Category: Construction
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Power to the Office Worker
Modern offices consist of variable spaces that cater to personal preferences and functional needs. The indoor air quality is typically not as adaptive to various tasks, which can lead to suboptimal worker performance and dissatisfaction. A pilot project led by Senate Properties used BIM and building data to develop an operational model that helps workers…
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The Future of High-Rise is Localized and Responsive
By 2050, 70 percent of world’s population of almost 10 billion people will live in urban areas. The presenters at the High Rise – Northern Exposure seminar envisioned how high-rise construction will meet the requirements of urbanization, and what technologies have to offer to builders and users today. Lintula and Smithson A line-up of high-rise…
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Giving Heating Control to Residents is Good for the Environment
Heating in EU households accounts for 79% of the total energy consumption. In cold climate areas, like Finland, the percentage is even higher. Enermix set out to test how room-level control in district-heated apartment houses would affect the comfort of living and energy consumption. Janne Heinonen, Enermix “Our mission is to digitalize Finnish buildings, especially…
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Thyssenkrupp Presents AI “alfred” to Manage Their Global Logistics Network
thyssenkrupp Materials Services relies on Microsoft for in-house solution development. AI is an essential component of the holistic digitalization strategy of the company. Customers benefit from individualized offers and more efficient processes. thyssenkrupp Materials Services continues to drive digital transformation: Since early 2019 an artificial intelligence solution (AI), supported by Microsoft’s cloud platform Azure, has…
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Thyssenkrupp Presents AI “alfred” to Manage Their Global Logistics Network
thyssenkrupp Materials Services relies on Microsoft for in-house solution development. AI is an essential component of the holistic digitalization strategy of the company. Customers benefit from individualized offers and more efficient processes. thyssenkrupp Materials Services continues to drive digital transformation: Since early 2019 an artificial intelligence solution (AI), supported by Microsoft’s cloud platform Azure, has…
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KIRA-digi Experiments Paving Way for Built Environment Digitalization
KIRA-digi was a national built environment digitalization spearhead project of the Finnish government carried out in 2016-2019. The project supported 138 experiments with €4.7 million in funding from the government. Participating companies invested 7.8 million in total. Here are some of the experiments that we’ve featured on AEC-Business.com. Duuers: Better Proposals with Less Work Small…
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LetsBuild Sets Out to Solve Problems with On-site BIM Adoption
LetsBuild, recently formed by the merger of Belgian APROPLAN and Danish GenieBelt, will soon be launching an ambitious BIM product. LetsBuild wants to seamlessly link on-site activities and checks to the project’s BIM model. Just as importantly, the company is focusing on ensuring easy adoption by site teams. Most companies in the construction industry are…
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Forum Wood Building Nordic 2019
Forum Wood building Nordic 2019 will focus on the role of design in the future, veneer and massive wood construction, resource efficiency and sustainability, Nordic harmonization of regulations and guidelines. The event takes place in Helsinki on September 25-27, 2019. The conference brings together academics and practitioners to exchange experiences and learn from the forefront…
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Disruptors: The House the Robots Built
The article The House the Robots Built by Ben King in the BBC’s Disruptors series explains how the construction industry can use new technologies to improve productivity and quality. The video titled Why is building so slow and expensive? leads into the story. The post Disruptors: The House the Robots Built appeared first on AEC…
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Built Robotics and Mortenson Announce Partnership
Built Robotics and Mortenson have announced their partnership. The partnership is focused on earthmoving activities for renewables projects like wind and solar farms, which tend to be in remote areas, far from traditional workforce centers. “Our robotic equipment is able to shoulder some of the load by assisting with basic, repetitive tasks, freeing up human…