Tag: Construction
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What Search Term Trends Reveal about Construction
ArchDaily, the world’s most visited architectural website published a new Trends Report today. The report shows trends that relate to construction, based on the search terms that the site’s visitors have used. These were the growth rates of certain search terms form 2017 to 2018: Construction site +378% Artificial intelligence +243% Off site +200% Automation…
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What Search Term Trends Reveal about Construction
ArchDaily, the world’s most visited architectural website published a new Trends Report today. The report shows trends that relate to construction, based on the search terms that the site’s visitors have used. These were the growth rates of certain search terms form 2017 to 2018: Construction site +378% Artificial intelligence +243% Off site +200% Automation…
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Microsoft Director Salla Palos: The Construction Industry Must Change
Salla Palos, the Director of Transformation Services for Microsoft, works with teams across the globe in the USA, LATAM, EMEA, and Asia. She gave an interview to Aarni Heiskanen, explaining how the construction industry should change in order to deliver value, not just buildings. Read the interview at AEC-Business.com. Salla Palos is one of the…
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Microsoft Urges the Construction Industry to Deliver Lifecycle Value
Digitalization is changing the way that we operate and use buildings. Salla Palos is directing Microsoft towards a future that inspires innovative changes in both the mindset and the business models of AECO industry stakeholders. Salla Palos moved from Finland to the United States in July 2015 and settled down in Seattle, one of the…
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Future-Ready: Global Construction Survey 2019
The Global Construction Survey 2019 by KPMG benchmarks how prepared companies are for a highly competitive and unpredictable future. The survey has been running annually since 2005. It features the perspectives of senior executives from 223 engineering & construction companies and project owners from a variety of industries. The Future-Ready Index is based upon their…
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WDBE 2019 – AEC Business
Word Summit on Digital Built Environment WDBE 2019 will take place on September 24-25, 2019 in Helsinki, Finland. The event’s theme is Transforming Urban User Experience. There will be around 100 presentations and keynotes from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, WeWork, Zaha Hadid Architects, and others. Sign up at wdbe.org. View the original article and our Inspiration…
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How Algorithmic Design Improves Collaboration in Building Design
Design, like everything else in a construction project, is a collaborative effort. Even with digital tools, collaboration across design disciplines is not yet optimal. An experimental project thus set out to test whether algorithmic design could help streamline the interaction between architects and structural engineers. Design data originating from an architect is used in several…
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Outlook on Construction Technology: An Interview with Ulrik Branner
In this podcast interview with Ulrik Branner of LetsBuild, we discuss how technology is changing the construction sector and what it means to those working in and entering the industry. Ulrik Branner is Executive and Board Member at LetsBuild – an end-to-end digital solution covering the construction phase with on-site planning, progress communication, and on-site…
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Helsinki is Building a Digital Twin of the City
The capital of Finland first tested city modeling as long back as 1987. But the most recent model of the Kalasatama district demonstrates the new state-of-the-art possibilities of this technology: creation of a highly accurate digital twin of the city. My hosts, Helsinki’s city modeling specialists Jarmo Suomisto and Enni Airaksinen, showed me their latest…
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Skender’s Modular Revolution: An Interview with Angela Spadoni
I had the pleasure of interviewing architect Angela Spadoni, the director of residential architecture at Skender. On this podcast episode, we discuss how the company is taking the industry forward with modular construction. Skender is one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2019”. Last year, the Chicago-based construction, design and manufacturing firm launched…