Category: Bulletin
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Workorder Uses Deep Learning for Fast Quantity Takeoffs
Workorder, Inc., a construction technology startup, has raised a $1.1 million pre-seed round from UBMB and Mucker Capital to assist in the launch of its innovative software. Workorder’s software is among the first for construction estimating to use image recognition, deep learning, and OCR to automatically detect, measure, and count objects in construction blueprints. The…
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Autodesk to Acquire The Wild, the Extended Reality AEC Solutions Provider
Autodesk has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire The Wild, a cloud-connected, extended reality (XR) platform, which includes its namesake solutions, The Wild, and IrisVR. The Wild enables AEC professionals to present, collaborate and review projects together in immersive and interactive experiences, from anywhere and at any time. IrisVR, part of the Wild, empowers teams to host more…
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Birdflocks Connects AEC Professionals
In the AI edition of the AEC Business Newsletter, I introduce Birdflocks. It is an online AEC community that invites professionals to showcase their work and skills, find new opportunities, and learn from others. It aims at solving global construction industry problems through collaboration and communication. Members of Birdflocks can start their own communities. I…
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A Dome for a Home
Dome4home, a Ukrainian company, produces dome structures for tents, greenhouses, quadraspheres, houses, cocoon tree houses, and other purposes. The structures are based on the geodesic dome principle made famous by architect Buckminster Fuller. Dome designs save construction material and are energy-efficient. You can use various materials on the outside and add insulation to the structure.…
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EVERCAM Construction Cameras Expands Digital Twin Capabilities with Bentley Funding
Evercam Ltd. (EVERCAM), the leading provider of construction camera software announced a financial investment by Bentley iTwin Ventures, a part of Bentley Acceleration Initiatives. Bentley Acceleration Initiatives is the internal incubator for strategic investments of Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company. This investment and technical integration of Bentley’s iTwin® platform will…
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Digital Twins in the Smart Construction Newsletter
The AEC Business newsletter’s Smart Construction edition on February 24 focused on digital twins. Topics How ASHVIN Develops Digital Twin Capabilities Boosting the Israeli ConTech Startup Ecosystem NCC Pilots Buildots’ AI in Two Helsinki Building Projects Matterport to Showcase Digital Twin Solutions at its Space Jam Competition EarthCam 4D and Bentley Bring Construction Digital Twins…
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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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Matterport to Showcase Digital Twin Solutions at its Space Jam Competition
Matterport, the spatial data company, will host the next installment of the Matterport Space Jam virtual event series on February 24, 2022, at 8:30 am PT. The event features four of its platform partners that are building software solutions on top of Matterport’s digital twins for the AEC industry. During the event, each platform partner…
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VR Lifts Trainees High
The Extended Reality edition of the AEC Business Newsletter in February 2022 topics include VR and IoT used for training mobile elevated work platform operation Varjo’s world’s first human-eye resolution VR/XR cloud streaming AEC+tech, a newly launched website and online platform Technical Skills Every AEC Marketer Needs News about extended reality for construction Read the…
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VR Lifts Trainees High
The Extended Reality edition of the AEC Business Newsletter in February 2022 topics include VR and IoT used for training mobile elevated work platform operation Varjo’s world’s first human-eye resolution VR/XR cloud streaming AEC+tech, a newly launched website and online platform Technical Skills Every AEC Marketer Needs News about extended reality for construction Read the…