Category: Construction
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Buildots Provides a Single Source of Truth for the Park East Project in London
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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Document Crunch Won the Biggest Construction Industry Startup Competition
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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Bridging the Gap Podcast: Bringing Iron Man to Construction
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 Recognizes Three Contractors For Pioneering Tech Adoption
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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Why Subcontractors Need to Own Their Construction Data
Are subcontractors at a data disadvantage? As new construction projects get underway, a routine practice is for general contractors to ask their subs to use software such as Procore or PlanGrid. The GC’s goal is to ramp up efficiency by making sure all parties stay on the same page with billing, RFIs, submittals, logs, photos,…
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Call for Solutions for the Future of Low Carbon Housing
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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Supersensing in Earthmoving
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/ The post Supersensing in Earthmoving appeared first on AEC Business. View the original article and…
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Establishing Corporate-Level Drone and BIM Operations for Construction
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. The post Establishing Corporate-Level Drone and…
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The Integrated Data Environment for Infrastructure Construction
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Situational Awareness in Infrastructure Constrution Projects
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 The post Situational Awareness in Infrastructure Constrution Projects appeared…