Category: Smart Construction
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AEC Business Is a Top 25 Podcast in Construction Tech
Great news! I’m excited to share that the AEC Business podcast has been named one of Feedspot’s Top 25 Construction Technology Podcasts to follow in 2025. Since its launch in 2012, the AEC Business podcast has been about bringing you the latest and greatest in construction innovation and technology. Hosted by me, Aarni Heiskanen, a…
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AEC Business Is a Top 25 Podcast in Construction Tech
Great news! I’m excited to share that the AEC Business podcast has been named one of Feedspot’s Top 25 Construction Technology Podcasts to follow in 2025. Since its launch in 2012, the AEC Business podcast has been about bringing you the latest and greatest in construction innovation and technology. Hosted by me, Aarni Heiskanen, a…
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The Tech Divide: How Construction Firms Embrace Emerging Technologies
A new study from the University of Sydney’s School of Engineering analyzes how digital tools shape construction practices in Australia. The research examined how three tiers of companies and various roles within those companies see the present and future of emerging technologies. An observation that stands out is that the smallest companies rate the importance…
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Rotterdam’s Vision for a Digital City : An Interview with Roland van der Heijden
In this episode of the AEC Business Podcast, I spoke with Roland van der Heijden, the Program Manager for Rotterdam’s Digital City initiatives. We discussed the city’s ambitious efforts to integrate digital infrastructure into urban environments, the role of AI and data in city planning, and how Rotterdam sets an example for the future of…
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The Nordic Edge: Where PropTech Innovation Thrives
If you’re an investor looking for promising construction technology startups or a company wanting to collaborate with a startup, the Nordics is an excellent area to explore. This became evident during the annual Nordic PropTech Awards, which had over 150 finalists. The winners of the six award categories were announced on March 6, 2025, in Copenhagen. As…
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Nordic Façade Forum Helsinki 2025
World-Class Experts Gather in Finland to Shape the Future of Façade Design The Nordic Façade Forum, a premier one-day seminar dedicated to the future of façade construction, will bring together the world’s most experienced experts in Helsinki on June 9, 2025. This exclusive event will explore the latest advancements in sustainability, design, material innovation, energy…
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Does Your Project Deliver the Expected Value?
“People come together on AEC projects as strangers. Too often leave as enemies.” That’s a quote from Sutter Health‘s lean project delivery manifesto. Imagine a project in which the owner expected financial predictability and reliability in project execution, but the project cost more than planned. The users were not happy either; they felt the facilities…
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Can BIM Models Become 95% Smaller?
When I started my computer-aided design journey in the 1980s, we could do amazing things with software and hardware that now seem ridiculously underpowered. Today, we have thousands of times more computational resources, but not enough for BIM, as many feel. I talked with Antonio González Viegas last Friday about this dilemma and what he…
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The Blueprint for BIM Success in Project Management
We discuss standardizing design data, but standardizing project management is equally important, particularly in BIM-based projects. Bane NOR‘s Jorge Domenech and Norconsult‘s Inge Handagard presented at the InfraBIM Open 2025 conference in Tampere, Finland, highlighting a client-initiated approach to achieving this. Bane NOR is Norway’s government agency responsible for operating, maintaining, and constructing railways and…
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Jarkko Sireeni of 6DPlanner on Infrastructure BIM
At InfraBIM Open 2025, I interviewed Jarkko Sireeni on his thoughts on the evolution of infrastructure BIM and got a glimpse into 6DPlanner. The post Jarkko Sireeni of 6DPlanner on Infrastructure BIM appeared first on AEC Business. View the original article and our Inspiration here