Category: Bulletin
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The Latest and Greatest – How to Succeed in BIM for Transport Infrastructure Construction
Do you want to know how to successfully use BIM for infrastructure construction? InfraBIM Open Tampere invites clients, consultants, tech companies, and startups to learn from the best. The world’s first international two-day event starts on February 6, 2018, with a lineup of top-notch presenters and case studies. OpenBIM, the Nordic Way Many think that…
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ReCoTech Review – An Overview of Nordic Property Tech
ReCoTech is an official side event for Europe’s biggest startup gathering, Slush. A full house of real estate and construction tech enthusiasts assembled on the last day of November in Helsinki. After the morning presentations, 300 meetings between established companies and startups took place in just two hours. I did 20 interviews with thought leaders, industry…
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Construction Safety Technologies – Videos
Smart hard hats, drone imaging, indoor positioning, and augmented reality are some of the technologies that can make construction sites safer. Construction remains one of the most dangerous industries. In the USA, one in ten construction workers are injured every year. According to ILO, there are at least 60,000 fatal accidents on construction sites around the…
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In Search of Cement Replacements
Could we replace cement as the vital element in concrete some day? We look at two alternative answers to this question. The Problems with Cement Portland cement dominates in the construction and road building industries. From an environmental point of view, cement is not the perfect solution. The cement industry accounts up to 7% of the…
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BLOK, a Wired UK Hottest 100 Housing Market Startup, Gets Funding from a Renowned Group of Investors
Blok, listed as one of the Hottest 100 European Startups by Wired UK, has secured several renowned investors to promote the company’s product development and marketing in its second round of financing. The Helsinki-based startup company aims to revolutionize the housing market through automation and artificial intelligence. Blok believes that the future of the housing…
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Construction Robotics – Videos – AEC Business
The market for construction robotics is still in its infancy. That’s mainly because a large portion of the work takes place on-site, not in controlled industrial environments. The following videos demonstrate the possibilities of today’s construction robotics and offer a glimpse into tomorrow. Fastbrick Robotics: Hadrian X Digital Construction System Fastbrick Robotics develops an on-site…
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Robotic Timber Fabrication – Videos
These videos demonstrate today’s possibilities of robotic timber fabrication. A multi-functional portal robot for automated assembly and processing of timber constructions ROB Technologies The WoodFlex 56 is a portal robot equipped with a tool changing system. The robot can handle large timber boards, shoot nails, and cut and mill wood. It is used for making…
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A New Report Inspires Innovators to Redefine the AEC Industry
The World Economic Forum and The Boston Consulting Group recently released a report to encourage innovators redefine the AEC industry. They give recommendations and feature ten lighthouse innovation case studies to demonstrate the potential of innovation. The report is the second publication of the multi-year Future of Construction project. The first report showed how many innovations…
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A Showcase of Virtual and Augmented Reality for Housing
The annual Housing Market Conference took place in Helsinki on January 31, 2017. During the event, the attendees had a chance to try out virtual and augmented reality solutions for housing. Nine service providers were showcasing their solutions. My company, AE Partners, organized the Virtual Housing Showroom. Tekes, another partner of the event, kindly supported the arrangements. The service providers…
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Augmented Reality for Construction Videos
I’ve been looking for information on augmented and virtual reality for construction. Here is a collection of videos that I’ve come across lately on the use of augmented reality. If you’re interested to know how you can use virtual and augmented reality for your AEC business, join me on a webinar I’ll host on February 16,…