Category: Industrialized Construction
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Introducing the Gold Medalists of the Construction Startup Competition
The 2022 Construction Startup Competition winners presented their solutions at the Pitchday during Procore´s Groundbreak conference in New Orleans. Of the eight winners, Automatic Construction, Carbon Limit, Exodigo, and Soil Connect took home the gold medals in their category. I had a chance to chat with their teams after the results were announced. Automatic Construction The startup has devised…
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The Construction Startup Competition – An Interview with Ibon Iribar
The Construction Startup Competition 2022 allowed innovative teams from around the globe to showcase their solutions to leading industry developers and investors. I sat down with Ibon Iribar of CEMEX Ventures to discuss the competition and its value to the industry. Ibon Iribar is an investment and open innovation advisor at CEMEX Ventures. The company organized the…
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Meet Daniel Hall, Assistant Professor at TU Delft
We sat down with Daniel M. Hall, an assistant professor at TU Delft, to discuss ways of achieving circularity in the built environment. Daniel will be a keynote speaker at WDBE in September 2023, where he’ll talk more about future circular cities. Daniel is internationally known for his research on construction management and construction informatics.…
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Talking Circular Future Cities with Daniel Hall
In this episode of WDBE Talks, Daniel M. Hall, Assistant Professor at TU Delft, talks about circularity and how to boost it with digital technologies and industrialized construction. Daniel is a keynote speaker at WDBE 2023. In the interview, Aarni Heiskanen and Daniel Hall discuss How big a challenge and opportunity is circularity in the…
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Reinventing Concrete Construction with 3D Printing
In this episode of the AEC Business podcast, Aarni Heiskanen interviews Fernando De los Rios, CEO and co-founder of Hyperion Robotics. The Finnish technology company was formed by experts in engineering, construction, 3D printing, and robotics. Their mission is to bring automation and sustainable practices to the construction industry. Fernando has been building start-ups to…
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Hyperion Robotics Secures 3 M to Automate Construction Sustainably
Hyperion Robotics, a Finnish technology company specializing in advanced automation and sustainable technologies for concrete and the construction industry, has raised a three-million-euro funding round. Lifeline Ventures, one of the leading VCs in the Nordics and Europe, led the round alongside co-investors from the climate and construction sectors. They include Impact VC Übermorgen Ventures, PC Rettig & CO Impact, Goldacre,…
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Hilti’s Robot Breaks Records on a YIT Construction Site
Visiting a construction site occasionally is a good practice for someone who covers construction technology. I received an invitation from Hilti, who wanted me to see their robot, Jaibot, on YIT’s Tuultenristi site in Espoo, Finland. The Tuultenristi project comprises apartments, offices, and retail spaces. The building site I visited will be complete in March…
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Why we need good (digital) leaders
As with all aspects of our personal and professional lives, digital transformation is a prevalent force for change in the AEC industry. Digital innovations can help us create a built environment fit for today’s societies. The competitive imperative for firms to embrace digital change is now unquestionable. But while the forces and inevitability of digital…
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Here Are the Winners of Tekla Global BIM Awards 2022
Trimble has announced the winners of its 2022 Tekla® Global Building Information Modeling (BIM) Awards. The overall winner for the best BIM project of 2022 is T2 Alliance, for their Helsinki Airport expansion project. In this biennial competition, the world’s most impressive structural construction projects that use Tekla solutions are judged in eight categories. The criteria the projects are judged…
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What Was Most Exciting at WDBE 2022?
The World of Digital Built Environment, WDBE 2022, took place in Helsinki and Tallinn on September 28-29. The summit offered inspiration and insights, and a chance to network in person after over two years of remote interaction. During the Tallinn day, I had a chance to ask five attendees what they thought of the event.…