Tag: Cities
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Number of construction cranes in US cities dips 19%
Dive Brief: Like many economic indicators, the number of active cranes in North America for the first quarter of 2025 suggests market hesitation to move forward with major construction projects due to economic uncertainty, according to a biannual Rider Levett Bucknall report. The number of cranes in key U.S. cities dropped 18.8%, or by 30…
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Upcoming Contractor Opportunities in Revitalizing America’s Cities 2025
Cities and counties throughout the U.S. are revitalizing downtown areas, providing more housing, adding revenue-generating attractions, and repurposing other public areas. There are numerous drivers behind these types of focused projects, with population growth and the critical need for upgrades to aging facilities standing out as primary reasons. Visionary municipal leaders are planning for the…
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Talking Circular Future Cities with Daniel Hall
In this episode of WDBE Talks, Daniel M. Hall, Assistant Professor at TU Delft, talks about circularity and how to boost it with digital technologies and industrialized construction. Daniel is a keynote speaker at WDBE 2023. In the interview, Aarni Heiskanen and Daniel Hall discuss How big a challenge and opportunity is circularity in the…
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CHAOS Raises EUR 1.5 Million to Make Cities Better for Future Residents
The Finnish proptech platform CHAOS lets investors forecast which services and infrastructure urban areas will need to meet the needs of future residents. It has announced the successful closure of a €1.5M funding round led by sustainability-focused Swedish investment firm Nidoco with angel investors Kai Keituri, Tapio Heikkilä, and Stefan Lindberg also participating. The investment…
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Australia’s way to better plan, design and manage its cities
The last couple of weeks have been very significant for Digital Built Australia. On the 24th of February, Minister for Customer Service Victor Dominello launched the New South Wales Spatial Digital Twin (NSW SDT). It’s a virtual 4D (3D + time) model of the Western Sydney area’s built and natural environment. The government has worked…
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Australia’s way to better plan, design and manage its cities
The last couple of weeks have been very significant for Digital Built Australia. On the 24th of February, Minister for Customer Service Victor Dominello launched the New South Wales Spatial Digital Twin (NSW SDT). It’s a virtual 4D (3D + time) model of the Western Sydney area’s built and natural environment. The government has worked…
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Megatrends Shaping Cities of the Future
I had the pleasure of attending the most prominent Finnish seminar on residential business last week. There were several interesting presentations on innovation and case studies of new ways of residential construction. Tuuli Kaskinen, CEO at Demos Effect, talked about megatrends pertaining to city living. Kaskinen started by showing a photo of the suburb of…
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Megatrends Shaping Cities of the Future
I had the pleasure of attending the most prominent Finnish seminar on residential business last week. There were several interesting presentations on innovation and case studies of new ways of residential construction. Tuuli Kaskinen, CEO at Demos Effect, talked about megatrends pertaining to city living. Kaskinen started by showing a photo of the suburb of…