Tag: brings
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Spring Budget brings major boost for homebuilders, homeowners and housing market
In today’s Spring Budget Statement, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced measures aimed at reviving the UK housing sector. With a shortage of skilled tradespeople holding up the building of houses, the government is injecting significant funding into training the next generation of builders. Alongside this, energy efficiency initiatives are being introduced, with the government claiming these…
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Chartered company brings Cornish aparthotel to life
Cornwall’s first coastal aparthotel officially opened its doors in January. It was delivered by CIOB chartered company We are Ease. SeaSpace, Cornwall’s first coastal aparthotel – delivered by CIOB chartered company We are Ease – opened in January. On the edge of Newquay, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, the complex was created from the former Sands…
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CIOB Student Festival brings together experts and academics
Speakers include: Rebecca Thompson, director of property at St Paul’s Cathedral and CIOB client champion; Amanda Williams, CIOB head of environmental sustainability; Amir Mahdiyar, senior researcher at the University of Central Florida; and graduate design manager with Kier Construction and 2024 CIOB Rising Star Award winner and Jessica Haskett. View the original article and our…
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Combining old and new brings out the best in our heritage
The 2025 CIOB Conservation Conference will focus on the people behind the projects preserving UK historic buildings, says Caroline Gumble. I am very much looking forward to this event and I am grateful to our Heritage Advisory Panel, particularly Rebecca Thompson FCIOB, director of property at St Paul’s Cathedral, and Stewart Wright MCIOB, head of…
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Ben Guy Brings a Human Scale to Planning with 3D Tech
Dr. Ben Guy, the founder and CEO of UC 3D Planning Technologies – Urban Circus – is Aarni Heiskanen’s guest on the WDBE Talks podcast. They discuss the use of 3D visualization technologies to bring a human scale to urban development and construction. Ben is a keynote speaker at WDBE 2022. Urban Circus is a…
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SmarTwin and XYZ Reality Partnership Brings HoloSite AR to the USA
XYZ Reality, a pioneering UK-based construction industry augmented reality (AR) company, and SmarTwin™, a New York-based digital twin technology advisory, have announced their USA alliance. After a successful early access program, deploying their technology across projects in the UK and Europe, XYZ Reality is entering the US market and bringing their Augmented Reality solution, HoloSite, across the…
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Lean 4D Brings Minute-Level Scheduling to Construction Projects
Construction projects are notoriously prone to schedule overruns. Lean 4D, a Finnish consulting company, provides BIM-based project planning services that significantly improve contractors’ chances of hitting their targets. Jouni Ojala, the founder of Lean 4D, showed me how they work and use the capabilities of modern BIM technology. Jouni Ojala has been an entrepreneur for…
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Buildots Raises $16 million as It Brings AI Computer Vision to Construction Management
Buildots announced today that it had secured $16 million in funding to leverage the power of AI to track, analyze and provide actionable data for construction project teams. The company uses hardhat-mounted 360° cameras to seamlessly determine the exact status of an ongoing project and provides invaluable insight to contractors. The $3 million seed and…
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Plehat Brings Natural Environments into Design Tools
Natural elements are an essential part of the built environment. However, BIM tools offer almost no support to landscape architecture. Plehat is introducing a new solution that helps architects and decision-makers to understand the dynamics of nature and make smart design choices. Plehat used photogrammetric 3D models of Uunisaari islands, to the south of Helsinki.…
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Plehat Brings Natural Environments into Design Tools
Natural elements are an essential part of the built environment. However, BIM tools offer almost no support to landscape architecture. Plehat is introducing a new solution that helps architects and decision-makers to understand the dynamics of nature and make smart design choices. Plehat used photogrammetric 3D models of Uunisaari islands, to the south of Helsinki.…