Remember back in the day when drafters took pencil to paper on drafting tables and drew up the plans that engineers and architects used to build their project? We’ve come a long way baby! Steve Johnson (senior design visualization specialist at Parsons Brinckerhoff) presented a business practice webinar demonstrating the cool simulations he and his colleagues have designed, and what many clients are now requesting in the way of deliverables or work products. These are hot video simulations that are visually awesome.

Just take a look at this simulation. It’s a historical build-up of the Seattle skyline showing 50 years of building development—from 1958 to 2008 (from Parson Brinckerhoff’s 3D model of the city).