-you-with-niknaz-aftahi\/"},"modified":"2023-12-14T02:32:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T10:32:56","slug":"discovering-the-right-aec-tech-for-you-with-niknaz-aftahi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/discovering-the-right-aec-tech-for-you-with-niknaz-aftahi\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering the Right AEC Tech for You with Niknaz Aftahi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><strong>Niknaz Aftahi <\/strong>is the CEO and co-founder of aec+tech (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/aecplustech.com\" target=\"_blank\">aecplustech.com<\/a>), an all-in-one innovation platform and community connecting AEC\/O professionals with the latest tools and technologies. In this <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#podcast\">WDBE Talks interview<\/a> by Aarni Heiskanen, Niknaz discusses construction sector innovation and technology and how she helps AEC professionals discover the right tech solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Our discussion covers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Niknaz\u2019s path to becoming a construction technology advocate<\/li>\n<li>The vision that drives her<\/li>\n<li>The best use cases of digital construction technology<\/li>\n<li>Aec+tech \u2013 why she started it up, what it is, who uses it<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts about awarding the forerunners and her keynote\u00a0at WDBE 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/12\/Niknaz.jpg\" alt=\"Niknaz Aftahi aec+tech founder\" class=\"wp-image-2014212 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/12\/Niknaz.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/aec-business.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Niknaz-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/aec-business.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Niknaz-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aec-business.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Niknaz-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>Before launching aec+tech, Niknaz practiced architecture in the bay area, California, both as a design professional and a design technologist. Niknaz is a member of the AIA San Francisco design technology committee and has also been developing curriculum and teaching architecture courses online to Bahai students in Iran who continue to be deprived of university access in their own country.<\/p>\n<p>You can meet Niknaz at WDBE 2022 on September 28, 2022, where she will be a<br \/>keynote speaker. You can review the program and register for the event at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/WDBE.org\" target=\"_blank\">WDBE.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"podcast\">Listen to the interview and subscribe on Apple and Spotify<\/h2>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/aecbusiness\/wdbe.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/WDBE-Talks-2022-Niknaz-Aftahi.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw(&#039;https:\/\/aec-business.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2014210-podcast&#039;);\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/aecbusiness\/wdbe.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/WDBE-Talks-2022-Niknaz-Aftahi.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" download=\"WDBE-Talks-2022-Niknaz-Aftahi.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"et_social_bottom_trigger\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aec-business.com\/discovering-the-right-aec-tech-for-you-with-niknaz-aftahi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Niknaz Aftahi is the CEO and co-founder of aec+tech (aecplustech.com), an all-in-one innovation platform and community connecting AEC\/O professionals with &#8230; <a title=\"Discovering the Right AEC Tech for You with Niknaz Aftahi\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/discovering-the-right-aec-tech-for-you-with-niknaz-aftahi\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Discovering the Right AEC Tech for You with Niknaz Aftahi\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1062,1066],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aec-business","category-all-posts","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}