Category: Podcast
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AI-Powered Construction – An Interview with Aviv Leibovici of Buildots
In the 100th episode of the AEC Business podcast, Aarni Heiskanen interviews Aviv Leibovici, the CPO and co-founder of Buildots. Buildots is an innovative construction tech start-up established in Israel in August 2018. The company was created with the aim of creating the equivalent of a mission control room for construction sites. Bringing together AI…
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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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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…
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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…
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AI Gives Engineers Superpowers – An Interview with Ricardo Farinha
Artificial Intelligence and machine learning will eventually change the way we work in the AEC industry. In this podcast interview, Ricardo Farinha, Director of Technology at Sweco, talks about his and Sweco’s journey into AI. In the podcast, we discuss the following topics: What got Ricardo interested in AI and machine learning How the Design…
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Hacking the Sustainable Urban Future at BLOXHUB
The AEC Hackathon at BLOXHUB in Copenhagen engaged 154 attendees from 33 countries to work on interesting urban challenges over a February weekend. The two WDBE Talks guests were there but in different roles. Alejandro Mata, Automation Manager at Ramboll Denmark, was in one of the hack teams. He talks about the experience of his…
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From 3D Printing to 3D Value Networks – An Interview with Janne Kyttanen
What’s the future of 3D printing in construction? I discussed this and other related topics with 3D visionary Janne Kyttanen in this podcast episode. Kyttanen, the CEO of What the Future Venture Capital, is a Finnish conceptual artist and designer who is best known for his work in design for 3D printing. He is the…
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Redefining Sustainability Through Future-Proof Real Estate Investments
This WDBE Talks podcast episode is a prelude to the pitchfest, WWF Life EconomisE KIRA-challenge, that takes place on May 19, 2020, in Helsinki and online. It’s a WDBE 2020 Pre-event, in which WWF is partnering with KIRAHub and RAKLI to find cutting-edge solutions that can support institutional investors and real estate owners in future-proofing…
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Digitalizing the Building Permit Process
In this podcast episode, Aarni speaks with Francesca Noardo and Rick Klooster who gave presentations at this year’s first WDBE pre-event which took place in Tallinn, Estonia. The event was about BIM-based Building Permit Process Automation. The WDBE pre-event took place on the 20th of February 2020 and was hosted by the Estonian Ministry of Economic…
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The Rise of Volumetric Construction – An Interview with Henry Mickleburgh
Volumetric modular construction is on the rise. I had the pleasure of interviewing one of the leading experts on the subject, Henry Mickleburgh. About Henry This is how Henry describes himself: “Narrowly avoiding a lucrative career in the burgeoning telecommunications industry of the late 80s, I was convinced, by a friend, to join him at…