Category: Smart Construction
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SafeGuard, an AI-Powered Safety Solution for Construction, Raises $8 Million
SafeGuard’stechnology identifies hazardous patterns, generates risk predictions, and enforces preemptive measures in real time and cross-industry. SafeGuard is an international Safety-Tech company that uses machine learning to predict and prevent accidents on construction sites. Today, the startup announced an $8 million Series A funding round. Hi-tech investors Ron Zuckerman and Hillel Kobrinsk lead the round. Also participating are Ronen Peled, Yehuda Rachamim, Zemach…
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Sonic Sculptures: Shaping the Urban Soundscape with Aki Päivärinne
In this special episode of the AEC Business podcast, Aarni Heiskanen’s guest is Aki Päivärinne, Sound Designer at OiOi. Aki is a versatile professional. He is a Sound Designer (TeM), Musician, Composer, UX-Sound Designer, and Taste-Sound Designer at OiOi. OiOi crafts meaningful, immersive, and interactive installations in the built environment by using the latest digital technology. In the…
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VIATechnik Launches Precogs, a Predictive Insights And Learning Platform
Our friends at VIATechnik are organizing a webinar Digitizing AEC’s Next Frontier – A Precogs Launch Event on April 7, 2023, at Noon Eastern time. The webinar will share the industry’s knowledge digitization opportunity and what truly scaling our learnings can mean for the built environment. Stanford Professor & Director of Stanford’s CIFE (Center for Integrated Facilities Engineering) Martin Fischer will…
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Case Studies of Digital Transformation
I had the pleasure of attending Dalux’s Finnish user day in Helsinki on March 30. The event provided an excellent opportunity to learn how contractors have implemented digital tools and workflows on-site. Changing the CDE on the run Hospital projects produce a vast number of documents and BIM models. Having a Common Data Environment (CDE) is…
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Supercharge BIM Workflows with a Single Source of Truth
Learn how Hercuton, a design & build firm, uses a Common Data Environment to boost its business and how Solibri’s new capabilities streamline BIM workflows on CDEs throughout the construction project. Often, a construction project is visualized as a neat supply chain diagram in which information flows in an orderly manner. Everyone who has worked…
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Construction Tech Communication and WDBE with Aarni Heiskanen
In this episode of WDBE Talks, Vappu Id of KIRAHub interviews Aarni Heiskanen. They discuss communication, construction tech, and the World of Digital Built Environment WDBE Summit. The discussion topics include: Aarni’s career path Why great construction stories often remain untold and how to fix it Examples of good communicators Memorable WDBE moments What WDBE…
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Nemetschek Group Invests in Preoptima, a Carbon Hub for the Built Environment
Preoptima has developed a world-first carbon hub for the built environment, powered by AI and generative design, covering the entire building lifecycle – from concept to refurbishment and demolition. Nemetschek Group announced its investment in the startup on March 2, 2023. Preoptima’s funding will be used to launch their WholeLifeCarbon API, providing uniquely accurate carbon…
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The Numbers Behind Inefficient Construction Practices and Other News
Here are our smart construction updates from February 2023. Buildots just published a report analyzing quantitative data from 64 global construction projects and identifying common inefficiencies in current construction processes. The data came from Buildots’ datasets. Here’s a snapshot of the indicators: Area Utilization: 46% This is the percentage of available areas that are worked…
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Meet Marzia Bolpagni, Head of BIM International at Mace
Marzia Bolpagni will be a keynote speaker at WDBE in September 2023. In this interview, we learn about her passion for modernizing the construction industry to become more productive, sustainable, and inclusive. Marzia is a building engineer by background. She became interested in BIM, Building Information Modeling, during her studies at the University of Brescia,…
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Talking Climate-Aware ConTech Investments with Sebastien Michaud
In this episode of WDBE Talks, Aarni Heiskanen’s guest is Sebastien Michaud, VC at Foundamental. They discuss investing in climate through technology, the theme of this year’s WDBE. The discussion topics include: Sebastien’s background and what led him to become a VC What is Foundamental, and what’s in its portfolio at the moment What makes up a startup that he’d invest…