Category: Industrialized Construction
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Near-Zero Carbon Cement Powers Sustainable 3D-Printed Homes
Eco Material Technologies and Hive 3D have unveiled the first 3D-printed homes using near-zero carbon cement as part of a housing project called The Casitas @ The Halles. The homes, ranging from 400 to 900 square feet, are constructed using Eco Material’s durable, longer-lasting cement called PozzoCEM Vite®. The cement replaces 100% of traditional Portland…
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Halve the Production Time with Sitedrive for Construction Project Management
Industrialization is a crucial strategy for increasing the productivity and sustainability of construction. I sat down with Tomi Pitkäranta, Head of Concept and Partnerships at Sitedrive, to discuss how the company’s products help contractors systematize and industrialize production. Tomi Pitkäranta Sitedrive is a Finnish innovation. It originates from a 2016 internal startup competition of Fira…
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The Must-Attend High-Rise Construction Seminar in Helsinki on June 13
The High-Rise – Northern Exposure seminar on June 13, 2023, is the highlight of the summer for anyone who wants to keep up to date with the latest trends and technologies in high-rise construction. The organizers have invited some of the industry’s absolute best to Helsinki to share their experiences and answer the burning questions…
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Construction Robots 2023 – AEC Business
Here’s AEC Business’s catalog of construction robotics companies. About construction robotics Construction robots have been around since the 1960s. In the 1970s and 1980s, Japanese companies such as the Shimizu Corporation, Obayashi Corporation, and Takenaka Corporation created robots and remote-controlled machines for excavating, material handling, concrete placing, finishing, fireproofing, earthworks, rebar placing, and other construction tasks. However, the overall…
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Construction Startup Competition 2023 Launched
Cemex Ventures, Cemex’s corporate venture capital and open innovation unit, kicks off its Construction Startup Competition 2023, which is the biggest competition in the construction industry for startups. The application phase for the competition will be open until July 2, 2023. Cemex Ventures is joined in its 7th Competition edition by prominent leaders such as…
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How Product Identifiers Can Enhance Your Building Process
Have you considered the significance of a product’s bar code when you shop at a supermarket? The 50-year-old invention contains a standardized product number essential to the operation of the whole value chain: the retail store, the distribution center, the transportation company, the warehouse, the vendor, and the producer. Standardized numbers also allow us consumers…
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Get to Know BJ Siegel: Former Apple Executive and Co-Founder of Juno
Don’t miss BJ Siegel’s keynote speech at WDBE in September 2023. In this interview, we learn how he’s revolutionizing sustainable housing as a consumer product, using digital tools and asset-light approaches, while transforming how companies manage their data and processes. Designing commercial concepts BJ Siegel is on a mission to reinvent the world of urban multifamily housing…
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Hilti Partners with Canvas, a Construction Robotics Company
Hilti announced a strategic partnership with Canvas, a construction robotics company that has developed a robotic drywalling solution. The partnership allows Canvas to scale globally. Hilti launched its Jaibot, the world’s first semi-autonomous ceiling-drilling robot, in 2020. As part of the partnership, Hilti will assume the manufacturing responsibilities for future Canvas systems. They will be based…
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Productizing Sustainable Urban Housing with BJ Siegel
How do you take the learnings from Apple’s way of innovating products and apply them to housing? On WDBE Talks, you’ll hear how BJ Siegel pivoted from Apple to follow his passion at Juno, a proptech company. He will be a keynote speaker at WDBE 2023. In this episode, Aarni Heiskanen and his guest JB Siegel discuss:…
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Building with Inflatable Concrete Formwork and Other News
Here are our industrialized construction updates from February 2023. Automatic Construction, an NYC startup, was one of eight 2022 Construction Startup Competition winners. Alex Bell, the co-founder, presented the company’s concrete building solution at the competition’s Pitchday in October 2022. Bell’s and Tyler Robins’s company produces inflatable concrete formwork in a factory and transports it to the building…