Category: Features
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Indoor GPS on the Construction Site: Interview with Antti Korhonen of Redpoint Positioning
This is my interview with Antti Korhonen, CEO of Redpoint Positioning Corp. We’re going to talk about indoor positioning, what Antti’s company has to offer, and how construction industry companies could use the technology successfully. How did Redpoint come about and what inspired you to join the company? Redpoint was founded back in 2011 in Cambridge,…
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Indoor GPS on the Construction Site: Interview with Antti Korhonen of Redpoint Positioning
This is my interview with Antti Korhonen, CEO of Redpoint Positioning Corp. We’re going to talk about indoor positioning, what Antti’s company has to offer, and how construction industry companies could use the technology successfully. How did Redpoint come about and what inspired you to join the company? Redpoint was founded back in 2011 in Cambridge,…
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Productization in the Construction Industry: Interview with Rapal
Service productization can help construction companies do better business and have more satisfied clients. AEC Business had the opportunity to interview, Anna-Leena Raij, Director of Workplace Management Services at Rapal Oy, a software and services company for work environment developers and infrastructure managers based in Espoo, Finland, to learn how they productized their service and…
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Innovative Ideas for Managing Your Contracting Business
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Productization in the Construction Industry: Interview with Workspace
Service productization can help construction companies do better business and have more satisfied clients. AEC Business had the opportunity to interview Jyrki Yläoutinen, Executive Workplace Consultant at Workspace, a consulting and design agency specializing in workplace design and management and based in Helsinki, Finland, to learn how they productized their service and the benefits they…
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Productization in the Construction Industry: Interview with Fira Palvelut
Service productization can help construction companies do better business and have more satisfied clients. AEC Business had the opportunity to interview Sami Kokkonen, CEO of Fira Palvelut, a pipeline renovations company based in Vantaa, Finland, to learn how they productized their service and the benefits they achieved. Can you say a few words about your…
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ServiceWhale: An Innovative Business Platform for Home Improvement Projects
Could contracting home-improvement services be as easy as booking a vacation online? ServiceWhale wants to create an e-commerce experience similar to how we now shop for most things online. Customers get upfront, customized quotes, and they can order services with ease, avoiding the stress typically associated with shopping for home-improvement services. Recently, I had the…
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Managing Complex Construction Processes with Sablono – Interview with Lukas Olbrich
In this interview, Lukas Olbrich, Co-Founder and CEO at Sablono, tells about his company and the unique product they’ve developed for managing complex construction processes. Can you say a few words about the background of your team? We are three main founders of Sablono – Sven, Florian and me. Sven and I have been working together in…
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Selling Your Idea: Understand What You Are Selling and Set Goals
Despite that the construction industry is often considered conservative, there is always plenty of room for fresh ideas. Original ideas are the reason businesses can innovate their offerings much more quickly, continue providing better services to the customers, and grow profitably. The challenge is to sell your idea to your peers or to your customers.…
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Adopting a Culture of Experimentation in Construction
I’ve attended numerous seminars and workshops that came to the same conclusion: construction must become more customer-focused and, at the same time, productivity must go up. In spite of even substantial investments in development projects and change programs, very little has changed. Could a culture of experimentation come to the rescue? The challenge Recently, I’ve…