Tag: building
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Commercial Building Construction Sequence | Storee Construction
Whether it’s a new apartment building downtown or a mixed-use facility in the suburbs, a lot has to happen before that ceremonial golden shovel is plunged into the earth. While everyone notices the excavators, cranes, and chain-link fences at the site, months and even years went into the planning. It’s all part of the commercial…
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Henderson Engineers Tests AI for Building Systems Design with Torch.AI
Torch.AI is testing a new artificial intelligence application with Henderson Engineers, a national building systems design firm, to unlock the creative and problem solving potential of the firm’s more than 1,000 employees. Henderson Engineers is a building systems design and engineering firm that works on projects across the business, community, health, retail, and venue sectors.…
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TestFit, the Maker of an AI-Powered Building Configurator, Gets $20 Million Funding
TestFit Inc., the maker of an interactive AI-powered real estate feasibility software, has announced $20 million in Series A financing led by Parkway Venture Capital, bringing the total company financing to $22 million. TestFit’s building configurator helps real estate developers, architects, urban planners, and more to solve site plans in seconds. Development deals for multifamily, commercial,…
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Jacqueline Rohrmann on BIM, Tesla Gigafactory, and Building Sustainably
I had the pleasure of meeting with Jacqueline Rohrmann to discuss the digitalization of the construction sector, her experiences as a design manager at Tesla, and the industry’s future. We also touched on the themes of her upcoming keynote speech at the WDBE 2022 conference. After completing her research project on Generative Design, Jacqueline kick-started…
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NCC Pilots Buildots’ AI in Two Helsinki Building Projects
Buildots, the construction technology startup using AI to provide objective, data-backed insights to contractors and project managers, announced that NCC Finland uses their technology to build two projects. The first is an 8,000 sq m residential project in the Helsinki metropolitan area, and the second is a 9,000 sq m commercial project, Fredriksberg D, in Helsinki.…
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Snaptrude, an Intelligent Online Building Design Tool
Aarni Heiskanen’s guest is Altaf Ganihar, CEO of Snaptrude. He talks about the background of Snaptrude and gives a quick demo showing the capabilities of the online design tool. To learn more, visit https://www.snaptrude.com. The demo begins at 6:05. The post Snaptrude, an Intelligent Online Building Design Tool appeared first on AEC Business. View the…
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The Digital Building Lifecycle
What value does the digital building lifecycle create for owners, users, and the whole supply chain in the AECO industry? Salla Eckhardt, Director of Transformation Services at Microsoft, has written a series of articles on the topic. She writes: “The digital age is bringing a better way—and at the Microsoft real estate group we believe…
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Hilti’s BIM Services Help Optimize Building Design
Hilti’s BIM design services and digitized building tools help optimize design and offer tools for multi-trade MEP support design. Karl Johnson, Technical Marketing Manager for BIM & MEP, explains the direct impacts of using BIM to improve construction processes, “Let’s consider MEP planning: Without BIM, the support structures are planned on-site and separately by each…
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AEC TechTV Episode 12: Building Digital Twins
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 misconceptions about…
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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…