Category: Construction
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Forum Wood Building Nordic 2019
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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Disruptors: The House the Robots Built
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. The post Disruptors: The House the Robots Built appeared first on AEC…
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Built Robotics and Mortenson Announce Partnership
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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Measure Your Digital Maturity – AEC Business
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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Know What’s Under Ground and Make Smarter Planning Decisions
A Finnish experimentation project developed a framework for classifying ground conditions for building and infrastructure construction. It will help anticipate the future cost of foundation laying during the early stages of city planning. The ground conditions of an area can have a substantial effect on the costs and the environmental impacts of constructing buildings and…
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NXT BLD – Also Live Streamed
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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Computational Design and Digital Fabrication
In this podcast interview with Shajay Bhooshan, Senior Associate at Zaha Hadid Architects, we discuss computational design, digital fabrication, and AI. The topics include: Parametric, algorithmic, and generative design –are these all the same? How much computational design have Zaha Hadid Architects used in their most recent projects How computational/parametric design differs from a more…
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Digital Trust in the Built Environment
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 in a Magnificent Finnish Lakeside City
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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The Many Faces of Modular Construction
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…