Category: Features
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More Business Value from Drones with Propeller and Trimble – Interview with Rory San Miguel
Here’s my interview with Rory San Miguel, CEO of Propeller Aerobotics, a UAV tech company. We’re discussing the use of drones in construction and the company’s recently announced collaboration with Trimble to deliver efficient UAV workflows. You’re a co-founder of Propeller. How did your company come about? I met Francis (Propeller co-founder) in 2013 at a drone delivery startup called Flirtey. There…
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The Future of VR and AR in AEC – Danielle Dy Buncio of VIATechnik
In this presentation, Danielle Dy Buncio, Co-Founder and CEO of VIATechnik, talks about the future of VR and AR in AEC. The recording is from our webinar, How Virtual and Augmented Reality Can Change Your AEC Business. https://youtu.be/HnkTfIBHBdw About Danielle Danielle Dy Buncio is the Co-Founder and CEO of VIATechnik, a construction and engineering services firm…
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How Drones are Speeding Up Construction
Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are being used in many industries, e.g. agriculture, construction, mining, oil & gas, mapping, and surveying. In construction, drones have proven to be quite disruptive, offering huge productivity increases. Gartner’s famous Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2016, positioned drones as just entering the Peak of Inflated Expectations. Gartner claims…
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Augmenting BIM Classifications – Interview with Eveliina Vesalainen of Granlund
BuildingSMART Finland is supplementing building information modeling (BIM) guidelines in a national standardization project, as a part of the KIRA-digi program. In her Master’s thesis, Eveliina Vesalainen, of Granlund, has compared European BIM classifications for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) design. Her study is the groundwork for the upcoming Finnish norms. “I’m a 26-year-old, soon…
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Notes from the Nordic Smart Building Convention
The first Nordic Smart Building Convention took place in Helsinki on June 14 and 15, 2017. It was an inspiring event with great keynotes, tech talks, and an exhibition of smart building products and services. The event was organized by HUB13, a leading co-working space provider in Finland. I had met with the producer of…
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Notes from the Nordic Smart Building Convention
The first Nordic Smart Building Convention took place in Helsinki on June 14 and 15, 2017. It was an inspiring event with great keynotes, tech talks, and an exhibition of smart building products and services. The event was organized by HUB13, a leading co-working space provider in Finland. I had met with the producer of…
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Mobile Construction Field Management – Interview with Miikka Viljanen of Consight
In this interview with Miikka Viljanen, CEO of Consight, we discuss the company’s solution for mobile construction field management. How did your company come about? Miikka Viljanen Consight was founded in late 2013. The founder, Niilo Kemppainen (M.Sc. Construction Management), had the idea for a mobile app specifically designed for construction project management. As a…
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Automating Construction Processes by Making BIMs Machine-Readable
Process digitalization and automation is an essential strategy in improving construction productivity. A Finnish fast-track standardization project is paving the way to automation by making open building information models (BIMs) machine-readable. buildingSMART Finland is a collaboration forum that disseminates information on BIMs and helps its members implement BIMs. Standardization is at the core of buildingSMART…
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The BIM Summer School – AEC Business
In this interview with Vishal Singh, assistant professor at Aalto University, we discuss the upcoming BIM Summer School. It will start in Otaniemi, Finland, on Monday 29 May and end a week later. What is the Aalto BIM Digital Design and Construction Summer School 2017 all about? The BIM Summer School is an opportunity to…
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Discussing Parametric Design with Shajay Bhooshan of Zaha Hadid Architects
Robotics, 3D printing, and digital fabrication—these evolving technologies are changing how we design and construct. Looking into the future can surprisingly cause us to rediscover history, as I learned when discussing parametric design with Shajay Bhooshan. Shajay Bhooshan During the AEC Hackathon Munich in April 2017, I became acquainted with Shajay Bhooshan, associate at Zaha…