Category: Construction
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Hilti’s BIM Services Help Optimize Building Design
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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Autovol’s Affordable Housing Project with Robotic Automation
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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CHAOS Raises EUR 1.5 Million to Make Cities Better for Future Residents
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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The Construction Technology Handbook – An Interview with Hugh Seaton
In this episode of the AEC Business Podcast, Aarni’s guest is Hugh Seaton who has released an interesting book. It’s titled The Construction Technology Handbook: Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence and Beyond. The book is available on Amazon. Listen to the podcast (also available on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and other platforms) The post The Construction Technology…
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Interoperability and the Construction Software Market
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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With Adeaca’s Project Autopilot, No AEC Project Issues Go Unnoticed
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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The Most Popular BIM Software 2004-2020
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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The Construction Technology Handbook Released
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. The post The Construction Technology Handbook Released appeared first on AEC Business. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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AEC TechTV Episode 12: Building Digital Twins
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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Building Digital Twins – An Interview with Dr. Ken Dooley
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…