Category: Features
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The Future of Construction Post COVID-19 – An Interview with Aarni Heiskanen
I was recently interviewed by Fabian Saverimuttu, Business Development Consultant specializing in AEC & Manufacturing. We discussed the impact of Covid-19 on the construction industry, what is needed to survive, and forecast what the future will look like for this sector. FS: It’s been about 18 months since our last interview. How have you been…
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Embedding Better Urban Living – An Interview with Annalise Johns
We sat down with Annalise Johns, Housing Lead of Connected Places Catapult to find out a little more about her work in the built environment, health, and regeneration. We discussed the challenges facing those operating in the industry, and what COVID-19 has revealed about how the sector is structured. Can you tell us a bit…
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CEMEX Ventures on Their Bet on Startups and the Fourth Edition of Construction Startup Competition
With Construction Startup Competition 2020, CEMEX Ventures exposes the need to find solutions to the industry’s most pressing challenges, promoting startups and the integration of new business models. CEMEX Ventures, CEMEX´s open innovation arm and Corporate Venture Capital has one goal: to foster the construction revolution. This implies promoting innovation, the use of new technologies…
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How Solibri Is Continually Guiding Its Customers to BIM Success
Solibri is a trailblazer in the automated checking of building information models and it has been a leader in this field for many years. I had the pleasure of discussing with CEO Ville Kyytsönen how the company is expanding its offering and future-proofing its customers’ success. “When I learned that Solibri was looking for a…
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Solibri Transforms Building Permitting with Its Intelligent Code Checking
Building authorities around the world are looking for ways to transform the permitting process, to use building information models (BIMs) instead of 2D drawings. I sat down with Wafa Alsakini to discuss how Solibri is making that possible, and what new opportunities Solibri is offering to its customers across the globe. Building information modeling is…
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Eliminating Waste in Construction – An Interview with Turner Burton
I had the pleasure of interviewing Turner Burton, President of Hoar Construction. We discussed waste in construction and how his company is on a mission to eliminate it. Can you say a few words about yourself and your company? I grew up around construction and this company, hearing about the business from both my grandfather…
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10 Construction Robotics Companies – AEC Business
Here are 10 companies that develop robots for construction and are in commercial operation, in alphabetical order. The featured companies are Advanced Construction Robotics Branch Technology Built Robotics Construction Robotics Dusty Robotics FBR – Fastbricks Robotics Hyperion Robotics KEWAZO OKIBO Scaled Robotics Note: Check out our latest list with more construction robotics companies. Update your…
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Solving AEC Project and Task Management with monday.com
When construction production planning and scheduling is collaborative, and everyone working on a project is up-to-date, productivity increases. To achieve that, you need easy to use digital tools. Over a year ago, I discovered monday.com, a cloud-based tool for collaborative task planning and management. It has features that make it an excellent choice for AEC…
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An Interview with Fred Mills of The B1M
Fred Mills, the Co-Founder of The B1M, gave a keynote presentation at InfraBIM Open 2020 in Tampere. I had the pleasure of interviewing him on the spot. The B1M is the world’s largest and most subscribed-to video channel for construction with over 11 million viewers each month. The post An Interview with Fred Mills of…
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The Need for Situational Awareness in Construction
Recent research backs up what we already know from practice: construction work is suboptimal. What happens on a construction site has not kept up with the demands of an increasingly complex work environment. Situational awareness could give on-site employees the necessary means to finally reap the productivity benefits of digitalization. Under the guidance of Professor…