Category: Channels
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Meet Jacqueline Rohrmann, the Tesla Gigafactory BIM Expert
Aarni Heiskanen had the pleasure of meeting with Jacqueline Rohrmann, a keynote speaker at the WDBE 2022 conference. She talked about the digitalization of the construction sector, her experiences as a design manager at Tesla, and the industry’s future. If you’re a designer learning to use Revit, a BIM tool, you might have watched some…
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Navigating the Contractual Minefield of Construction 4.0
In the excitement of implementing innovation and new ways of working (or indeed, conversely, trying to ignore it entirely), the construction industry habitually forgets the thing that could undo all the progress and benefits. A vague, uncertain, or unsatisfactory contract can lead to differing understandings, disputes, and dissatisfaction. Clients may not get what they expected,…
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Hacking Your Thinking with Damon Hernandez
Aarni’s guest on this episode of WDBE Talks is Damon Hernandez, co-founder of the AEC Hackathon and an extended reality expert. Damon attends the 90 Day Finn program by Helsinki Partners. The three-month residence allows him to explore Finnish business and technology ecosystems and create new connections with built environment trailblazers. Damon has worked with…
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Sustainability Through Digitally Informed Decisions
The environmental impact of buildings is expected to increase as the world population continues to grow. Sustainability in construction becomes crucially essential for the future of the planet and its inhabitants. Considering the energy and material resources throughout a building’s life cycle is the key to controlling its environmental impact. Following the Industry 4.0 principles…
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Lean and Digital Construction – AEC Business
One of the core aspects of lean construction processes is that it proposes a more robust bottom-up process that is constantly reconciled with the situation on the ground. From this perspective, the construction 4.0 initiatives and lean construction processes can significantly benefit from each other. Their synergies lie across the whole construction process, from early…
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The New Book on Industry 4.0 for the Built Environment
Two editors of a new Springer book, Industry 4.0 for the Built Environment, are Aarni Heiskanen’s guests on the AEC Business podcast. Marzia Bolpagni, Head of BIM International at Mace, and Rui Gavina, Digital Practice Manager at VN2R, talk about the process of making the book, its content, and how Industry 4.0 can transform the…
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Autonomous Drones Are Now a Reality in Construction
Grant Harris, Director of Business Development at Exyn Technologies, is Aarni Heiskanen’s guest on the AEC Business podcast. Exyn provides autonomous aerial robot systems for the construction industry. The discussion topics include: Exyn’s background The challenges and limitations of manually operated drones What added value do autonomous drones provide How to turn a drone autonomous…
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Gamification for Visualisation Applications in the Construction Industry
Gamification is adding game features and mechanisms to non-gaming contexts, which aims to deliver enhanced user experience, engagement, and outcomes. Gamification can be integrated with visualisation applications (e.g., virtual reality) to enable further purposes, such as education, training, and analysis. The core structure of these gamified applications echoes the essence of serious games (SGs). SGs…
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Transforming Cranes Into Autonomous Robots
Noam Rotem, Founder & CEO of Syracuse, is the guest in this episode of the AEC Business Podcast. Aarni and Noam discuss smart and autonomous cranes and the future where the role of the crane operator could change dramatically. The discussion topics: What sparked Noam to start up Syracuse and what the company offers today…
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New Business Models for Industrialized Construction
Daniel Hall is an Assistant Professor of Innovative and Industrial Construction at ETH Zurich. The theme of his research is to enhance governance, industrialization, circularity, and innovation in the construction industry through a transformation from fragmented project delivery methods to new organizational and informational models that integrate the complex supply chain. He holds a Doctor of…