Category: Podcast
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Tailwind for Technology Adoption on Construction Sites
My guest on the AEC Business Podcast is Jeevan Kalanithi, CEO of OpenSpace, the AI-powered construction technology company. We discuss OpenSpace’s customer survey that clearly shows how technology adoption has increased on construction sites across the world. We also touch on construction technology investments and how to deploy new tech in construction. OpenSpace provides 360°…
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Automating Rebar Installation – AEC Business
In this episode of the AEC Business Podcast, Aarni interviews Carson T. Carney, the VP of Technology Integration at Advanced Construction Robotics. They discuss construction robotics and how doing one thing – rebar tying – extremely well, ACR’s robots increase project profitability, reduce schedule risk, and keep workers safer. “We’ve talked to people across the…
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New and Noteworthy in AEC Tech in 2021
In this last AEC Business Podcast episode of 2021, Paul Wilkinson and Aarni Heiskanen discuss the AEC technology news and phenomena that they found interesting this year. Paul and Aarni started collaborating in 2020. They host AEC TechTV and organized two AEC TECH Webinars with WDBE this year. Both Aarni and Paul blog about AEC…
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Automating Construction with AI – An Interview with Stuart Maggs
I had a great conversation with Stuart Maggs, the CEO of Scaled Robotics. On the AEC Business Podcast we discussed how AI, machine learning, robotics, and BIM work together to create situational awareness of a construction project. Scaled Robotics is a startup that leverages computer vision, machine learning and AI to provide precise construction quality…
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Smart Collaboration on Infrastructure Projects – An Interview with Joe Giegerich
I had the pleasure of interviewing Joe Giegerich, founder and CEO of ProjectReady. We discussed why and how the construction sector should start using an integrated data environment on large infrastructure projects. You can listen to the interview on the AEC Business Podcast. The USA, Japan, China, and the EU are among the economies that…
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Zepth and Spot for Construction Management – An Interview with Prasoon Shrivastava
I had the pleasure of discussing the latest technology in construction management, robotics, with Prasoon Shrivastava, CEO of Zepth. The company has partnered with Boston Dynamics and uses Spot, the robot, for data collection on construction sites. “The construction industry is going through rapid digital transformation, especially post-pandemic, and there are studies that indicate that…
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Zepth and Spot for Construction Management – An Interview with Prasoon Shrivastava
I had the pleasure of discussing the latest technology in construction management, robotics, with Prasoon Shrivastava, CEO of Zepth. The company has partnered with Boston Dynamics and uses Spot, the robot, for data collection on construction sites. “The construction industry is going through rapid digital transformation, especially post-pandemic, and there are studies that indicate that…
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MR in Action – An Interview with Brian Toppel
In this episode of the AEC Business podcast, Brian Toppel talks about Mixed Reality for construction. Brian has over 30 years of experience working in the construction industry. He has worked for several of the largest general contracting companies in the United States. In 2003, Brian started Toppel Consulting, Inc providing services to owners, architects,…
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Maximizing the Value of Digital Assets in AEC Companies
AEC firms have a huge and constantly growing repository of photos and other digital assets. How to manage them effectively for marketing, sales, and PR is the topic of this podcast interview with Daniel Emmerson, Co-Founder and Joint CEO of OpenAsset. “Our vision is to inspire people through visualization of the built world,” says Daniel.…
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The Importance of Immediacy: Talking BIM, VR/AR, and Supersensor Integration with Rune Huse Karlstad
In this episode of WDBE talks, we sat down with Rune Huse Karlstad of Varjo Technologies to talk through the real-world use of VR/AR hardware and the capacity for BIM technologies to integrate and visualise sensor data to help add value for clients. Our discussion covered the increasing role VR headsets play for the sector,…