Bulletin Archives - AEC Business: Recent Episodes
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My recent conversation with three China Construction Third Engineering Bureau experts shed light on two breakthrough technologies.
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Safety AI startup viAct has announced the successful closure of a US$7.3 million Series A funding round.
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Quickbase has unveiled its Project Hub Pro App, a powerful new tool for real-time project visibility and control for mid-sized contractors.
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I'm honored to share that AEC Business has been recognized as one of the Top 90 Construction Blogs by Feedspot.
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We're excited to share that the AEC Business podcast has been named one of Feedspot's Top 25 Construction Technology Podcasts to follow in 2025.
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The Nordic Façade Forum, a premier one-day seminar dedicated to the future of façade construction, will bring together the world's most experienced experts in Helsinki on June 9, 2025.
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Built environment startup VC deal volume is up, but the total capital flow dropped according to BuiltWorlds 2024 Venture & Investments Report.
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At InfraBIM Open 2025, I interviewed Jarkko Sireeni on his thoughts on the evolution of infrastructure BIM and got a glimpse into 6DPlanner.
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At InfraBIM Open 2025, I met with Maximiliano Silva Rigenstrup and asked him to explain what Dalux offers for infrastructure construction.
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FIXEDD AEC Newsletter spotlights the voices shaping the construction industry. I was featured on their February 5 issue.
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I did an interview with Autodesk's Jugal Makwana at InfraBIM Open 2025. We discussed standardization, AI, and BIM.
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Buildots, an AI-powered construction performance tracking leader, and Revizto, the industry's premier integrated collaboration platform, have announced a strategic integration.
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BuiltWorlds’ fifth annual Global Innovators awards has expanded from 50 to 75, acknowledging the industry’s increased appetite and bandwidth for innovation.
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In AEC technology, 2024 was undoubtedly the year of AI. Every company seemed to announce its pledge to embrace artificial intelligence in the coming years, not to mention the numerous startups that peppered their pitch decks with promises of bleeding-edge innovation.
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Are you ready to be part of the artificial intelligence revolution in the AEC sector? Then mark your calendars for March 19-20, 2025, and head to Helsinki, Finland, for AI in AEC 2025.
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In this episode of the AI AEC Show, host Aarni Heiskanen interviews Aaron Szymanski and Francesco Iorio, the visionary founders of Augmenta, to explore how generative AI is revolutionizing design.
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Buildots announced the launch of Dot, an interactive AI assistant for construction process management that answers questions with up-to-date.
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The "Building the Future: Bluebeam AEC Technology Outlook 2025" report highlights key global trends in construction technology, including the role of AI and digital tools.
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BST Global has announced the formation of its AI + Data Consortium, a collaborative effort to use AI and data to drive innovation in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. The consortium brings together leaders from globally recognized firms to share expertise and shape the future of the AEC industry. The group’s goal is […]
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AI adoption is skyrocketing, with OpenAI projected to generate over $10 billion in revenue next year. However, many businesses still struggle to integrate AI into their operations. Simplismart, a company founded by former Oracle and Google engineers, aims to address this challenge by simplifying AI deployment. With a recent $7 million funding round led by […]
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The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has just released its fourth annual construction technology report, which dives deep into AI's evolving role in the construction industry.
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Chicago Build is the largest construction and design show in the Midwest. It will take over McCormick Place on October 22 and 23, 2024!
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JE Dunn Construction's innovative preconstruction tool, Align, was honored with Fast Company's 2024 Innovation by Design award in the large business category this July.
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Buildots has released a new Integrated Tracking feature that supports unified tracking of both automated and manually-recorded tasks on mobile and desktop devices. The new feature allows project teams to use AI for automated progress tracking while enabling professionals to log and verify tasks that require human oversight, such as checking for electrical wiring in […]
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The Georg Nemetschek Institute announced the AI Symposium & Expo on Artificial Intelligence for the Built World, which will be held in Munich from September 10 to 12, 2024. The conference, hosted by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and TUM Venture Labs, will bring together leading academic researchers, industry professionals, and innovative startups to discuss the opportunities and […]
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Infrastructure construction has caught up with and surpassed building construction when it comes to the systematic use of BIM, at least in Finland. A shining example is the Kruunusilta bridge, under construction in Helsinki. Kruunusilta won this year’s Tekla BIM Award in Finland, indicating that the project has used BIM exceptionally well. An innovative bridge […]
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The technologies driving construction are evolving perhaps faster than ever before. How do you make sense of how they could enhance your competitiveness? International AEC conferences are a great way to learn what’s now, new, and next. They also offer unique opportunities to connect with industry change-makers. I’m involved in three unique AEC tech conferences: […]
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A new paper, “Implementing Digital Visual Management: A Case Study on Challenges and Barriers,” discusses situational management in complex infrastructure projects. It’s worth reading for anyone interested in improving project management with digital tools. A complex infrastructure project The authors interviewed nine project management professionals who worked for the client on constructing the western part […]
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Last November, I received a newsletter from Bill Gates titled “AI is about to completely change how we use computers.” Gates begins his letter with a prediction: “Five years from now, you won’t have to use different apps for different tasks. You’ll simply tell your device, in everyday language, what you want to do—whether it’s […]
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I invited experts from the modular construction industry to discuss strategies for business success in modular construction, particularly for housing projects. The panel included Andrew Staniforth, CEO of Assembly; Guido Maciocci, Founder of AecFoundry; Henry Salo, CEO of Flow Modules; and Renee Puusepp, Founder of Creatomus Solutions. I facilitated the workshop. Key Discussion Points Here […]
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Exploding Topics analyzes millions of searches, conversations, and mentions across the internet. It claims its trend-spotting algorithm identifies under-the-radar industries, products, and categories months or years before they take off. Recently, it published a list of “20 Construction Companies & Startups with Big Potential.” Some companies have seen “exploding” search growth, suggesting that their products […]
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A new student housing project at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, uses cutting-edge AI technology to enhance construction efficiency. Juneau Construction Company and Buildots have announced their collaboration on the Hub Knoxville project, which will provide nearly 2,000 beds for students. Using AI for Better Construction Management The Buildots platform uses 360-degree cameras to capture […]
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Achieving sustainability and carbon neutrality is no longer a mere option but necessary in the construction sector. “How to Futureproof Your Business: Achieve Carbon Neutrality with BIM” is a comprehensive guide that explores BIM’s transformative potential in managing and reducing construction projects’ carbon footprint. Solibri commissioned me to write this guidebook to give practical advice […]
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I recently learned about the European Federation of Engineering Consultancy Associations’ fifteenth Future Leader’s Competition. On May 23, 2024, the organization awarded four individuals. Diego Apellániz Quintana from Germany was the overall winner. He created an innovative tool integrating AI, structural design, and CO2 assessment. The Digital & New Technologies award went to 29-year-old Matias […]
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Buildots, an AI construction technology company, has introduced its new Delay Forecast feature. This tool leverages AI to predict potential delay risks and alerts construction teams about pace issues, enabling them to address these problems proactively before they escalate. The feature provides detailed, activity-level insights into the root causes of delays, helping project managers continuously […]
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The Nemetschek Group is stepping up its game with the launch of an AI Innovation Hub. This initiative is set to centralize and boost the Group’s AI efforts, marking a significant advancement in adopting Artificial Intelligence within the architecture, engineering, construction, and operations sectors. What is the AI Innovation Hub? The newly established Innovation Hub […]
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Quickbase, a seasoned player in the software platform industry, has unveiled a slew of enhancements aimed at streamlining construction work processes. These updates capitalize on over two decades of experience across various industries, providing robust, straightforward solutions that address real-world problems and drive significant results. Agility and adaptability are key in dynamic construction environments. Unfortunately, […]
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Finnish construction sector companies have gained a lot by collaborating with Aalto University. That was the overall sentiment at the Aalto Civil Engineering Day, which took place on April 25, 2024, at Dipoli in Otaniemi, Finland. The afternoon event was packed with short presentations by both academics and businesses. Here are some of the ideas […]
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The modern workplace is at a critical juncture. The influx of technology tools intended to streamline productivity is paradoxically making work harder and less meaningful. Quickbase’s second annual “Gray Work Index” delves into this phenomenon, providing a rich analysis based on a survey of 1,923 US and UK workers. The findings from this study are […]
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The construction industry embraces innovation to tackle some of its biggest challenges, like sustainability and labor shortages. A notable development in this area is the collaboration between ABB Robotics and the UK-based tech start-up AUAR, which focuses on using robotic micro-factories to build low-energy homes from timber. AUAR reports that it has completed a £2.6M […]
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Act now to secure your spot at WDBE 2024 and connect with other leaders in the digital built environment. Submit your presentation! Every year, WDBE provides the built environment developer ecosystem the opportunity to present their work as part of the summit program. This year’s summit takes place on October 3-4, 2024, in Helsinki and […]
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Automatic Coordination of Construction Actors—ACTOR is a research project that aims to solve critical construction problems with real-time situational awareness. A trustworthy situation picture is a prerequisite for effective planning, task management, and logistics. Productivity improvements also directly impact a construction project’s carbon emissions. The March 27, 2024, ACTOR webinar discussed how robotics, sensors, AI, […]
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The pace of work and its complexity only seem to accelerate in the construction industry. To combat this issue, Quickbase has just laid out its strategic vision for 2024. It aims to enhance productivity across the board with AI-powered software and a sharp focus on user experience. Tackling the Gray Work Dilemma At the heart […]
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On March 8th, I attended a seminar about RAVA3Pro, a national project to develop a BIM-based building permit in Finland. It was fascinating to learn about all the pieces needed to put together a practical solution for creating, submitting, and checking BIM models for permits. Most building permit digitalization efforts have relied on 2D drawings […]
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Are you grappling with the complexities of supply chain management? If so, join this hands-on webinar on Tuesday, March 19, at noon ET. Supply chain volatility will continue to be a concern, with extended lead times causing major project delays and posing a significant challenge for construction companies and owners alike. Rob Cantando, Director of […]
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Zacua Ventures, a new entrant in the venture capital landscape, has officially closed its inaugural fund, exceeding its initial $50 million target due to robust investor interest. The fund is notably distinct for its emphasis on early-stage technology startups within the construction sector. It boasts a significant roster of corporate Limited Partners (LPs) from the […]
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The topic of the Nex-Gen Building panel discussion: Can Modular Construction Succeed? Examining Obstacles and Solutions. The panelists Modular construction involves building structures in modules or sections in a factory setting, which are then transported to the site for assembly. Examples of modular construction include volumetric modules, structural components, panels, MEP systems, building envelopes In […]
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Autodesk, Inc. has introduced Autodesk Informed Design, a new cloud-based solution designed to integrate design and manufacturing workflows with the aim of improving efficiency in the building design and construction process. The tool allows architects to utilize customizable, predefined building products that ensure valid outcomes and enables manufacturers to make their products accessible to design […]
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Cemex Ventures has unveiled the 2024 edition of its highly anticipated list, showcasing the 50 most promising construction technology (Contech) startups. This list, titled “Top 50 Contech Startups 2024,” highlights the startups that are leading the charge in redefining the construction industry. These startups are aligned with Cemex Ventures’ four strategic focus areas: The 5th […]
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In an exciting development for augmented reality and remote support, TeamViewer has announced a strategic partnership with the Swiss AR startup Almer. This collaboration marks a significant shift in TeamViewer’s direction, closely following Apple’s foray into the AR market with their upcoming Apple Vision Pro headset. Almer’s latest innovation, the Almer Arc 2 headset, is […]
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Greenwashing, a term coined in the 1980s, has become increasingly relevant in today’s construction sector. It refers to the practice where companies misleadingly brand their products or operations as environmentally friendly when they may not be significantly beneficial to the environment, or they can even be harmful. Vague green marketing claims puzzle the consumers. In […]
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A recent Causeway Insights 2023 report is an exciting read. It examines how UK construction uses digital solutions for efficiency, integration, and sustainability. The report highlights contractors’ expectations for digitalization and details the roadblocks they’re facing. The report inspired me to think about how to digitalize any construction project, the success factors, and how to […]
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New Developments at Autodesk University: EarthCam, a company specializing in live camera technology and services, announced upgrades to its Autodesk Construction Cloud integration at Autodesk University. The enhanced integration enables EarthCam’s live jobsite cameras to deliver AI-powered reporting with live imagery directly to Autodesk Build, a project management and field execution tool. First Construction Cloud […]
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Hilti, a global construction solutions provider, has recently unveiled its Integrated Project Solutions (IPS). The service suite aims to streamline construction projects across design, construction, and operational phases. By addressing challenges like space limitations, loading conditions, and building code compliance, IPS enhances coordination, scheduling, and overall cost and quality control. Unlocking Productivity: Integrated Design Services […]
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KPMG’s 2023 Global Construction Survey presents insights from 267 individuals; professionals from engineering and construction firms (121) and project owners (146) from a variety of industries. The survey covers several topics, including innovation and technology. Following are picks from the technology results. Technology adoption trends The 2017 Global Construction Survey revealed industry adoption of technologies like BIM, […]
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Slate Technologies has introduced the new version of their Slate Decision Assistant, a generative AI tool intended to assist decision-making processes and data analytics in the construction sector. This update integrates Generative and Predictive AI technologies and introduces a proprietary Large Language Model specific to the construction industry. Slate’s software is designed to compile and […]
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BJ Siegel is the Head of Design and Co-Founder of Juno, a U.S. proptech firm. In his keynote at WDBE 2023 on September 20 in Helsinki, BJ talks about how Juno applies product design principles, continuous development, and branding to housing. The result is an aspirational product that can be replicated and improved, like consumer […]
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MODLOGIQ, a frontrunner in Smart Off-Site Construction, has started the transportation and setup of over 200 modules for the Athens Medical Campus. Remarkably, this comes less than a year after the start of fabrication. Once finished, the facility will be North America’s largest permanent healthcare building created using off-site modular construction. Trinity:NAC and Mark Molen […]
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Aarni Heiskanen has been podcasting since 2012. Recently, he was a guest on two podcasts. The ProjectReady Podcast On an episode of the ProjectReady Podcast, ProjectReady CEO, Joe Giegerich, Head of Product Development, Shaili Modi Oza, Construction Innovation Agent at AE Partners, Aarni Heiskanen, and Vice President of Innovation at OAC Services, Salla Eckhardt discuss how viewing Enterprise platforms such as accounting […]
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This year’s World of Digital Built Environment WDBE summit was an inspiring two-day event in Tallinn and Helsinki. One of the highlights for me at WDBE was BJ Siegel‘s keynote on productized housing design and construction. Solving the housing problem sustainably BJ discussed the innovative approach that his company, Juno, is taking to design and build multi-family sustainable […]
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In the September 2023 episode of Chat AEC Tech, the expert panel discusses the digital maturity of construction firms and digitalization in general. They reference a recent report that revealed somewhat surprising results from UK construction companies. The panel debates the concept of digital maturity and the high percentage of respondents who believe their organizations […]
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I had the pleasure of being a guest on Stephanie Brown’s Intelligent Construction Opportunities podcast, which streamed live on LinkedIn and other platforms. We discussed situational awareness in construction, what it is, why it’s essential, and how to achieve it using digital technologies.
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In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, there is a widespread fascination with the capabilities of ChatGPT, AI, and machine learning. However, it’s important to recognize that beyond the hype, these technologies offer practical applications that hold significant potential for the construction industry. Continuing our executive series of expert panel discussions, AMC Bridge is pleased to […]
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In a groundbreaking development for the AEC industry, SAEKI has emerged from stealth mode, announcing a $2.3 million seed funding round. The Swiss startup aims to revolutionize the often slow and expensive process of manufacturing large components, from aircraft wings to construction site installations, by leveraging fully automated plants with industrial robots and 3D technology. […]
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I received an exciting publication published on August 23, 2023. It is a SmartMarket Brief that examines the current state of digital project management for general contractors in the US construction industry. The report includes findings from a survey of over 200 general contractors, construction managers, and design-builders. It focuses on the use of technology […]
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For the sixth year in a row, the World of Digital Built Environment (WDBE) Summit presents a comprehensive overview of the most important current events, phenomena, and solutions in the field of digital built environment. Join other built environment professionals to spend two inspiring summit days in Tallinn and Helsinki. Each year, the WDBE Summit […]
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Construction Monitoring Leaps Forward: eGate Joins Procore’s App Marketplace. In a significant advancement for construction job site monitoring, eGate Smart Building Technology Corp., known for its leading-edge construction monitoring solutions, has officially partnered with Procore Technologies, Inc., a dominant figure in the construction management software realm. The collaboration enables industry professionals to tap into eGate’s […]
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Zenerate Partners with SoLa Impact to Accelerate Affordable Housing Development with AI. Zenerate, a trailblazing Proptech AI startup, has formed a pivotal partnership with SoLa Impact, California’s top private developer in affordable housing. Zenerate’s state-of-the-art platform uses generative design, AI, and advanced analytics, enhancing the feasibility process for real estate, and ensuring faster turnaround and […]
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The U.S. entertainment industry keeps amazing me. The first Disneyland opened in 1955, and ever since the industry has created experiences that amazingly combine architecture and technology. The latest example is the MSG Sphere which will open its doors in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 29, 2023. It is a large-scale immersive entertainment space hosting various events, […]
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Buildots, the award-winning leader in AI-based automated progress tracking, has announced the launch of Plan Tracker. This new suite of tools helps construction project managers plan and track weekly activities and milestones accurately. It uses project-specific data to keep an eye on plans. The system measures effectiveness, leading to performance improvements. It also adjusts to […]
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In this episode of Chat AEC Tech, the panelists discuss the use of extended reality (XR) in the AEC industry, focusing on applications that use special hardware like headsets for mixed, augmented, and virtual reality. The panelists share their experiences with mixed, augmented, and virtual reality but struggle to find use cases where the technology […]
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Eco Material Technologies and Hive 3D have unveiled the first 3D-printed homes using near-zero carbon cement as part of a housing project called The Casitas @ The Halles. The homes, ranging from 400 to 900 square feet, are constructed using Eco Material’s durable, longer-lasting cement called PozzoCEM Vite®. The cement replaces 100% of traditional Portland […]
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A recent study by Dodge Construction Network and GCPay reveals that automation and digital transformation in managing subcontractors can significantly enhance productivity, profitability, and cost performance for general contractors. The study shows that currently, 34% of general contractors have automated less than half of their subcontractor management processes. Many still rely on outdated solutions, which […]
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Earlier this month, I invited a group of industry experts to discuss AI in the construction industry. The recorded discussion is the inaugural episode of Chat AEC Tech. You can watch the recording on YouTube. The panelists were: We exchanged experiences on the use of generative AI and discussed a recent industry report. Martyn talked […]
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Suffolk Technologies, a VC firm focused on funding companies that address built environment challenges, has opened applications for its fourth BOOST program. The six-week intensive accelerator program aims to propel growth in built world startups, providing them with the necessary tools to revolutionize the industry. Participants will gain direct access to jobsites, deep operational insights, […]
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The High-Rise – Northern Exposure seminar on June 13, 2023, is the highlight of the summer for anyone who wants to keep up to date with the latest trends and technologies in high-rise construction. The organizers have invited some of the industry’s absolute best to Helsinki to share their experiences and answer the burning questions […]
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Soeren Brogaard, the CEO of Trackunit, invited Aarni Heiskanen to speak about ‘situational awareness’ on the Downtime Talk podcast.
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We’re delighted to announce our partnership with Chicago Build, the leading construction & design show in the Midwest. Chicago Build will be taking over McCormick Place on October 11-12 and is currently allocating prime booths at no extra cost. Exhibit at the leading construction & design show to: Prime exhibition space is selling fast, so […]
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Cemex Ventures, Cemex’s corporate venture capital and open innovation unit, kicks off its Construction Startup Competition 2023, which is the biggest competition in the construction industry for startups. The application phase for the competition will be open until July 2, 2023. Cemex Ventures is joined in its 7th Competition edition by prominent leaders such as […]
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The smartBRIDGE Hamburg project devised a digital twin of a 1970s bridge using open BIM technologies. Allplan and Solibri were instrumental in developing the twin that enables the Hamburg Port Authority, HPA, to maintain the critical infrastructure asset predictively. Built in 1974, the Köhlbrand Bridge is Germany’s second-longest road bridge and one of its busiest. […]
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Have you considered the significance of a product’s bar code when you shop at a supermarket? The 50-year-old invention contains a standardized product number essential to the operation of the whole value chain: the retail store, the distribution center, the transportation company, the warehouse, the vendor, and the producer. Standardized numbers also allow us consumers […]
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Will The Leadership Skills That Got You Here Get You Where You Need to Go NOW? Leaders Circle Delivers the Goods Enroll now for May 24 start. Working from home… Large-scale prefabrication…Artificial Intelligence…Lean construction processes…New materials… Materials shortages…Diversity, Equity and Inclusion…Covid 19…. Robot dogs working on construction sites…Virtual meetings…etc…etc….etc… The massive changes impacting the AEC […]
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SafeGuard’stechnology identifies hazardous patterns, generates risk predictions, and enforces preemptive measures in real time and cross-industry. SafeGuard is an international Safety-Tech company that uses machine learning to predict and prevent accidents on construction sites. Today, the startup announced an $8 million Series A funding round. Hi-tech investors Ron Zuckerman and Hillel Kobrinsk lead the round. Also participating are Ronen Peled, Yehuda Rachamim, Zemach […]
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Field Materials says it is the world’s first material-purchasing software powered by AI. The startup has now raised a $4.65 million seed round. Founders Eldar Sadikov and Victor Gane are Stanford-educated serial entrepreneurs. They sold their previous company to PayPal in 2018 and have backgrounds in AI, payments, e-commerce, and construction. Blumberg Capital leads the […]
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Our friends at VIATechnik are organizing a webinar Digitizing AEC’s Next Frontier – A Precogs Launch Event on April 7, 2023, at Noon Eastern time. The webinar will share the industry’s knowledge digitization opportunity and what truly scaling our learnings can mean for the built environment. Stanford Professor & Director of Stanford’s CIFE (Center for Integrated Facilities Engineering) Martin Fischer will […]
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I had the pleasure of attending Dalux’s Finnish user day in Helsinki on March 30. The event provided an excellent opportunity to learn how contractors have implemented digital tools and workflows on-site. Changing the CDE on the run Hospital projects produce a vast number of documents and BIM models. Having a Common Data Environment (CDE) is […]
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Design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. has released an integrated Omniverse Connector, providing Windows users a direct connection to the NVIDIA Omniverse platform for building and operating metaverse applications. The new plug-in connects Vectorworks 3D models straight to Omniverse via the Universal Scene Description (USD) framework, eliminating steps for the import/export process, saving designers valuable time, and streamlining […]
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Hilti announced a strategic partnership with Canvas, a construction robotics company that has developed a robotic drywalling solution. The partnership allows Canvas to scale globally. Hilti launched its Jaibot, the world’s first semi-autonomous ceiling-drilling robot, in 2020. As part of the partnership, Hilti will assume the manufacturing responsibilities for future Canvas systems. They will be based […]
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Preoptima has developed a world-first carbon hub for the built environment, powered by AI and generative design, covering the entire building lifecycle – from concept to refurbishment and demolition. Nemetschek Group announced its investment in the startup on March 2, 2023. Preoptima’s funding will be used to launch their WholeLifeCarbon API, providing uniquely accurate carbon […]
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Here are our industrialized construction updates from February 2023. Automatic Construction, an NYC startup, was one of eight 2022 Construction Startup Competition winners. Alex Bell, the co-founder, presented the company’s concrete building solution at the competition’s Pitchday in October 2022. Bell’s and Tyler Robins’s company produces inflatable concrete formwork in a factory and transports it to the building […]
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has a wide range of applications in the construction industry. New AI-powered software is emerging, and existing design and management tools incorporate AI features and extensions. Stjepan Mikulić, Project BIM Lead at BIG, has created BIM AI Hub, an online library of future-ready tools, many of which are powered by AI. Visit […]
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Here are our smart construction updates from February 2023. Buildots just published a report analyzing quantitative data from 64 global construction projects and identifying common inefficiencies in current construction processes. The data came from Buildots’ datasets. Here’s a snapshot of the indicators: Area Utilization: 46% Output Inconsistency: 56% Return Visits: 4 Sequence Deviations: 3.6 Before […]
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Opoplan introduces its suite of generative AI architectural tools for builders and real estate brokers. The initiative intends to bridge the technological gap in custom home planning and building. The tools introduced by the company also aim to reduce the overdependence on manual efforts and limited design options when it comes to lot analysis, design […]
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University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) has announced that the new Royal Bournemouth Hospital is the first hospital facility in the UK to be built using groundbreaking AI technology, which increases efficiency and decreases costs. The technology, Buildots, automatically analyses data captured at the site via helmet-mounted 360-degree cameras. The platform then generates true-to-life progress reports supported by visuals, providing managers […]
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Trace Labs, a WEB 3 developer, joins the EU’s efforts to create a smarter and more sustainable built environment with the BUILDCHAIN project. With its 11 EU partners, Trace Labs aims to improve efficiency, reduce errors, and increase transparency and trust in construction. Efficient, transparent, and trusted data exchange is a powerful tool for driving sustainability, resilience, and energy efficiency in […]
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The Nemetschek Group brand Solibri has announced the launch of a new cloud-based service offering: Solibri Inside. The SaaS-based solution provides in-design model checking for users of Allplan, Graphisoft Archicad, and Vectorworks, further improving the quality of digital construction. Created as a solution for designers, Solibri Inside works as a native feature that can be […]
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Trimble and Exyn Technologies, a pioneer in multi-platform robotic autonomy for complex, GPS-denied environments, have announced a strategic collaboration to explore the use of autonomous construction surveying technology. The solution will integrate Boston Dynamic’s SpotR robot, the ExynPakTM powered by ExynAITM, and the Trimble® X7 total station. It will enable fully autonomous missions inside complex […]
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Arcartera Limited, a Hong Kong-based Developer of AEC Blockchain Infrastructure, has received an official Letter of Appreciation from the country’s Monetary Authority, HKMA. HKMA just announced their first pilot transactions of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), which was achieved using mBridge, a system developed by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). Arcartera was a key […]
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Hyperion Robotics, a Finnish technology company specializing in advanced automation and sustainable technologies for concrete and the construction industry, has raised a three-million-euro funding round. Lifeline Ventures, one of the leading VCs in the Nordics and Europe, led the round alongside co-investors from the climate and construction sectors. They include Impact VC Übermorgen Ventures, PC Rettig & CO Impact, Goldacre, […]
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Trimble has announced the winners of its 2022 Tekla® Global Building Information Modeling (BIM) Awards. The overall winner for the best BIM project of 2022 is T2 Alliance, for their Helsinki Airport expansion project. In this biennial competition, the world’s most impressive structural construction projects that use Tekla solutions are judged in eight categories. The criteria the projects are judged […]
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Buildots, the AI-powered construction technology company, has been named “Construction Software of the Year” at the prestigious London Construction Awards. Buildots enables construction teams to make informed decisions based on accurate information by collecting data with hardhat-mounted 360° cameras and processing the data with AI. The company’s solution significantly improves resource efficiency, can reduce costly […]
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Pioneers in modular construction and car factory automation have teamed up to advance the construction industry. U.S. modular housing pioneer, Waypaver International and German automation leader KUKA unveiled a predesigned automation solution to produce modular housing. The solution, System P4, provides everything a factory owner needs for an automated modular housing operation, off the shelf. […]
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Project Frog, the pioneer of industrialized construction, announces the launch of KitConnect. KitConnect is a SaaS Design Management Solution (DMS) for the AECO industry that enables building productization workflows in BIM. KitConnect offers a framework for repeatability, consistency, and scalability of building designs. KitConnect was born out of innovation from Project Frog, an Industrialized Construction pioneer […]
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Torch.AI is testing a new artificial intelligence application with Henderson Engineers, a national building systems design firm, to unlock the creative and problem solving potential of the firm’s more than 1,000 employees. Henderson Engineers is a building systems design and engineering firm that works on projects across the business, community, health, retail, and venue sectors. […]
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Here are picks from the AI issue of the AEC Business newsletter in August 2022. Subscribe! Artificial intelligence can now make convincing images of buildings. Is that a good thing? “In less than a month of using AI, I have created 11,515 images,” writes Kory Bieg. “I have no doubt that this will be a […]
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Here are picks from the August 2002 Industrialized Construction issue of the AEC Business Newsletter. Subscribe! 5-Million-Pound Bridge Moved Slowly Into Place in Detroit (Video) A new 5-million-pound bridge that will be the first of its kind in Michigan has been moved into place over the I-94 freeway in Detroit, thanks to special machinery known […]
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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the AEC Business podcast, I invite you to share your success story of using AEC technology. It can be a big or small improvement on a personal, team, or organizational level made possible by technology. Use the link below to record a voice message in which you explain the […]
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OpenSpace, a 360° construction jobsite capture and AI-powered analytics company, has announced US$9M in additional strategic capital for its Series D round. The latest funding brings the total capital raised to US$111M. The investment comes from funds managed by existing investors Taronga Ventures and GreenPoint Partners. OpenSpace will use the to continue scaling the business and developing additional AI-powered […]
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The World of Digital Built Environment (WDBE) takes place on 28-29 September in Helsinki, Finland, and Tallinn, Estonia – and this year, the conference features a new Awards gala! The organizers want to shine the light on the very best actions globally and give back to those who strive to accomplish our shared vision of […]
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Here are the topics covered in the August 2022 Smart Construction issue of the AEC Business Newsletter. Keep tabs on AEC innovation and tech news, and subscribe! Breaking down the 6 principles of Lean construction This article breaks down the six core lean construction principles and explores how to implement them in your organization. Read […]
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Here are the topics covered in the July 2022 AI issue of the AEC Business Newsletter. Subscribe! Six things to know about AI If you’re worried that AI might put you out of a job, read Phil Bernstein’s July 2022 article in the RIBA Journal. He has some reassurance and realism to put your mind […]
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Here are the July 2022 topics covered in the Extended Reality issue of the AEC Business newsletter. Subscribe! Using digital twin technology in the metaverse to resolve complex infrastructure issues Lori Hufford of Bentley Systems: The intersection of digital twins, the metaverse, and the physical world is an ideal place to invest, allowing global teams […]
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TestFit Inc., the maker of an interactive AI-powered real estate feasibility software, has announced $20 million in Series A financing led by Parkway Venture Capital, bringing the total company financing to $22 million. TestFit’s building configurator helps real estate developers, architects, urban planners, and more to solve site plans in seconds. Development deals for multifamily, commercial, […]
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Construction is one of the largest and oldest markets in the world. Projects involve many stakeholders that bear significant costs and risks. McKinsey estimates that the average construction project is 80% over budget and 20 months behind schedule. Supply chain and material management issues are the number one reason for that failure. Moreover, according to […]
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How is your organization remaining competitive in a sector about to be heavily transformed by digital technology? The global construction industry is predicted to grow by more than USD 14.4 trillion by 2030. Digital technology is playing a crucial role in transforming nearly all segments within the industry. Is your team ready for what’s next? […]
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The AEC Business newsletter’s Industrialized Construction edition in July featured the following news stories: The Pros and Cons of Offsite Construction – A French Research Study The study is titled The current use of industrialized construction techniques in France: Benefits, limits and future expectations. The authors are Emna Attouri, Zoubeir Lafhaj, Laure Ducoulombierb and Bruno Linéatte. Read […]
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Kwant, the New York-based construction software company, has announced a product expansion that supports Lean Construction-based waste reduction. The expansion provides digital transparency for construction sites by connecting each data node to improve safety and productivity. As construction projects become more challenging, the need for fully connected jobsites and data-driven decisions becomes critical. Kwant solves the […]
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By early 2023, the BMW Group will have a digital scan of every one of its vehicle plants worldwide. In this way, the company is systematically merging the real and virtual worlds and tapping into the enormous potential for highly efficient planning of future plant structures and production facilities. “This opens up entirely new possibilities […]
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A team from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has developed a novel e-inspection system to monitor the manufacturing and delivery of student residence modules. It uses blockchain technology to store inspection records. “This e-inspection 2.0 system is a world’s first. It has set new standards and will serve as […]
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How is your organization remaining competitive in a sector about to be heavily transformed by digital technology? The global construction industry is predicted to grow by more than USD 14.4 trillion by 2030. Digital technology is playing a crucial role in transforming all segments within the industry. Is your team ready for what’s next? Join […]
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Construction Robotics Today is a self-paced, concise e-learning course for current and future construction practitioners. Are you worried about construction labor shortages in the near future? Are you all the time up to date on what’s happening in a construction project? Do you consider an industrialized model for your business? If any of those questions […]
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Cuby Technologies, Inc., a construction technology firm with headquarters in New York, is poised to change the way construction is done. Cuby has ambitions to build housing and other building types in days instead of years, using its proprietary, portable factories to accelerate construction. While there are many “assembly-line” style prefab and modular building manufacturers, […]
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Global design company and industrialized construction pioneer is expanding its service delivery across numerous sectors in the USA and Canada. Tech-powered global design company, Bryden Wood, is strengthening its presence in the US by opening a new headquarters in Boston, MA, in the coming weeks. Bryden Wood board director Jaimie Johnston MBE, together with Phil […]
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AEC-Business.com is going to launch an e-learning course, Construction Robotics Today, for business owners, decision-makers, tech leaders, and professionals interested in the topic. Sign up for updates on the course! What is the state of construction robotics today? How are companies already using robots? Should we start testing or investing in this technology? The course […]
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The World of Digital Built Environment WDBE summit 2022 takes place on September 28-29 in Helsinki, Finland, and Tallinn, Estonia, and this year features an Awards gala! The theme of the year is Celebrating the forerunners of the digital built environment. WDBE wants to shine the light on the very best actions globally and give […]
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NEXT Energy Technologies, Inc. makes a proprietary transparent photovoltaic (PV) coating that transforms commercial windows into energy-producing solar panels. The company announced the demonstration of a PC Prototype Window Wall at the headquarters of its manufacturing and glazing partner Walters & Wolf in Fremont, CA. The wall is a collaboration between NEXT, Walters & Wolf, […]
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Oracle has opened the doors to its new 30,000-square-foot Oracle Industry Lab just outside of Chicago, Illinois. The working lab provides customers a hands-on environment to develop new ideas and create solutions leveraging technology from Oracle and more than 30 industry partners. Supported by Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband, the lab will first focus on the energy and […]
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Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) has been around since 2002, but it’s still frequently misunderstood, says VIATechnik in their newly published whitepaper. The publication explains what VDC really is and how to succeed in it. It includes the VDC maturity curve, the VDC Champion Checklist, and insight from VIATechnik’s recent survey on digital transformation across […]
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Slate Technologies, an AI software platform, has launched a digital assistant for the construction industry. Slate uses AI and machine learning to improve the productivity of construction professionals by enabling better, earlier decision-making to keep building projects on time, maximizing revenue. Among the company’s early development collaborators include multinational construction leader Skanska. Analyzing unstructured data […]
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Speckle is open source digital infrastructure for anything designed in 3D. It handles interoperability between software silos, real-time collaboration, data management, versioning and automation. Dimitrie Stefanescu, a co-founder, wrote on 14 Apr 2022, “I am proud to announce that we’ve just raised a $5.5M (£4M) seed round. For us, this step was much more than […]
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New York-based AI SaaS startup Kwant AI brings AI technology to the field, adding efficiency and safety to the global construction industry with the System of Record of Workforce. The startup announced a $3.9 million seed round with investment from LAUNCH, Fairstead, Pearl Fund, 7BC Venture Capital, Forefront Ventures, Martinson ventures, and Serra Ventures. Funds […]
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Workorder, Inc., a construction technology startup, has raised a $1.1 million pre-seed round from UBMB and Mucker Capital to assist in the launch of its innovative software. Workorder’s software is among the first for construction estimating to use image recognition, deep learning, and OCR to automatically detect, measure, and count objects in construction blueprints. The […]
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Autodesk has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire The Wild, a cloud-connected, extended reality (XR) platform, which includes its namesake solutions, The Wild, and IrisVR. The Wild enables AEC professionals to present, collaborate and review projects together in immersive and interactive experiences, from anywhere and at any time. IrisVR, part of the Wild, empowers teams to host more […]
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In the AI edition of the AEC Business Newsletter, I introduce Birdflocks. It is an online AEC community that invites professionals to showcase their work and skills, find new opportunities, and learn from others. It aims at solving global construction industry problems through collaboration and communication. Members of Birdflocks can start their own communities. I […]
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Dome4home, a Ukrainian company, produces dome structures for tents, greenhouses, quadraspheres, houses, cocoon tree houses, and other purposes. The structures are based on the geodesic dome principle made famous by architect Buckminster Fuller. Dome designs save construction material and are energy-efficient. You can use various materials on the outside and add insulation to the structure. […]
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Evercam Ltd. (EVERCAM), the leading provider of construction camera software announced a financial investment by Bentley iTwin Ventures, a part of Bentley Acceleration Initiatives. Bentley Acceleration Initiatives is the internal incubator for strategic investments of Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company. This investment and technical integration of Bentley’s iTwin® platform will […]
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The AEC Business newsletter’s Smart Construction edition on February 24 focused on digital twins. Topics How ASHVIN Develops Digital Twin Capabilities Boosting the Israeli ConTech Startup Ecosystem NCC Pilots Buildots’ AI in Two Helsinki Building Projects Matterport to Showcase Digital Twin Solutions at its Space Jam Competition EarthCam 4D and Bentley Bring Construction Digital Twins […]
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Buildots, the construction technology startup using AI to provide objective, data-backed insights to contractors and project managers, announced that NCC Finland uses their technology to build two projects. The first is an 8,000 sq m residential project in the Helsinki metropolitan area, and the second is a 9,000 sq m commercial project, Fredriksberg D, in Helsinki. […]
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Matterport, the spatial data company, will host the next installment of the Matterport Space Jam virtual event series on February 24, 2022, at 8:30 am PT. The event features four of its platform partners that are building software solutions on top of Matterport’s digital twins for the AEC industry. During the event, each platform partner […]
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The Extended Reality edition of the AEC Business Newsletter in February 2022 topics include VR and IoT used for training mobile elevated work platform operation Varjo’s world’s first human-eye resolution VR/XR cloud streaming AEC+tech, a newly launched website and online platform Technical Skills Every AEC Marketer Needs News about extended reality for construction Read the […]
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The Industrialized Construction edition of the AEC Business Newsletter in February 2022 covered the latest industry news: A great video channel about construction 3D printing AI-powered estimating for mechanical and electrical sub-contractors Construction robotics companies in 2022 Other news Read the newsletter and subscribe.
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EarthCam, a provider of webcam technology and services, has introduced EarthCam 4D, empowering virtual design and construction (VDC) teams to overlay and synch live imagery with their digital twins. An intuitive timeline allows users to scroll backwards and forward in time to view live imagery in relation to their 4D models. Built on the Bentley iTwin platform, EarthCam 4D augments Bentley […]
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AEC+tech is a newly launched website and online platform that keeps track of the latest architecture, engineering & construction (AEC) emerging technologies and shares real-world projects. It is a growing community of AEC startups, as well as AEC companies and professionals who sign up, create profiles, and feature their exciting products and case studies. Niknaz […]
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Varjo, the provider of professional-grade VR/XR hardware and software, has announced the addition of cloud streaming to its Varjo Reality Cloud platform, marking progress toward the company’s vision of bringing real-life collaboration into the metaverse. With Varjos’ new service, select early access users can deploy virtual and mixed reality applications and experiences entirely from the […]
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The January 2022 AI Edition of the AEC Business Newsletter topics: Interview with Jeevan Kalanithi, CEO of heads OpenSpace Redefining Data Sharing in Construction – A Virtual Event on January 25, 2022 A New Study by A new study by Dodge Construction Network and Versatile, the AI-powered company AEC Industry Outlook Survey for 2022 – A […]
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Is putting data to work a top priority for you in 2022? Are you tired of jargon around data ecosystems? Do you want an easy-to-use and continuously improving solution for data sharing? Join Platform of Trust’s free 3-hour online event No Time to BS on January 25, 2022. You will hear how to unlock data […]
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A recently published Aalto University research report (in Finnish) looks at waste in HVAC and electrical installations. The project measured the amount of non-value-adding time, i.e., waste, investigated its root causes, and developed ways to improve productivity. The researchers studied four Finnish construction sites. They collected data with hardhat video cameras, indoor positioning technology, interviews, […]
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A new study by Dodge Construction Network and Versatile, a construction technology pioneer using artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) to optimize construction processes, found that unexpected overtime is predictable and controllable through regular job site activity measurement. According to the study, overtime is predictable at an 88% confidence level, if proper measurement is utilized. Overtime […]
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The Finnish Building 2030 consortium and Aalto Robot Learning research group brought Spot the robot to Skanska’s shopping mall construction site in December 2021. The purpose of the test was to see how Spot could use its newly-acquired arm and gripper. Construction companies are testing the capabilities of mobile robots on construction sites. The main […]
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Are you interested in AEC technology and want to keep tabs on what’s new and noteworthy? My newsletter covers weekly one of the four themes: AI, smart construction, industrialized construction, and extended reality. Subscribe here! Here are the editions from December 2021: Industrialized construction Extended reality Artificial Intelligence Smart construction
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The AI in AEC conference 2022 features an interesting range of speakers from around the world. Visit the program webpage to read the presentation abstracts and presenter bios. You can also download the pdf program. In the 2021 event, there were 235 registered participants from 30 countries, who graded the overall conference experience over 4 on a scale […]
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The Construction Industry is working with progressive technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) for efficiently executing construction jobs. According to the research conducted by ‘Construction Business Owner’, AI expense is anticipated to cross $4.5 billion by 2026, with the potential of enhancing profits to 71% by 2035. Starting from building design, bidding, financing & procurement to […]
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning are set to affect every industry, including construction. It’s now essential for every professional to know the basics of AI – what it is and isn’t and how you could use it in your business. A perfect way to get a grasp of AI’s potential is by taking an online […]
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Bentley Systems, the infrastructure engineering software company, has announced the winners of the 2021 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure. The annual awards program recognizes the extraordinary work of Bentley software users advancing infrastructure design, construction, and operations throughout the world. Sixteen independent jury panels selected the 57 finalists from nearly 300 nominations submitted by more than 230 organizations […]
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CEMEX Ventures, CEMEX’s Corporate Venture Capital and Open Innovation unit, released today its yearly TOP50 ConTech Startups list. The selection features 2021’s top 50 solutions from the construction technology ecosystem from around the world and the most promising for 2022. Investment in the ConTech environment reached record levels this year, with over $4.5 billion USD […]
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The construction sector is undergoing an unprecedented change. New digital and production technologies allow it to become more productive, profitable, and sustainable. The AEC Business Newsletter offers a fast way to learn about new technologies and how they can help create a better business. AEC Business is a weekly newsletter with the latest innovations and […]
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Buildots, an innovator in AI construction technology, has been selected by Wates Residential for Orbit’s Park East residential project in Erith, London. Wates Residential is part of the Wates Group, one of the UK’s largest privately-owned construction, development, and property services companies. The company has recognized Buildots’ ability to help them deliver exceptional homes on budget and schedule. […]
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CEMEX Ventures, together with Dysruptek, Ferrovial, GS Futures, Hilti, VINCI Group’s Leonard and NOVA by Saint-Gobain, have announced the ten winners of the Construction Startup Competition 2021. Document Crunch, an AI-powered software to identify and explain critical issues in construction contracts, was chosen as the gold medalist of the 2021 edition. The Pitchday took place […]
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AEC-Business.com has launched Channels, a place where you can get valuable construction industry tech insights from our partners. The first four channels are: AEC TechTV – A video channel on the pulse of the digital transformation Columnists – Personal views on topical AEC technology questions from around the world Impeccable Construction – BIM information quality […]
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Does your company embrace innovation and new opportunities? Do you? Also, what is the future of robotics in construction? Join host Todd Weyandt and guest Aarni Heiskanen as they discuss crossing the divide between labor and construction demand, the growing importance of robotics in the field, the people-centric aspect of the construction industry, and much […]
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AXA XL’s Construction insurance business recognizes three contractors for pioneering implementation of risk-reducing technologies and achieving the highest scores in its Technology Adoption Maturity Index (TAMI) scorers for 2021. Boston-based, national builder Suffolk and Jacksonville, Florida-based Haskell received silver honors for their tied score, while PCL Construction, based in Edmonton, Canada, received gold honors for receiving the TAMI’s highest score in […]
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XYZ Reality, the construction tech company behind Holosite, will unveil its new engineering-grade Augmented Reality tool, The Atom at the 2021 Digital Construction Week (DCW) in London. The Atom has been developed specifically to meet the needs of construction professionals; making construction smarter, more accurate and more efficient than ever before, the company says. The release of […]
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XYZ Reality, a pioneering UK-based construction industry augmented reality (AR) company, and SmarTwin™, a New York-based digital twin technology advisory, have announced their USA alliance. After a successful early access program, deploying their technology across projects in the UK and Europe, XYZ Reality is entering the US market and bringing their Augmented Reality solution, HoloSite, across the […]
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Call for solutions for the future of low carbon housing – join the online kick-off on October 29, 2021, to hear more! As the largest lessor in Finland, Helsinki City Housing Company HEKA maintains a building portfolio that includes over 50,000 apartments serving over 92,000 residents. The HEKA Innovation Program is intended to source and pilot new, innovative […]
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Miika Kostamo of Novatron gave this presentation at the WDBE Community Session titled “How can supersensing improve infrastructure construction” on September 22, 2021. The session hosts were Aarni Heiskanen (https://aec-business.com) and Paul Wilkinson (http://extranetevolution.com). The session program is at https://kirahub.org/en/wdbe/community-session-supersensing-for-infrastructure-construction/
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Jero Juujärvi, BIM Coordinator at Kreate Group gave this presentation at the WDBE Community Session titled “How can supersensing improve infrastructure construction” on September 22, 2021. The presentation was courtesy of Pointscene. The session hosts were Aarni Heiskanen (https://aec-business.com) and Paul Wilkinson (http://extranetevolution.com). The session program is at wdbe.org.
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Kelly Doyle, the COO of ProjectReady, talks at the WDBE Community Session titled “How can supersensing improve infrastructure construction” on September 22, 2021. The session hosts were Aarni Heiskanen (https://aec-business.com) and Paul Wilkinson (http://extranetevolution.com). The session program is at wdbe.org.
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Librestream, RealWear, and NOV, Inc. are collaborating to change the way field service, construction, and other industries inspect, repair, and utilize heavy equipment assets. Organizations across the world are experiencing significant worker shortages, which contributes to knowledge loss, decreased productivity and lost revenue due to equipment downtime. Heavy equipment operation requires specialized knowledge and skillsets that take significant […]
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Olli Planting, Development Manager at Infrakit (https://infrakit.com/en/), talked about situational awareness in infrastructure projects at the WDBE Community Session titled “How can supersensing improve infrastructure construction” on September 22, 2021. The session hosts were Aarni Heiskanen (https://aec-business.com) and Paul Wilkinson (http://extranetevolution.com). The session program is at
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Get ready to take the construction industry to the next level digitally! The Garage48 Digital Construction 2021 hackathon takes place on September 24-26, 2021, online and on-site in Tallinn and Helsinki. The deadline for ideas submission is September 19. Digital Construction 2021 will take place for the third time to team up to build a 48-hour […]
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AI Clearing, a market leader in automated analytics for large-scale construction and infrastructure projects, today announced a global partnership with Doosan Mobility Innovation, Inc. (DMI), part of leading industrial corporation Doosan Group. The partnership will integrate AI Clearing’s AI-powered construction progress monitoring capabilities into DMI’s first-of-a-kind hydrogen-powered drone products to deliver granular visibility for large […]
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Buildots, the AI construction tech company, today announced a $30 million Series B round led by Lightspeed Ventures with the participation of Buildots’ previous investors; TLV Partners, Future Energy Ventures, and Tidhar Construction Group. Buildots will use the new funds to double the size of their global team with a focus on its Sales and […]
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Matterport, Inc. announced its strategic partnership and investment in SIMLAB, a technology company that specializes in the digitization of buildings throughout the design and construction phases. “Our partnership with SIMLAB further cements Matterport as the spatial data platform of choice for the AEC industry,” said RJ Pittman, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Matterport. Using the […]
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Build Group Inc. will use Buildots’ technology on three projects in the US, including a 19-story M2 tower which is part of the wider 5M development in San Francisco. Buildots’ AI computer vision will collect, analyze, and leverage data to ensure these projects are delivered on time and under budget “The complex nature of managing thousands of details and dozens of […]
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In Episode 24 of AECTechTV, Clive Jordan, CEO of Plannerly, talks about the startup’s technology. Its core strengths were in managing BIM content and supporting BIM workflows. “However, it all starts with having a plan, ideally as early as possible” – hence the name Plannerly, and a mission to counteract #EvilBIM.
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Pyry Virrantaus, the COO of Aiforsite (https://aiforsite.com), talked about real-time productivity analysis of construction. The presentation took place on May 27, 2021, at the third WDBE 2021 Community Session.
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Jame Ellis of VisiLean (https://visilean.com) talks about real-time project management in construction. The presentation took place on May 27, 2021, at the third WDBE 2021 Community Session.
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Olli Seppänen, Associate Professor at Aalto University, gave this presentation on May 27, 2021, as a WDBE 2021 Community Session. He talks about why we need a real-time situation picture of a construction site.
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Sakari Pesonen of Fira Smart (https://firasmart.com) talks about how to use data to shift focus from construction projects to processes, McDonald’s style. The presentation is from the WDBE Comunity Session on May 27, 2021, organized in collaboration with AEC TechTV.
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Oskar Smeds of Congrid (https://congrid.com) talks about quality management in construction and the role of digitalization in it. The presentation is from the WDBE Comunity Session on May 27, 2021, organized in collaboration with AEC TechTV.
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I have featured Varjo™, the “human-eye resolution VR”, previously on AEC Business. Today, the company announced a pioneering teleportation capability with Varjo Reality Cloud. Anybody with the Varjo XR-3 headset can 3D scan their surroundings and transport another person to that same exact physical reality. “What we’re building with our vision for the Varjo Reality […]
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XYZ Reality today announced a £20m investment round led by Octopus Ventures. Founded in 2017, XYZ Reality develops HoloSite, an Augmented Reality (AR) solution for construction sites. The company is on a mission to eliminate 2D in its entirety. I’ve seen a live demo of HoloSite. Using its safety certified AR hardhat, it places accurately a real-time, […]
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The construction industry suffers from high wastage compared to other industries. Up to 60% of the hours worked at construction sites is wasted time. The inefficiency leads to quality problems, delayed completions, and economic losses. Aiforsite aims to resolve the construction productivity problem. Aiforsite’s smart technology solution Artificial Intelligence for Construction (AIC) facilitates business intelligence […]
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NEXT Energy Technologies, Inc., makers of a proprietary transparent photovoltaic coating that transforms commercial windows into energy-producing solar panels, announced today that it has raised $13.4 million in a Series C round of funding. Lead investors in the round include Alon Blue Square Israel, Ltd., GEAR Innovation Network, and Viracon, a leading architectural glass fabricator. […]
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Autodesk deepens support of construction companies across the globe with new workflows that empower design and construction firms to comply with ISO 19650 standards; customers can now choose to primarily store their project data in Europe. Standardization across the construction industries allows teams to build more efficiently and create stronger collaboration among all project and […]
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Sablono, a digital lean technology construction startup, has raised €5.3M Series A to accelerate international growth and execute on their first-to-market advantage to establish Sablono as the next-generation platform in AEC. The round was led by Bachmaier Invest GmbH, the investment company of industry veteran Thomas Bachmaier, who is the founder and shareholder of Thinkproject, […]
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How can digitalization and real-time data help improve construction productivity by 20-50%? This is the topic of the 2-hour webinar that AEC TechTV organizes in collaboration with WDBE 2021 on May 27, 2021, at 2 pm British Summer Time (BST). Register now! The main sponsors of the WDBE Community Session are Congrid and Fira Smart. […]
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London-based construction technology start-up XYZ Reality and UCL have received a government grant to develop XYZ Reality’s augmented reality solution into the construction of UK hospitals. The grant has been awarded by UKRI through an Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). Founded in 2017, XYZ Reality developed Engineering-Grade Augmented Reality to tackle some of the […]
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Buildots, an AI construction tech start-up, announced the release of the first mobile “control room” to give project managers access to critical information on the go. Profit margins in construction are some of the lowest for any industry, averaging just 2.8%, according to a CE Performance Report. These tight margins leave companies with little room […]
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Prescient’s game-changing digital design-build platform is increasing returns on investments across the entire development, construction, and operating value chain. The platform provides an efficient, integrated, and transparent approach for advanced professionals who plan, design, and build multi-family housing and hospitality structures. Prescient announced it has closed a $190 million strategic investment and bonding support led […]
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WDBE is now the “World of Digital Built Environment” – a continuous platform for our growing global community highlighting the brightest minds and digital solutions improving our urban future. WDBE writes: “We have opened a call for presentations that explain and discuss what kind of supersenses there are available now and what else is still […]
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IBM, Red Hat and Cobuilder have announced a global collaboration to co-develop OpenBuilt, a new platform designed to help securely connect fragmented construction industry supply chains. Built on Red Hat OpenShift and running on IBM Cloud, OpenBuilt will offer new digital solutions to help innovate and drive more efficient, sustainable, and safer construction projects. A cross-industry […]
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The Building 2030 consortium is doing cutting-edge research on situational awareness in construction. On March 16, 2021, it tested robotized reality capture indoors on Skanska’s Lippulaiva shopping center site in Espoo. Building 2030 had set up this test to examine the feasibility of robotized reality capture for real-time construction management. During the test run, the Boston Dynamics Spot robot carried a Trimble 3D […]
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World Summit on Digital Built Environment has published the video recordings of the virtual event for everyone to watch. The event originally used Epic Games technology to offer the attendees an interactive virtual experience. Watch the keynotes, workshops, partners sessions, and community sessions.
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A new book focused on public relations and marketing communications for construction includes a chapter specifically about construction technologies (contech), written by AECTech.TV co-presenter Paul Wilkinson. This is episode 17 of the AEC TechTV.
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Construction was once the least digitized industry across most economies. Now, according to McKinsey, investment in construction software businesses is booming. In this episode 16 of the AEC TechTV, Paul Wilkinson looks at recent trends and sees no sign of the boom ending anytime soon.
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Esri UK today announced a new partnership with Tetra Tech to offer customers an end-to-end solution for indoor mapping, designed to capitalize on an increasing demand for indoor mapping for facilities management, at large offices, campuses, or hospitals. Offering the complete workflow, global consulting and engineering services company Tetra Tech will provide the necessary 3D […]
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Adeaca’s VP of Communications, Matt Mong, chats with Aarni Heiskanen, Construction Innovation Agent and Managing Partner at AE Partners and founder of AEC Business, about the state of the AEC industry today, the challenges they face in regards to adopting new business technologies, and the importance to focus on the business side of projects. Read […]
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DSi-Digital, LLC, a holding company for ventures focused on the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) market, announced the acquisition of Manufacton, a production control and workflow SaaS platform for construction firms to plan, track and optimize production and materials. Manufacton joins ViZZ, another DSi-owned software company that pairs 3D visualization and AI for construction, commercial development, and […]
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Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, a leader in 3D scanning technology today announced a reality capture solution for a variety of industries. By combining Boston Dynamics agile mobile robot Spot with the industry-proven Leica RTC360 3D laser scanner, scanning time spent by human operators is significantly reduced by programming the devices to repeat automated scanning paths through […]
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What value does the digital building lifecycle create for owners, users, and the whole supply chain in the AECO industry? Salla Eckhardt, Director of Transformation Services at Microsoft, has written a series of articles on the topic. She writes: “The digital age is bringing a better way—and at the Microsoft real estate group we believe […]
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Aarni Heiskanen interviews Camiel Weijenberg, Founder and CEO of Digital Blue Foam, an AEC tech startup. Digital Blue Foam gives you 3D map data on every city, an unparalleled user experience, generative design, and sustainability analytics in one fully web-based design tool. The company is part of a growing movement seeking to digitize the architecture […]
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Hilti’s BIM design services and digitized building tools help optimize design and offer tools for multi-trade MEP support design. Karl Johnson, Technical Marketing Manager for BIM & MEP, explains the direct impacts of using BIM to improve construction processes, “Let’s consider MEP planning: Without BIM, the support structures are planned on-site and separately by each […]
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First-of-its kind Idaho factory nears completion of a five-story San Jose, CA apartment building. Just over two years since breaking ground, Autovol is now using automation in new ways as it nears completion of its first major affordable housing project. The project, Virginia Street Studios, will make high-quality apartment homes more affordable to seniors in San […]
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The Finnish proptech platform CHAOS lets investors forecast which services and infrastructure urban areas will need to meet the needs of future residents. It has announced the successful closure of a €1.5M funding round led by sustainability-focused Swedish investment firm Nidoco with angel investors Kai Keituri, Tapio Heikkilä, and Stefan Lindberg also participating. The investment […]
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In episode 14 of the AEC TechTV, Paul Wilkinson talks about the impact of poor interoperability on information management in construction projects. 2004 estimates suggested poor interoperability cost the US capital facilities market alone over $15 billion a year. The worldwide cost will be many times greater. Paul Wilkinson explores the issues, outlines recent discussions […]
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CEMEX Ventures invests in a disruptive offsite construction method. Modulous offers an answer to the housing requirements in the United Kingdom, where they are working on different residential schemes and projects to achieve sales of £25 million in the pilot year. CEMEX Ventures, CEMEX’s Corporate Venture Capital and open innovation unit, announced on January 14, […]
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Adeaca Corp., a company dedicated to the innovative advancement of project business, has announced the availability of its Project Autopilot solution. As part of Adeaca’s Project Business Automation (PBA) platform, Project Autopilot acts as an alarm system for project-based companies, detecting all the problems in every project in real-time and alerting the right people to […]
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Artem Boiko, a BIM implementation specialist, used Google search data to determine the popularity of BIM software from the year 2004 onward. He produced the following video from his analysis. Objective indicators of Google Trends show the relative popularity of the query: 100 points mean the maximum interest in the topic, and 0 – insufficient […]
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In the AEC TechTV show, Aarni Heiskanen interviews Hugh Seaton who released The Construction Technology Handbook on January 7, 2021. The book is available on Amazon.
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In this interview with Dr. Ken Dooley, we discuss digital twins in the built environment and the recently released report Building Digital Twins by Granlund. Ken Dooley is the Chief Strategy Officer, Empathic Building, at Haltian. During the podcast interview, he talks about these aspects of digital twins: What they are What are the common misconceptions about […]
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Artificial Intelligence in Architecture, Engineering and Construction is a virtual two-day conference taking place on March 24-25, 2021. The program is published, and early bird registration is open until January 15, 2021. The seed for this conference was planted with the preparation of the IABSE AI Workshop 2020. The high international interest towards the 2020 […]
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In his Architect Magazine article, Boston Dynamics construction manager Brian Ringley sees invaluable opportunities for robotics that have little to do with automating building construction and installation. The notion that architects can regain their “master builder” status through robotic construction is not currently feasible, according to Ringley. He writes: “This file-to-field approach, challenging even for […]
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CEMEX Ventures, CEMEX’s Corporate Venture Capital and Open Innovation unit, has announced its TOP50 ConTech Startups list, which includes the 50 most promising new solutions from the 2020 construction ecosystem and the cities of the future. The investment ecosystem in construction startups gets traction and closes the year 2020 surpassing US$1.3 billion of investment in […]
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Here are Aarni Heiskanen’s picks from four keynote presentations at World Summit on Digital Built Environment WDBE 2020. The topics and presenters: 00:42 Construction robotics – Kathrin Dörfler, Assistant Professor at TU Munich 04:41 Construction challenges today – Dr. Martin Fischer, Professor at Stanford University, CIFE 08:32 Construction productivity -Dr. Olli Seppänen, Associate Professor at […]
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Supercell is a Finnish gaming company known for games like Hay Day, Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, Clash Royale and Brawl Stars. I took a stroll around their headquarters construction site in Jätkäsaari, Helsinki. The office building is made mainly of mass timber. It is part of the Wood City block, an urban development by […]
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The European Construction Sector Observatory (ECSO) is conducting a survey on the state of digitalization in the construction sector in each of the European Member States. You can take the 10-minute survey online. ECSO was set up in 2015 to regularly analyse and carry out comparative assessments of the construction sector in all EU countries […]
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An announcement of the change of format.
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How has the pandemic changed the behaviors of built environment companies and how can they prepare for the uncertain future? A new study suggests agility as a key strategy for the construction industry. VIATechnik conducted the research study along with Gregg Young, an experienced real estate leader, and Denise Akason, a Professor of Real Estate […]
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Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an ongoing revolution in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction. It is a process to create smart 3D models of buildings and enable better management of a property throughout its whole lifecycle. Nevertheless, the majority of existing buildings do not have a 3D model or BIM due to lack of resources and […]
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The show is hosted by Aarni Heiskanen and Paul Wilkinson. In this episode 01:19 Autodesk open letter follow-up, BuildingConnected, and Bentley Systems news / Paul Wilkinson 09:36 Henry Mickleburgh on volumetric modular construction 17:56 WDBE 2020: AEC tech highlights / Aarni Heiskanen 29:17 Sue Butcher on construction product data / Paul Wilkinson’
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This episode of AEC TechTV is hosted by Aarni Heiskanen and Paul Wilkinson. CONTENTS 01:25 NBS Construction Leaders’ Summit / Paul Wilkinson 09:12 Mass timber construction in Finland and Germany / Aarni Heiskanen 14:25 Shay Prupes of Samson Logic / Aarni Heiskanen 26:14 London Exhibition / Paul Wilkinson 29:52 Events / Paul Wilkinson RESOURCES AEC Business: https://aec-business.com Extranet Evolution: http://extranetevolution.com/ Samson Logic: https://samson-logic.com
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Esri UK today announced a new partnership with drone specialists Heliguy to complete its end-to-end drone solution designed for the AEC industry. The final piece in Esri UK’s strategy to offer all parts of the drone workflow, the partnership will provide customers with drone hardware, pilot training and flying services from Heliguy, adding to Esri’s […]
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Data Gumbo, the trusted industrial blockchain network, today announced a partnership with Atlas RFID, provider of the Jovix® Material Readiness® software solution. The collaboration brings automated, touchless transactions and unparalleled visibility to the heavy industrial construction sector for commercial contracts. Two joint implementations are currently underway with a national oil company (NOC): tracking hundreds-of-millions of dollars in chemicals and […]
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In this episode of AEC TechTV Aarni Heiskanen and Paul Wilkinson share news about data standards, Tekla Global BIM Awards, an offsite timber construction project, situational awareness in construction, construction apps for SMEs, and industry events. Contents 01:18 Data standards / Paul Wilkinson 05:02 Tekla Global BIM Awards 2020 / Aarni Heiskanen 11:05 Metsä Pavilion […]
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Trimble has announced the winners of its Tekla Global Building Information Modeling (BIM) Awards, a biennial competition showcasing the world’s most impressive structural construction projects that use Tekla solutions. The winner of the best BIM project of 2020 is the Randselva Bridge in Norway, which holds the distinction of being the world’s longest bridge to date that […]
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AEC TechTV is hosted by Aarni Heiskanen and Paul Wilkinson. In this episode: 01:16 News / Paul Wilkinson 05:19 B1M, Fred Mills 13:21 Xuver, Gavin Crump and Laurens Kok 26:06 VR case study, Lauri Lemmenlehti 30:52 News / Aarni Heiskanen
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Tridify announced that it has been awarded an Epic MegaGrant to develop a new BIM streaming service, enabling AEC professionals to view interactive BIM models rendered with Unreal Engine streamed to any mobile device. Designed to improve collaboration at all stages of the construction process, the service will make existing workflows more efficient and increase […]
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The fourth episode of AEC TechTV is hosted by Aarni Heiskanen and Paul Wilkinson. 01:12 News, Aarni Heiskanen 04:09 ViZZ, Mitch Hughes 10:07 VR for safety and health, Zulfikar Adamu 18:40 360-degree cameras on sites, HoloBuilder 25:52 ProNovos, Bruce Orr 34:09 News, Paul Wilkinson 39:12 WDBE 2020
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The third episode of AEC TechTV is packed with news and insight from the AEC tech domain. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep tabs on what’s new and noteworthy. 01:17 News, Aarni Heiskanen 04:31 Digital twins, Cristina Savian 11:40 Exceptional BIM, Vaughan Harris 18:41 CHAOS Architects, Rodrigo Castro 22:50 Next Steps, Sam Cowley 26:58 Spherical Block, Brian Kern 31:23 More news, […]
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CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (“CEMEX”) (NYSE: CX) announced today that, through CEMEX Ventures, its Corporate Venture Capital unit, it has signed an agreement with Carbon Clean, a leader in low-cost modular carbon dioxide capture and separation technology, aimed at developing a carbon capture solution for the cement industry that lies below the line of $30US/ton […]
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The Hospital BIM Open 2020 conference on October 28-29, 2020, will be fully virtual. The two conference days will not only offer excellent presentations and keynotes but also networking with other professionals. On the conference platform, you can network and interact with other participants from your home or office. Watch the presentations and access material […]
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The second episode of AEC TechTV is a package filled with timely stories from the architecture, engineering, and construction technology domain. The program 01:10 International BIM standards and the UK BIM Framework, Paul Wilkinson 08:00 COVID-19 and construction, Aarni Heiskanen 12:02 COVID-19 and AEC, Paul Doherty 20:52 Connex BIM mobile viewer, Nicholas Holst 31:10 DigiBuild, Robert Salvador 37:28 2020 Digital Construction […]
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Buildings are static. They serve the purpose they have been designed for. But when cities grow and the needs of the community change, this becomes a problem. Modular construction with engineered wood products like Kerto LVL are the solution, because they enable adaptable, sustainable, and cost-competitive designs. It is time to provide solutions to the […]
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The first episode of AEC TechTV is hosted by Aarni Heiskanen and Paul Wilkinson. The Program 01:07 Immersive collaborative VR in AEC / Aarni Heiskanen 06:07 Good data for the public good / Paul Wilkinson 12:30 BIM and FM / Karl Fitzpatrick, Auckland Airport 18:40 The AEC Hackathon Online / Damon Hernandez, the AEC Hackathon […]
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Though we may be socially distant, we can find new ways to connect in these challenging times. COVID-19 gave the World Summit on Digital Built Environment, WDBE, a reason to redefine itself and share a new virtual event experience. Taking place on September 29-30, Virtual WDBE 2020 will use a combination of Unreal Engine and […]
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New, game-changing technologies and trailblazing companies are redefining the future of architecture, engineering, and construction. AEC Business launches AEC TechTV, a video channel that’s on the pulse of the digital transformation. Technologies evolve much faster than our capacity to make use of them. Will technology make or break your AEC business? It is more important […]
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Registration is now open for the IRMI Construction Risk Conference (CRC), which will be presented as a virtual event. Attendees will have access to two days of live-streamed sessions focused exclusively on the unique risk management challenges faced by construction companies and the nuances of properly insuring those exposures. “The health and safety of our attendees is our top priority,” said IRMI […]
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Buildots announced today that it had secured $16 million in funding to leverage the power of AI to track, analyze and provide actionable data for construction project teams. The company uses hardhat-mounted 360° cameras to seamlessly determine the exact status of an ongoing project and provides invaluable insight to contractors. The $3 million seed and […]
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Built Robotics has developed a unique guidance system using artificial intelligence that can be installed in off-the-shelf equipment from Caterpillar, John Deere, and other major manufacturers. Read the article on freethink.com
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Open Source Wood is a collaboration platform for architects, engineers, students, and professionals in wood construction to share their innovations in modular wood construction. Open Source Wood offers innovation, ideas, and a library of element and module designs, freely available to everyone. Now, Open Source Wood also offers easy access to structural calculation tools. The methods […]
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Fabian Saverimuttu of Rackspace interviewed Aarni Heiskanen on the future of construction post Covid-19. Read the interview on LinkedIn.
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Building 2030 is a Finnish consortium of 19 construction industry companies, led by Aalto University. The consortium has devised a vision for the industry and supports research projects in the field. The consortium published a video to summarize their accomplishments to date. Visit https://www.aalto.fi/en/building-2030 for more information.
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Ohio University has released a guide titled, An Engineer’s Guide to Building Climate Change-Resilient Infrastructure. It was created for engineers, environmentalists, climate change communities, and construction organizations who are looking to share information about the importance of building cities that are able to fight growing climate threats. The guide itemizes the many aspects that you should […]
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Participants from 17 countries had signed up for the Digital Situational Awareness in Construction webinar and workshop on June 24, 2020. It was an official WDBE 2020 pre-event. You can now watch the four presentations of the virtual event on YouTube. The agenda: 1) How situational awareness boosts construction productivity, Professor Olli Seppänen, Aalto University2) Digital construction […]
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BIOHM is a research and development led UK start-up that aims to revolutionize the construction industry with its bio-based materials. Among their products are insulation panels made from mycelium, the root formations of fungi. Recently, the company discovered that certain fungal species can consume plastic as a food source. This invention could bring about new […]
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AEC Hackathon online is a multi-week experience of online presentations, workshops, interviews, mentor hours, meetups, hackathon, and more. The event starts on July 6, 2020, and the winners will be announced on the 26th. Register at https://www.hackaec.com/. The AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) Hackathon was created in 2013 to give those designing, building, and maintaining our […]
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Data Gumbo, the trusted transactional blockchain network for tomorrow’s industrial leaders, announced a partnership with PrairieDog Venture Partners (PDVP), the technology and development arm of the Operating System 2.0 (OS2) research project co-led by the Construction Industry Institute (CII) and the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT), dedicated to the creation and advancement a new business model for construction. Together, Data Gumbo and […]
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The Digital Situational Awareness in Construction webinar and interactive workshop event briefs you on the latest developments in digital construction and features first-hand experiences from the field. This is an official pre-event of the World Summit on Digital Built Environment WDBE 2020. The focus of this event is situational awareness; what it is, why it’s […]
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InsiteVR, the AEC virtual reality meeting software announced a new product today, Resolve, to further enable large construction projects to review building information models (BIM) on the Oculus Quest. Resolve introduces a new model loading engine, making it the first commercially available solution capable of opening complex building models with hundreds of millions of polygons on the wireless […]
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Today DataStreet is announcing an integration with Autodesk Construction Cloud’s field collaboration solution PlanGrid. DataStreet provides project management software for subcontractors. The integration will allow for DataStreet users to link PlanGrid Tasks to their Time and Material (“T&M”) tags and Fixed Price Change Orders, saving customers time on tedious documentation processes and simplifying activity reports to ensure they are paid on time. This integration enables seamless data […]
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CEMEX Ventures, Ferrovial, Hilti, VINCI Group’s Leonard, and NOVA by Saint-Gobain launch the 2020 Construction Startup Competition, seeking entrepreneurs and startups to drive innovation in the construction industry. The call will be open to participants from around the world from May 19 through July 26. CEMEX’s Corporate Venture Capital Unit, announced today the launch of […]
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Venture capital investment firm Shadow Ventures announced today a virtual AEC/RE Pitchathon that will connect a global community of investors, architects, engineers, contractors, and real estate professionals with 60-plus pre-seed to Series B startups offering groundbreaking innovation in their market segments. The first-ever, all-online event within the AEC/RE space will take place on June 2-3 […]
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Tietoa Finland Ltd has resolved the pain of heavy PDF content in an architectural competition online. A cloud-based platform enables seamless and effortless collaboration of jury and workgroup members during the judging phases. Read more about the solution
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Mind the Bridge has published a shortlist of European construction sector innovators which they consider most interesting and which they have met with during the past year. Mind the Bridge is an innovation advisory firm; an international team with experience and a presence in multiple ecosystems. It is continuously looking for the most innovative startups around […]
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As we’re now doing as much work remotely as possible, the value of having digital technologies has become indisputable. I think that today’s experiences will also speed up the adoption of process automation in construction. Automation needs data. It has to be accessible and in a format that makes it useful. Recently, I’ve talked with experts from […]
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A recording of the live-streamed WDBE 2020 pre-event titled Data Flow in the Construction Lifecycle is now available. Antti Peltokorpi, Assistant Professor at Aalto University, gave an introductory presentation focused on recent research-based innovations and developments regarding digitalization in construction projects and operations. Port of Tallinn has been developing a fully digital port concept. D-terminal reconstruction is […]
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Autodesk, Inc., in partnership with management consulting firm FMI Corporation, released the results of an industry study. It shows that higher levels of trust within organizations and across project teams correlate with increased profit margins, employee retention and repeat business that can all add up to millions of dollars of profitability annually. The study, Trust […]
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Australian company, WeBuild Construction Software, released today details of a support package designed to help small and medium-sized businesses in the construction sector cope with the potential Covid-19 related slow down. Director and Co-founder, Jason Kamha, said: “We realise that many construction businesses will be impacted by shutdowns and time away from the office/jobsite. As […]
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Fologram and All Brick have invented an entirely new way of building in augmented reality (AR) to improve precision, reliability, and control over the construction of part of the Royal Hobart Hospital. The footage from the Hololens headsets of bricklayers shows exactly how a team used the AR application. The bricklayers built several hundred meters […]
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InfraBIM Open 2020 in Tampere was a huge success. AEC Business was the media partner for the event.
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The second edition of Cinema Build KSA Forum kicked off on February 19, 2020, in Fairmont Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The event was organized by Eyes of Cities in association with The Great Minds Group and supported by the Quality of Life Program, as one of the Saudi Vision 2030 realization programs. Building and developing the […]
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Every year, Fjord–Accenture Interactive’s design and innovation practice–crowdsources trends for the year ahead from its network of 1,200 people in 33 studios worldwide. The report looks at what’s ahead for the future of business, technology, and design. This is recommended reading for AEC leaders and developers who want to widen their horizons. The main message of […]
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The InfraBIM Open 2020 conference featured top experts, case studies, and solutions for digitalized infrastructure construction. The exhibition area showcased the latest in digital solutions and technologies. FCG Finnish Consulting Group and Softability Oy had created a virtual reality game that I tried out. You navigate a ship through a lock on the Saimaa Canal […]
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WSP Finland wanted to make building information modeling collaboration easier for all stakeholders in a construction project. They chose Tridify’s solution that allows anyone to explore BIMs with a web browser on any device without having to install additional software. Working in disparate teams and trying to collaborate using BIMs is often strenuous. Typically, stakeholders […]
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Suffolk, one of the most innovative and successful contractors in the USA, unveiled a diversification strategy. It is focused on leveraging the company’s core competency of construction and expanding into additional service lines to create a fully-integrated platform that adds value for clients across the entire building lifecycle. As part of the strategy, Suffolk launched […]
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Aalto University has released the final report of its Reality Capture (RECAP) project. The purpose of the research project was to investigate opportunities for automatic monitoring of progress, automatic quality checking of construction, and visualization of progress utilizing Augmented Reality technologies. The project started from the observation that laser scanning and photogrammetry related technology has […]
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Last year, Finland’s capital, Helsinki, started a dialogue with infrastructure contractors about emission-free street construction projects. The city is now outlining the selection criteria for bidding and will send out a call for tenders in February 2020. The criteria are limited to the site itself and will not include material transports. In the criteria, machines […]
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The first InfraBIM Open in 2018 brought already together 400 participants to Tampere, Finland. In 2019 it attracted 530 participants from over 25 different countries, and the program included 60 presentations. The world had been waiting for this conference series! During two days in February 2020 the organizers will gather together the best subjects, most […]
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Buildiro, the world’s first mobile app for materials procurement which has been building a loyal fanbase of tradespeople and merchants since its launch in September 2019, is set to introduce a new service. On 20 January 2020, Buildiro Direct begins, delivering those crucial, small, missing items to tradespeople within London, offering a 0.5% discount off […]
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Construction projects suffer from low productivity and risks pertaining to schedules, quality, and costs. Over recent decades, construction productivity has improved by a mere one percent. DiCtion is a research and development project led by the Aalto University that seeks to boost productivity through the digitalization of construction workflows. Aalto University’s Department of Civil Engineering […]
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Proptech marketplace Unissu.com has launched Connect, creating the first simultaneous global view of the rise of technology in the property market. Unissu will be working with local partners in 15 cities in five days on March 2-6, 2020. It will provide free-to-view videos from experts on the future of global real estate and the rise […]
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Here are our picks from the latest construction technology news. “We always ask our people: ‘what are the problems in the construction industry?’. It’s always been done the same way for many years,” says Jeff Condello, President & CEO of RANDALL Construction. The company is cementing its position as the leading self-perform in Florida by […]
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Here are our picks from the most recent construction technology news. The top concern of the 666 contractors surveyed for the 2020 FMI Industry Report was jobsite safety, although only 54% said they turned to technology to maintain it. Furthermore, 70% of the respondents said they don’t have a technology roadmap. What hampers productivity in […]
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HoloBuilder announced today their partnership with Boston Dynamics and released SpotWalk, a new product integration with Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot. The new partnership brings autonomous 360° reality capture to construction projects, addressing core productivity inefficiencies that continue hampering the construction industry. A Walking Robot Captures 360° Images Controlled by HoloBuilder’s SpotWalk app, the Boston Dynamics’ […]
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Here are our picks from the recent construction technology news. Is 3D printing in construction more than overhyped promises and underwhelming deliveries, asks Andrew Wheeler. Read his summary of the latest developments in this technology. 3D printed buildings could strip out as much as half the cost of building a home, Jason Ballard’s startup, Icon, […]
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DiCtion is a research and development project led by the Aalto University that seeks to boost productivity through the digitalization of construction workflows. To be able to collect data from various sources and combine it in a meaningful way and without manual interaction, we need a shared data model. DiCtion has devised a data model, […]
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Idea Wall is a software-as-service for collecting ideas online in a structured way. It’s fast to implement and has a zero learning curve for the participants. When to Use Digital Tools Sticky notes are great for brainstorming. However, when you are not in the same place physically or you have many teams attending, digital tools […]
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Here are our picks from the latest construction technology news. “You look at 5G wireless, artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), these are going to be three key technologies for your industry,” Michael Hainsworth, executive producer of Futurithmic and co-host of the Geeks & Beats podcast, told the audience at a talk billed Future Forward: […]
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InfraBIM Open is the first conference series in the world concentrating on open infrastructure BIM. The next event takes place on 3-5 February 2020, in Tampere, Finland It is an event for all actors of the infrastructure life cycle. The conference gathers together the best subjects, most visionary people, and the industry leaders. The 2019 […]
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A ‘Tsunami of solutions’ conference, ‘Wall-as-a-service’ robotics, a roadmap to improve recycling throughout the US, and more in this week’s AEC tech headlines. Cooper Carry recently secured a Radical innovation Award (2019) for their modular hotel design. This deploys modular construction techniques to build ‘pop up’ hotels in interstitial spaces between buildings and allow them […]
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Cooper Carry recently secured a Radical innovation Award (2019) for their modular hotel design. This deploys modular construction techniques to build ‘pop up’ hotels in interstitial spaces between buildings and allow them to ‘collapse’ once completed – unlocking new opportunities in crowded urban areas. The UK-based Additive Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) have raised $5.2m to commercialize […]
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CEMEX Ventures has announced its investment in X3 Builders. X3 Builders is a vertically integrated general contractor that combines architectural design, material procurement, and construction services to provide clients with a one-stop solution and a seamless transition from design to construction. This California-based startup is a completely new type of general contractor due to its […]
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The final report of RASTI is now available in English. The project outlined a national vision and strategy for the adoption of open international standards in the real estate and construction industries. The Finnish version includes several appendices. One of the frameworks that RASTI devised was a built environment life-cycle process map. It is derived […]
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Here are our picks from construction technology newsfeeds from the last 7 days. 21 European companies have formed a consortium to “take multi-story timber mainstream”. The group has secured €10m in EU funding and plans to spend the next four years developing standards, documenting social and environmental benefits, and addressing the estimated need for 1.6m […]
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PlanGrid recently commissioned research with Construction Manager to hear the views of 235 UK industry professionals on the ground. The report highlights their biggest frustrations and suggests possible solutions. Download the report, Digital Foundations: Solving Construction’s Productivity Puzzle to understand the impact of: Issues with accuracy Collaboration complications The persistence of paper Technology and talent […]
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Triax Technologies, Inc. and EarthCam announced a partnership to integrate their solutions to increase visibility into jobsite perimeters, enhancing safety and security. Using Triax’s Spot-r network, the two companies are offering a first-of-its-kind solution, enabling EarthCam’s high-resolution video cameras to provide real-time, independent visual verification of data identified through a worker’s wearable Spot-r Clip as it […]
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Mikko Kuusakoski, Head of Data and Analytics at YIT, talks about Maria 01, a development project in Helsinki that will boost the European startup ecosystem. Maria is an old hospital block that in 2016 was turned into a startup campus. Today, it houses over 100 startups and has 1,100 members. In 2018, the members raised […]
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Project Frog unveils Kitconnect, an integrated web application for Industrialized Construction. Built on Autodesk’s® Forge™, the solution enables end-to-end data flow from design to manufacture and construction. Project Frog is a San Francisco, California-based product and technology company founded in 2006. It delivers the platform, software and integration tools needed for the Industrialized Construction (IC) […]
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Vancouver, Canada, based Kryton International Inc. acquired 30% of the fast-growing concrete sensor company Sensohive. The young IoT company Sensohive Technologies based in Denmark launched its Maturix™solution two years ago. It has been adopted by leading contractors and precast producers like PASCHAL GmbH, VolkerWessels, Heidelberg Cement, NCC, Skanska, and Kruse Smith, among others. The monitoring […]
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The first InfraBIM Open in 2018 brought together 400 participants, followed by 530 participants in 2019 from over 25 different countries. In February 2020, the organizers promise to deliver an even bigger and higher quality event. They just announced an extension to the presentation submission time. The final deadline for submissions is October 1, 2019. Join […]
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Egnyte, the business first security content platform, today announced an integration with Procore, a leading provider of construction management software, that will provide the construction industry with a better way to work that replaces the outdated, manual approach to accessing, changing, and reviewing files. “Construction tech is gaining traction as companies in the field are […]
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South-East Asia’s largest 3D-printer for construction is declared operational in Singapore by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) in Singapore at the PEAK Forum on 11 September 2019. This 3D concrete printer is capable of printing concrete components up to 9 m long, 3.5 m wide and 3.8 m tall. The 3D-printer is developed and […]
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Handiss is a freelancing platform made specifically for architecture and engineering. It helps companies find global talent for freelance work. Handiss is the construction market network where vetted engineering consultants, architects, and industry experts can offer their work to their peers in the industry. Founded by engineers for engineers, Handiss is dedicated to matching clients […]
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Finland-based Varjo opens its first US office in Arlington, Virginia. The technology leader in industrial-grade VR/XR headsets, today announced the opening of its US headquarters in the Washington D.C. area. The company, which is celebrating three years of business this month, has seen unprecedented momentum to date in the industrial virtual reality space having brought […]
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Feedspot has featured AEC-Business.com as a Top 10 Construction Technology Blog and a Top 75 Construction Blog. Feedspot writes: “…The Best Construction Technology Blogs from thousands of Construction Technology blogs in our index using search and social metrics. We’ve carefully selected these websites because they are actively working to educate, inspire, and empower their readers with frequent […]
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Recognizing tech-savvy construction companies, Constructech magazine has announced the winners of the 2019 Constructech Vision Awards. Constructech has also recognized one Project of the Year for its outstanding commitment to leverage technology across all project team members. The project demonstrates teamwork, ingenuity, and tech-savvy. This represents the 20th year Constructech has honored construction companies with […]
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The World Summit on Digital Built Environment WDBE 2019 takes place on September 24-25, 2019, in Helsinki, Finland. Here are five reasons why you should attend: Meet top talent from the public and private sector: decision-makers, researchers, influencers, legislators, etc. WDBE is a place of discussion and a place of action! The keynotes: speakers coming […]
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On Sept. 19 and 20, 2019, Oliver Kinross, the organizers of the New York Build Expo, will be hosting Chicago Build at McCormick Place. Oliver Kinross organize an award-winning, global portfolio of construction events, including what the company describes as “the largest shows in London, New York, and Sydney”. Chicago Build is officially supported by the […]
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CBC International Symposium took place in Paris, France, on June 6-7, 2019. The presentations are now available online. Here is a selection of the topics discussed: What Are The ‘Breakthrough’ Use Cases? Practical Applications For Blockchain In Construction Change Management In Complex Infrastructure Projects Blockchain And Contracts Blockchain For Facilities Management And Operations Leveraging Distributed […]
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Richard Harpham, Vice President Software Products at Katerra, gave this presentation titled Silicon and Sawdust – Deconstructing Construction at NXT BLD 2019. He talks about how Katerra operates and Apollo, a software platform and suite of applications designed to support building projects and teams from beginning to end. “…we’re thinking about these six things: cost, schedule, […]
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AEC Business in partnering with Chicago Build, the leading construction show for Chicago and the Midwest. Part of the internationally renowned global Build series in New York, London, Sydney, Glasgow and Auckland, Chicago Build 2019 (September 19-20) features 200+ speakers across 12 conference tracks (including Government Contracts & Policy, Sustainability, Real Estate, Architecture, BIM & […]
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CEMEX Ventures celebrated its Pitch Day, an event at which the 10 winners of the Construction Startup Competition 2019 presented their solutions to a jury of experts in construction, innovation, and entrepreneurship. The global challenge doubled its participation compared to the 2018 competition. It seeks new business models that work in the six priority opportunity […]
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With over $1 billion assets under management and more than 50 corporate strategic investors spanning 11 countries, Fifth Wall has assembled the largest consortium of real estate owners to invest in cutting edge startups and transform the global real estate industry. On July 17, 2019, Fifth Wall, the largest venture capital firm focused on technologies […]
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CEMEX Ventures shares the conclusions drawn from a recent roundtable in Paris, France, with six industry leaders to improve digitization and productivity in the construction industry. Specifically, CEOs and innovation and technology representatives of Bouygues Construction, Hilti, DPR Europe, FMI, Versatile Natures and CEMEX Ventures met recently to explore how to attract tangible benefits to […]
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thyssenkrupp Materials Services relies on Microsoft for in-house solution development. AI is an essential component of the holistic digitalization strategy of the company. Customers benefit from individualized offers and more efficient processes. thyssenkrupp Materials Services continues to drive digital transformation: Since early 2019 an artificial intelligence solution (AI), supported by Microsoft’s cloud platform Azure, has […]
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LetsBuild, recently formed by the merger of Belgian APROPLAN and Danish GenieBelt, will soon be launching an ambitious BIM product. LetsBuild wants to seamlessly link on-site activities and checks to the project’s BIM model. Just as importantly, the company is focusing on ensuring easy adoption by site teams. Most companies in the construction industry are […]
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Forum Wood building Nordic 2019 will focus on the role of design in the future, veneer and massive wood construction, resource efficiency and sustainability, Nordic harmonization of regulations and guidelines. The event takes place in Helsinki on September 25-27, 2019. The conference brings together academics and practitioners to exchange experiences and learn from the forefront […]
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning help building designers, but also those who want to make construction sites safer. Here are my picks from recent construction-related AI news. Big construction companies are testing technology that could save lives A number of big construction companies are testing AI-aided computer vision that could save lives, and money, by […]
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Aarni Heiskanen started the AEC Business blog in June 2012. Over the years, hundreds of experts in construction innovation and technology have shared their knowledge, views, and ideas in interviews. The award-winning blog has a global audience that’s growing constantly. The monthly AEC Business podcast was featured by iTunes as New and Noteworthy in the […]
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The article The House the Robots Built by Ben King in the BBC’s Disruptors series explains how the construction industry can use new technologies to improve productivity and quality. The video titled Why is building so slow and expensive? leads into the story.
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Built Robotics and Mortenson have announced their partnership. The partnership is focused on earthmoving activities for renewables projects like wind and solar farms, which tend to be in remote areas, far from traditional workforce centers. “Our robotic equipment is able to shoulder some of the load by assisting with basic, repetitive tasks, freeing up human […]
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Our May 2019 newsletter includes Aarni’s thoughts at a construction site, links to our posts in May, links to other popular posts we shared on social media, and a short list of interesting events. If you want the newsletter delivered straight to your inbox when it’s out, subscribe to it.
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The Construction Digital Maturity Ladder™, CDML, is an 8-minute online assessment that enables construction companies around the world to measure their digital maturity and benchmark the results both locally and globally. The CDML is provided by LetsBuild, a construction project management software company. The assessment is aimed at creating a common language on how to […]
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NXT BLD (Next Build) is a future looking conference and exhibition which explores emerging technology for the built environment, beyond BIM. Topics include digital fabrication, artificial intelligence, robots, generative design, VR, reality modeling, and lots more. NXT BLD takes place at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Westminster, London, SW1P 3EE, on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. […]
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The Construction Blockchain Consortium, CBC, holds its first International Symposium titled Digital Trust in the Built Environment on June 6-7, 2019, in Paris. Held in collaboration with the Scientific and Technical Centre for Building (CSTB), the symposium will bring together leaders in the field of BIM, Distributed Ledgers, Semantic Web and the Internet of Things […]
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An international ideas competition started off on 15 May 2019 in Viinikanlahti, a highly exciting area close to Tampere city center. Competitors get to design a housing area of over 3,000 residents on the shores of Lake Pyhäjärvi, as well as a leisure time environment for the locals and tourists. With a population of roughly […]
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Modular construction–offsite manufacturing of building units– is on the rise. It can provide affordable housing, but it can be applied to many other purposes as well. Here are my picks from recent modular construction news. Autovol: An Automated Volumetric Modular Factory Taking Shape Prefab Logic, in conjunction with Autovol™ ownership, is leading the development of […]
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Prefab Logic, in conjunction with Autovol™ ownership, is leading the development of a first-of-its-kind factory for volumetric modular construction that combines human and robotic functions. Autovol will produce large-scale multiunit housing and hotel complexes; complete with all wiring, plumbing, and final fixtures before they ship from factory to building site. Construction preparations at the Autovol […]
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High Rise – Northern Exposure provides a global overview of the latest trends in high rise architecture and construction tech. The event takes place in Otaniemi, Finland, on June 25, 2019. It’s organized by GDP 2019, Aalto University, and Glass Innovation Institute. Among the distinguished presenters are: Kimmo Lintula, Aalto University/K2S Keith Boswell, SOM ARCHITECTS […]
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CEMEX Ventures, the open innovation and Corporate Venture Capital unit of CEMEX, announced its investment in Energy Vault, an Idealab company that has developed a transformative technology to store energy. “Energy storage that enables power to be delivered for less than the cost of fossil fuels is critical as the world shifts away from its […]
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Multivista has launched 3D Images as part of its suite of documentation services for the construction industry. Like its construction photo documentation service, Multivista will offer 3D Images as a full service and support both the data capture and the data management. The service will be powered by the Leica BLK3D, which is a handheld 3D imager […]
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A report called The Kalasatama Digital Twins Project by the Helsinki 3D+ team details the process and the technologies that they used to create a digital twin of the Kalasatama district. I met with the city’s team in April 2019 and consequently wrote the article Helsinki is Building a Digital Twin of the City. Download […]
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Internet of Things is a rapidly expanding technology that will have a fundamental impact on the built environment. Here are picks from articles in April/May 2019 representing the many aspects of IoT applications. IoT for Commercial Buildings: From Cost Reduction to Enhanced User Experience David H. Deans writes about a recent study by Berg Insight. […]
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Here is a selection of recent articles about potential uses of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the construction sector. Smart Construction, AI and Machine Learning This article by CIOReview outlines the following applications for artificial intelligence in construction: Prevention of cost overshoots and risk mitigation Better sequencing design Productive project planning and remote construction […]
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Prefabrication and modular construction are one solution to the construction productivity conundrum. Here are some of the latest articles on the topic. Innovation to help builders do more with less The article asserts that the shortage of labor is the key driver of automation and prefabrication in the industry. Read the article by Josh Kulla […]
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ArchDaily, the world’s most visited architectural website published a new Trends Report today. The report shows trends that relate to construction, based on the search terms that the site’s visitors have used. These were the growth rates of certain search terms form 2017 to 2018: Construction site +378% Artificial intelligence +243% Off site +200% Automation […]
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Salla Palos, the Director of Transformation Services for Microsoft, works with teams across the globe in the USA, LATAM, EMEA, and Asia. She gave an interview to Aarni Heiskanen, explaining how the construction industry should change in order to deliver value, not just buildings. Read the interview at AEC-Business.com. Salla Palos is one of the […]
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The Global Construction Survey 2019 by KPMG benchmarks how prepared companies are for a highly competitive and unpredictable future. The survey has been running annually since 2005. It features the perspectives of senior executives from 223 engineering & construction companies and project owners from a variety of industries. The Future-Ready Index is based upon their […]
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The previously informal network of Finnish proptech activists has now become a formalized community. The launch of PropTech Finland took place at KPMG’s Helsinki office on April 24, 2019. PropTech Finland’s mission is to unite the Finnish built environment startup community, to start and scale up businesses, and to integrate them into the global proptech […]
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Word Summit on Digital Built Environment WDBE 2019 will take place on September 24-25, 2019 in Helsinki, Finland. The event’s theme is Transforming Urban User Experience. There will be around 100 presentations and keynotes from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, WeWork, Zaha Hadid Architects, and others. Sign up at wdbe.org.
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Skender, a vertically integrated design, construction, and manufacturing firm based in Chicago, has been named to Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2019”. This year, more than three dozen editors, reporters, and contributors sought out the most notable innovations of the year in 35 industries and across every region of the world. They considered […]
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The Finnish Ministry of the Environment’s recent key project KIRA-digi was set up to promote digitalization of the built environment and construction. Although the project came to an end in December 2018, the work carried out in KIRA-digi will continue under the brand of KIRAHub. In a recent seminar, the lessons learned and future outlooks […]
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Responding to a rising need to deliver an all-in-one solution, supporting on-site planning, progress communication, snagging, drawings and checklists, GenieBelt and APROPLAN have decided to merge to form LetsBuild – the European leader in delivering an end-to-end solution to the global construction industry. For the past five years, GenieBelt CEO Klaus Nyengaard and APROPLAN CEO […]
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The World Summit on Digital Built Environment WDBE 2018 in Helsinki on September 11-12 was a great success. Here’s a collection of my interviews with a number of the presenters. Check out the WDBE 2018 site for presenter bios. Andrew Watts, Paul Doherty, and Torben Klitgaard presented during the main session of the summit which was arranged […]
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An app from software provider GenieBelt will facilitate communications and strengthen cooperation when DGI-Byen, a 30,000 m2 business and leisure center in central Copenhagen, undergoes a large-scale energy renovation. SustainSolutions CEO Christian Niepoort expects that the tool will contribute to quality, safety, and time and cost savings. Electricians, carpenters, painters, masons, consultants, and architects; the […]
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The AEC Hackathon is coming to Berlin, the capital of Germany, on July 20-22, 2018! The AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) Hackathon was created to give those designing, building, and maintaining our built environment the opportunity to collaborate with cutting-edge technologies and its developers and designers. It’s a weekend of geeking at its finest for improving […]
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Retrofitting new technical systems into an existing building can be tricky. CTRL Reality, a Finnish AR/VR application development company, is completing an experimentation project demonstrating how HVAC design and installation are easier and cost-efficient with the help of virtual reality. “We did research on the business use of virtual and augmented reality for five years […]
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Synchro Software Limited and GenieBelt ApS have agreed to enter into a Proof of Concept (PoC) integrating Synchro’s leading 4D Virtual Planning and Construction (BIM/VDC) software platform with GenieBelt’s real-time project management and mobile site reporting tool. Both companies have a strong desire to change the construction industry into a modern, technology-driven, efficient industry, eliminating […]
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On September 11-12, 2018, the World Summit on Digital Built Environment WDBE 2018 will showcase a unique portfolio of ideas, projects, and businesses from the digital forefront of design, construction, and real estate. The event will take place in Helsinki, Finland. https://youtu.be/1DniiMbJmIg The program will consist of almost 100 presentations and four workshops that were […]
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Coworking spaces have become popular in the Nordics, but few of them are focused on a certain vertical. Torben Klitgaard, director of BLOXHUB, describes the unique initiative from Denmark. It invites architects, designers, contractors, and tech companies to create better cities. “BLOXHUB is an urban innovation lab; it’s a coworking space and community providing a […]
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A new survey of 500 US executives and managers in construction and engineering found that nearly half still use manual collection processes to capture critical data on job sites. These manual processes increase the time needed to make decisions, hurt work quality, and leave firms facing unnecessary costs. The research, from TrackVia, a mobile-ready workflow […]
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning are emerging technologies in construction. Here are three presentations on possible applications and implications of AI. Tim Chapman, ARUP Amongst other things, Mr Chapman looks at AI applications, such as business case planning design, procurement and construction operations. Autodesk University The Rise of the AI: Impact of AI and Machine Learning […]
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World Summit on Digital Built Environment WDBE 2018 takes place on September 11-12 in the capital of Finland, Helsinki. If you want to give a presentation or do a workshop at the international event, submit your proposal right away. Finland is an apt location for an event of this kind. As an EU country of […]
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InfraBIM Open Tampere invites clients, consultants, tech companies, and startups to learn from the best. The world’s first of its kind international two-day event starts on February 6, 2018. We in the Nordics believe that BIM and open standards are essential to transport-infrastructure-construction and development. Take the Tampere Tramway project, for example. The design and construction alliance uses BIM extensively. Excavators […]
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Coworking spaces have become popular in the Nordics, but few of them are focused on a certain vertical. Torben Klitgaard, director of BLOXHUB, describes the unique initiative from Denmark. It invites architects, designers, contractors, and tech companies to create better cities. “BLOXHUB is an urban innovation lab; it’s a coworking space and community providing a […]
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InfraBIM Open Tampere takes place in Finland on February 6-7, 2018. If you’re a startup interested in serving the huge construction industry, you should consider these seven reasons why to come to Tampere. For more information, go to infrabimopen.com or inquire at infrabim2018@tavicon.fi. Infographic by AE Partners.
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Do you want to know how to successfully use BIM for infrastructure construction? InfraBIM Open Tampere invites clients, consultants, tech companies, and startups to learn from the best. The world’s first international two-day event starts on February 6, 2018, with a lineup of top-notch presenters and case studies. OpenBIM, the Nordic Way Many think that […]
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ReCoTech is an official side event for Europe’s biggest startup gathering, Slush. A full house of real estate and construction tech enthusiasts assembled on the last day of November in Helsinki. After the morning presentations, 300 meetings between established companies and startups took place in just two hours. I did 20 interviews with thought leaders, industry […]
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Smart hard hats, drone imaging, indoor positioning, and augmented reality are some of the technologies that can make construction sites safer. Construction remains one of the most dangerous industries. In the USA, one in ten construction workers are injured every year. According to ILO, there are at least 60,000 fatal accidents on construction sites around the […]
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Could we replace cement as the vital element in concrete some day? We look at two alternative answers to this question. The Problems with Cement Portland cement dominates in the construction and road building industries. From an environmental point of view, cement is not the perfect solution. The cement industry accounts up to 7% of the […]
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Blok, listed as one of the Hottest 100 European Startups by Wired UK, has secured several renowned investors to promote the company’s product development and marketing in its second round of financing. The Helsinki-based startup company aims to revolutionize the housing market through automation and artificial intelligence. Blok believes that the future of the housing […]
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The market for construction robotics is still in its infancy. That’s mainly because a large portion of the work takes place on-site, not in controlled industrial environments. The following videos demonstrate the possibilities of today’s construction robotics and offer a glimpse into tomorrow. Fastbrick Robotics: Hadrian X Digital Construction System Fastbrick Robotics develops an on-site […]
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These videos demonstrate today’s possibilities of robotic timber fabrication. A multi-functional portal robot for automated assembly and processing of timber constructions ROB Technologies The WoodFlex 56 is a portal robot equipped with a tool changing system. The robot can handle large timber boards, shoot nails, and cut and mill wood. It is used for making […]
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The World Economic Forum and The Boston Consulting Group recently released a report to encourage innovators redefine the AEC industry. They give recommendations and feature ten lighthouse innovation case studies to demonstrate the potential of innovation. The report is the second publication of the multi-year Future of Construction project. The first report showed how many innovations […]
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The annual Housing Market Conference took place in Helsinki on January 31, 2017. During the event, the attendees had a chance to try out virtual and augmented reality solutions for housing. Nine service providers were showcasing their solutions. My company, AE Partners, organized the Virtual Housing Showroom. Tekes, another partner of the event, kindly supported the arrangements. The service providers […]
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I’ve been looking for information on augmented and virtual reality for construction. Here is a collection of videos that I’ve come across lately on the use of augmented reality. If you’re interested to know how you can use virtual and augmented reality for your AEC business, join me on a webinar I’ll host on February 16, […]
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AEC Business hosted a Virtual and Augmented Reality Webinar aimed at the construction industry. Watch the recorded presentations now! The eight-trillion-dollar construction industry is ready to embrace virtual and augmented reality. According to the 2016 Construction Technology Report (JBKnowledge Inc.), 7.4 percent of construction companies have already tried virtual and 7.1 percent augmented reality. Over the […]
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Happy Holidays and an Innovative New Year 2017! A warm thank to all my interviewees, my readers, and those who shared my content on social media. Here are the most popular posts from 2016 and plans for 2017. The Most Popular Posts in 2016 I published 57 posts in 2016. These are the top 10 in popularity: Peter Vesterbacka […]
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The first-ever ReCoTech meetup, an official Slush side event, took place in Helsinki on November 30, 2016. This meetup was an opportunity for startups to partner with established real estate and construction companies and possibly get funding. Driving to the ReCoTech venue took longer than expected. The roads were filled with cars and taxis headed […]
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Innovation is a maze. You can get in, but navigating to a commercialized innovation fails eight times out of ten. Gijs van Wulfen’s book The Innovation Maze is a practical guide to finding your way through the maze. Gijs van Wulfen is a professional keynote speaker and author. He facilitates innovation workshops for companies, and assists organizations […]
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Today, at the AEC Hackathon 3.2 Helsinki, Peter Vesterbacka of Rovio made two interesting announcements. He wants to build an undersea tunnel between Finland and Estonia and at the same time create the capital of Eurasia. Here are my quick notes on Peter’s announcement Peter was in Tallinn this week, at the Latitude59 event, and […]
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I just toured the newly built headquarters of a financial corporation. Our guide, a M&A specialist, boasted that they have completely removed paper from their offices. Could paperless construction become feasible any time soon? PaperLight is a portable smart board that could replace paper drawings on many occasions. Rollout, Inc., the developer of PaperLight, says that 90% of […]
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Construction industry companies of any size can develop and improve their business through experiments. Experimentation is a great, cost-effective way to explore new opportunities, learn new things, and implement what you’ve learned. We’re conducting a survey to understand if and how construction industry firms experiment, and we invite you to participate. What is the survey […]
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The theme of Infra 2016, held in Helsinki in March, was the future of infrastructure management. One of the presentations that caught my eye was about INFRA – a new video game. I had the opportunity to interview Oskari Samiola, the CEO of Loiste Interactive, the game’s developer. How did you become interested in infrastructure? […]
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Skaala Alfa cLean was the winner of the Finnish residential market innovation competition in January 2016. The product is an energy-efficient window with an integrated ventilation unit that can be controlled via a mobile device. There are over two million housing units in Finland with poor ventilation and no heat recovery. Skaala Alfa cLean is […]
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An architectural competition titled From Border to Home was set out to find temporary housing solutions for the unprecedented flood of asylum seekers coming to Finland. The Museum of Finnish Architecture organized the competition in collaboration with the Finnish Association of Architects SAFA from October 19 to November 30, 2015. From Border to Home received […]
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In the era of the social media, trade magazines have retained their appeal. Construction is no exception. One of the latest ones is CORPUS, with a tagline Constructing tomorrow. CORPUS is the customer magazine of the 150-year-old German chemistry giant BASF. It is published in both English and German. CORPUS is a mobile magazine for iOS, […]
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The AEC Hackathon 2.7 Helsinki 2015 was the first of its kind in Finland. The event brought together over 100 attendees; industry experts, designers, and software developers. 12 teams delivered awesome software within a weekend. Tekla hosted the event at their headquarters in Espoo from Friday the 6th through Sunday the 8th of November. Teemu […]
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AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) Hackathon is coming to Helsinki! Come hack the 8 trillion euro construction industry with a Finnish twist! You can follow the making of the event at http://making-of-aec-hackathon-helsinki.tumblr.com! Register and get your tickets at http://aechackathon.com/aec-hackathon-2-7-helsinki/ The judged hack categories will be the following: #BestHack – Best overall hack in AEC Hackathon Helsinki […]
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Many of you know Nokia and Rovio, the creator of Angry Birds. Are you aware that Finland also has innovative companies in the construction industry? A one-hour roof Two Finnish companies, Koskisen Oy and Brand Building Oy, have developed a patent-pending roofing system (Vetokatto) that takes under an hour to install. The roof is prefabricated […]
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Is a huge house the ultimate goal? Not for everybody. In the United States the average size of new single family in 2013 was 2,662 square feet (247.3 m2). The small house movement (also known as the “tiny house movement”) is a description for the architectural and social movement that advocates living simply in small homes (source: […]
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Social Strategist Su Butcher explains in this video series how social media can support BIM. These presentations come for the UK, but I think that the ideas that Su presents are universally applicable. Why Social Media for AEC? How Can Social Media Support BIM Knowledge Sharing? How Can Social Media Support BIM Workflows? How Can Social […]
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Paul Doherty’s presentation at AEC Hackathon 2.1 – Chicago 2015 includes a wide range of topics from driverless transportation, Big Data, and the construction of Saudia Arabia’s Kingdom Tower, among others.
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Here’s a selection of recent articles on robots and drones coming to the construction site. We Try a New Exoskeleton for Construction Workers Watch this on The Scene “Ekso started out trying to build Iron Man suits for the military, then spread into the world of physical therapy, with powered walking suits that help people learn […]
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Here are some recent articles on 3d printing in the construction industry. UAE Planning World’s First 3D Printed Office “Plans for the world’s first 3D printed building, an office in Dubai, were revealed on June 30 by the United Arab Emirates National Innovation Committee.” Source: PD&D MAGAZINE Read the whole story IS 3D PRINTING THE FUTURE […]
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A Finnish startup, FIMAtec, is launching its prototype 3D printer for constructing buildings. It is the first 3D printer in the world to produce exterior and interior walls, insulation, and reinforcement, all at the same time. The printed wall complies with Western building regulations. “3D printing improves the cost-efficiency of construction, at the same time […]
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During the last years, smartphones have become important tools also for professionals within the AEC industry. The boom in the mobile application designing industry has led to improved quality over the past couple of years. For example, cloud-based project management tools help to save valuable time and resources by streamlining field communication and providing shared resources. […]
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Communication between researchers or academics and construction industry practitioners is not always easy. We helped our client, RYM, communicate research results from two research programs, each with a budget of over 20 million euros. RYM is a public–private partnership aiming to speed up innovation processes in the construction and real estate industries in Finland. Its […]
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Built infrastructure clients, consultants, contractors, and software developers assembled yesterday to celebrate a milestone in Finnish BIM history. The release of InfraBIM requirements took place at Dipoli in Otaniemi. The development of the guidelines has been a cross-disciplinary venture. The resulting documents are to be used as general technical references and modeling guidelines during procurement and […]
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The AEC edition of the Hinge Research Institute’s Visible Expert℠ study report is a must-read for business owners. It shows why becoming a Visible Expert℠ is good for business. It also demonstrates why content marketing is an essential strategy for AEC experts. The Hinge Research Institute studied over 530 professional services firms to identify their […]
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Over the years, design, engineering, and construction companies have begun to compile a showcase of project references. They need these references for marketing, bidding, and learning. Some companies have recorded their projects meticulously, while others are less organized. I took a look at how companies present their portfolios online and came up with some ideas for […]
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The third annual Construction Technology Survey from 2014 reveals how the use of cloud and mobile computing creates new demands on data security. James M. Benham, President of JBKnowledge, shares his favorite quote from a client in the foreword to the survey: “I got into construction decades ago because you didn’t have to be a rocket scientist, […]
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Here are my latest picks on construction innovation news. ORBA Convention: Construction firms must embrace a culture of innovation to keep up Gregg Shoppman, principal at FMI Corp., and Bridgit co-founder Lauren Hasegawa, spoke at the recent Ontario Road Builders’ Association (ORBA) 88th Annual Convention in Toronto. Shoppman pointed out that, on a macro level, the […]
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We have been nominated as Best Construction Business Blogger in the 2015 JDR Industry Blogger Awards! Voting is now open. Please vote for us here today! This is the 6th annual JDR Industry Blogger Awards competition.
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The Annual Best Construction Blog Competition has commenced. The Construction Marketing Ideas blog features 31 construction industry blogs for you to vote on. I’m happy to announce that my blog AEC-Business.com is one of the nominees. Read Mark Buckshon’s great review of my blog! I hope you have time to check out the great blogs and cast your vote. Voting concludes […]
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I had the pleasure of attending the most prominent Finnish seminar on residential business last week. There were several interesting presentations on innovation and case studies of new ways of residential construction. Tuuli Kaskinen, CEO at Demos Effect, talked about megatrends pertaining to city living. Kaskinen started by showing a photo of the suburb of […]
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Mobile, cloud-based services are entering the construction site. Here are four recent examples of the trend. Gilbane Tests Out RFID System to Document Workers’ Hours Gilbane Inc., a real estate development and construction firm, is piloting an RFID-based “remote attendance” solution for managing construction subcontracted workers at a building site spanning 1 million square feet.The system […]
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This is my interview with Kurt Kratchman, CEO of TRUCKAST, Inc. Can you tell a little bit about your company’s background? We are a team of veteran software developers and entrepreneurs passionate about construction, logistics, economic development, collaboration and productivity tools and technology innovation. When cloud, mobile and other open source software tools came together, we realized we could […]
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RYM is the Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation for the built environment in Finland. RYM has published the results report of its first research program, PRE, as an online publication. The PRE (Built Environment Process Re-Engineering) program, carried out in 2010–2014, involved 37 companies and 6 research institutes. With support from Tekes, they invested […]
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Holidays are big business. Christmas trees make no exception. The following infographic is courtesy of my company, AE Partners. Happy Holidays!
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What drives construction industry firms when they are seeking new software? To answer the question, Software Advice devised a study for which they used 770 randomly selected interactions with business owners and project managers. The study clearly shows how the buyer’s role makes a big difference in software purchase decisions. Business owners most frequently cited […]
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We’ve seen concept cars. This infographic explores and highlights some amazing concept buildings that could shape the skylines of the future. The graphic is courtesy of Cantrell & Crowley Architects & Interior Designers.
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Construction owners are buying new equipment over used. In a new heavy equipment whitepaper released by Purchasing.com, survey results revealed that there was a 31% increase in requests for new equipment from 2011 to 2012; likewise, there was a 5% decrease in requests for used equipment in 2013 to 2014. The whitepaper, “Tech Innovations Drive […]
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This infographic, When Yelp attacks: how to defend your online business, offers tips for a proactive approach to handling customer reviews. When Yelp Attacks – How To Defend Your Business Online [Infographic] by the team at Chatterbox360
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Built Environment 2050 – A Report on Our Digital Future urges the construction industry to challenge outdated ideas and create a compelling vision for the future where digital and physical interact. The report is a compilation of essays published by the UK-based BIM2050 group, an initiative formed via the Construction Industry Council. The report postulates that construction must become much more than […]
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A newly published report, The Construction Ecosystem: Recession-Era vs. 2014, by construction software research company Software Advice shows how the construction industry has recovered from the recession that officially ended in 2009. The study is based on US Census Bureau data and the 2014 Inc. 5000 list. Some of the key findings from he report include: In July 2014, […]
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DAQRI Smart Helmet connects the human being to the work environment and provides relevant information instantaneously. The helmet realizes the true potential of augmented reality and 4D in the enterprise space. DAQRI Smart Helmet is an elegant fusion of the most sophisticated display and sensor hardware with next-generation computer vision. The helmet creates an intuitive user experience, […]
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Direct Capital listed TOP 50 construction management blogs. I’m very happy to announce that AEC-Business.com made it to the list! “We have narrowed the blogs to those that offer the most up-to-date information and news in the construction industry, those that offer a unique perspective on building green and considering environmental factors, those that provide financial […]
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If you are an SME or have an idea you want to put out there as a business, then crowdfunding is a new growing business trend that could be beneficial to look into. It has already helped fund some of the coolest business ideas to date. At one point, financing a business included asking numerous […]
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With baby boomers occupying the majority of skill-trade positions and the younger generations steering clear of them, this infographic explores the question: who will replace these labour-intensive jobs? Vocational Skills- What happens when the boomers retire? [Infographic] by the team at Adecco
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This infographic was kindly provided by Calgary Window and Door Guys.
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Bridgit, a developer of user-friendly construction software, announced today the launch of its new construction technology leaders beta testing program, called Groundbreaker. The program will bring together tech evangelists and early adopters from across the construction industry and give them exclusive access to the newest technologies such as wearable gesture control devices and smartglass. This announcement comes on […]
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Lean Construction Institute’s article Construction Productivity in Decline reveals embarrassing data on the US construction industry. Sadly, the same is true in many other countries as well. In spite of all the positive developments around construction, labor productivity is getting worse. The article refers to two studies, one by Stanford University Professor Paul Teicholz, and the other by University of […]
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ClockShark, a time clock software for construction companies, is now officially available. I tested it with the free 14-day trial on a laptop and iPhone. I found the software very intuitive to use and practical. In January, I wrote an article titled Increase Billing and Reduce Costs with ClockShark. Now I had a chance to test first-hand the newly launched software. The […]
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Are you looking for business software? Then you might have some questions in mind, like: “How easy-to-use is your software?” Unfortunately, with vague questions like that you are not going to get the answers that you really need. Instead, check out these alternatives.
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Here are my mobile phone snapshots of a new daycare center in Suurpelto, Espoo, Finland. It will be opened in August 2014. The design that follows the principles of sustainable construction is by Auer & Sandås Architects. Images ©2014 Aarni Heiskanen
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Over the years, I have facilitated a fair number of management workshops. Whenever the attendees have had a chance to prepare, the results have always been better than when they come unprepared. Online tools allow the collaborative exchange of ideas before the participants meet in person. You can set all kinds of pre-tasks before a […]
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Our client, Granlund, arranged a seminar on June 4, 2014, on energy in the construction industry. Their keynote speaker was Martin Townsend, Director of BREEAM, BRE Global. In the following recording he talks about sustainable building opportunities. Download the presentation slides. http://youtu.be/d1bfF_BOeUE
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Check out this comprehensive collection of useful Twitter accounts across the full spectrum of construction management companies, experts, and publications by ConstructionManagementDegree.com. My account (@aarnih) is included!
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Built Environment Process Re-engineering, PRE for short, is a newly completed research program of RYM, Finnish venture for intellectual capital. The aim of PRE was to create totally new procedures and business models for the real estate, building construction, and infrastructure construction sectors. Many of the program’s research projects were associated with the use of BIM […]
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The Halo Light™ by ILLUMAGEAR is a patented 360° personal active safety system (PASS) that attaches to any hard hat and produces a ring of light around the wearer enabling him or her to see and be seen in all directions at all times. – See more and read my review.
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Now you have an opportunity to download The Ultimate Guide to Collecting and Using Business Information. Canvas created the free ebook to help companies improve their collection and use of information. The 84 pages guide includes: Why businesses struggle to collect and use information How to speed up inspections, checklists, inventory and other business processes How […]
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Gensler’s 2014 Design Forecast highlights the trends that will shape design in the coming decade. They reflect six topics that form an agenda for the future. Download the the forecast at http://designforecast.gensler.com/2014/ Image: Gensler
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Here’s a Finnish video (with subtitles) demonstrating how Skanska utilizes building information modeling and tablet computers on a construction site.
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ACCA software has devised a new model for construction software distribution. You can download their architectural BIM, bill of quantities, and quantity take-off software tools free of charge. You only pay when you want to print out files. ACCA software, an Italian company, was founded in 1989 as a spinoff of an engineering practice. They […]
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The audio content on this site is now available on iTunes for download or streaming.
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Gensler Design Forecast 2013 presents 60 global trends on work, health & wellness, lifestyle, and community. The report gives you an understanding into the issues that drive the clients’ word. This is recommended reading for every business developer in the construction industry! You can download the report at http://www.gensler.com/uploads/documents/Gensler_Design_Forecast_01_04_2013.pdf. Image: From Gensler Design Forecast 2013 cover
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