Category: Smart Construction
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Open Source Wood Gathers Structural Calculation Tools in One Place
Open Source Wood is a collaboration platform for architects, engineers, students, and professionals in wood construction to share their innovations in modular wood construction. Open Source Wood offers innovation, ideas, and a library of element and module designs, freely available to everyone. Now, Open Source Wood also offers easy access to structural calculation tools. The methods…
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Building 2030 Consortium Transforms the Finnish Construction Industry
Building 2030 is a Finnish consortium of 19 construction industry companies, led by Aalto University. The consortium has devised a vision for the industry and supports research projects in the field. The consortium published a video to summarize their accomplishments to date. Visit https://www.aalto.fi/en/building-2030 for more information. The post Building 2030 Consortium Transforms the Finnish…
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How to Build Climate Change-Resilient Infrastructure
Ohio University has released a guide titled, An Engineer’s Guide to Building Climate Change-Resilient Infrastructure. It was created for engineers, environmentalists, climate change communities, and construction organizations who are looking to share information about the importance of building cities that are able to fight growing climate threats. The guide itemizes the many aspects that you should…
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Video: Digital Awareness in Construction
Participants from 17 countries had signed up for the Digital Situational Awareness in Construction webinar and workshop on June 24, 2020. It was an official WDBE 2020 pre-event. You can now watch the four presentations of the virtual event on YouTube. The agenda: 1) How situational awareness boosts construction productivity, Professor Olli Seppänen, Aalto University2) Digital construction…
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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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Data Gumbo and PrairieDog Venture Partners Collaborate to Deliver Blockchain-based Smart Contracts
Data Gumbo, the trusted transactional blockchain network for tomorrow’s industrial leaders, announced a partnership with PrairieDog Venture Partners (PDVP), the technology and development arm of the Operating System 2.0 (OS2) research project co-led by the Construction Industry Institute (CII) and the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT), dedicated to the creation and advancement a new business model for construction. Together, Data Gumbo and…
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Webinar: Digital Situational Awareness in Construction
The Digital Situational Awareness in Construction webinar and interactive workshop event briefs you on the latest developments in digital construction and features first-hand experiences from the field. This is an official pre-event of the World Summit on Digital Built Environment WDBE 2020. The focus of this event is situational awareness; what it is, why it’s…
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DataStreet Announces an Integration with PlanGrid
Today DataStreet is announcing an integration with Autodesk Construction Cloud’s field collaboration solution PlanGrid. DataStreet provides project management software for subcontractors. The integration will allow for DataStreet users to link PlanGrid Tasks to their Time and Material (“T&M”) tags and Fixed Price Change Orders, saving customers time on tedious documentation processes and simplifying activity reports to ensure they are paid on time. This integration enables seamless data…
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Five Industry Leaders Launch 2020 Construction Startup Competition
CEMEX Ventures, Ferrovial, Hilti, VINCI Group’s Leonard, and NOVA by Saint-Gobain launch the 2020 Construction Startup Competition, seeking entrepreneurs and startups to drive innovation in the construction industry. The call will be open to participants from around the world from May 19 through July 26. CEMEX’s Corporate Venture Capital Unit, announced today the launch of…
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Five Industry Leaders Launch 2020 Construction Startup Competition
CEMEX Ventures, Ferrovial, Hilti, VINCI Group’s Leonard, and NOVA by Saint-Gobain launch the 2020 Construction Startup Competition, seeking entrepreneurs and startups to drive innovation in the construction industry. The call will be open to participants from around the world from May 19 through July 26. CEMEX’s Corporate Venture Capital Unit, announced today the launch of…