Category: Smart Construction
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Automating Construction Verification and Progress Monitoring
In this episode of the AEC Business podcast, Aarni Heiskanen interviews Raffi Holzer, CEO of Avvir. The company provides a reality analysis platform that uses reality capture and BIM data to automate construction verification and progress monitoring. The discussion topics include Raffi’s “unorthodox” background How traditional companies can start transforming their business with technology What…
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The WDBE 2022 Summit Calling
The World of Digital Built Environment WDBE summit 2022 takes place on September 28-29 in Helsinki, Finland, and Tallinn, Estonia, and this year features an Awards gala! The theme of the year is Celebrating the forerunners of the digital built environment. WDBE wants to shine the light on the very best actions globally and give…
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3D Sensing for Construction Cranes
In this episode of the AEC Business podcast, Aarni Heiskanen interviews Omer Keilaf, co-founder and CEO of Innoviz Technologies which provides LiDAR sensors for demanding uses. On the podcast, Omer talks about the benefits and possibilities of LiDAR and how Innoviz has applied the technology to construction cranes. Japanese Obayashi began using Innoviz’s LiDAR on their sites in 2018…
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Oracle Opened the Doors to Its Industry Innovation Lab
Oracle has opened the doors to its new 30,000-square-foot Oracle Industry Lab just outside of Chicago, Illinois. The working lab provides customers a hands-on environment to develop new ideas and create solutions leveraging technology from Oracle and more than 30 industry partners. Supported by Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband, the lab will first focus on the energy and…
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VIATechnik’s VDC Maturity Curve – AEC Business
Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) has been around since 2002, but it’s still frequently misunderstood, says VIATechnik in their newly published whitepaper. The publication explains what VDC really is and how to succeed in it. It includes the VDC maturity curve, the VDC Champion Checklist, and insight from VIATechnik’s recent survey on digital transformation across…
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Slate Technologies Launches an AI-Powered Digital Assistant for Construction
Slate Technologies, an AI software platform, has launched a digital assistant for the construction industry. Slate uses AI and machine learning to improve the productivity of construction professionals by enabling better, earlier decision-making to keep building projects on time, maximizing revenue. Among the company’s early development collaborators include multinational construction leader Skanska. Analyzing unstructured data…
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Speckle, the Open Source Platform for 3D Data, Raised a $5.5 m Seed Round
Speckle is open source digital infrastructure for anything designed in 3D. It handles interoperability between software silos, real-time collaboration, data management, versioning and automation. Dimitrie Stefanescu, a co-founder, wrote on 14 Apr 2022, “I am proud to announce that we’ve just raised a $5.5M (£4M) seed round. For us, this step was much more than…
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How Data Drives the Future of Design
Data has become the currency of modern society. It is the most abundantly generated product of the 21st century. Every action in our lives, from asking for directions using Google Maps to liking a post on social media, produces data that is being mined in a variety of imaginative and profitable ways. If our daily…
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Kwant AI Raises Millions to Improve Construction Efficiency and Safety
New York-based AI SaaS startup Kwant AI brings AI technology to the field, adding efficiency and safety to the global construction industry with the System of Record of Workforce. The startup announced a $3.9 million seed round with investment from LAUNCH, Fairstead, Pearl Fund, 7BC Venture Capital, Forefront Ventures, Martinson ventures, and Serra Ventures. Funds…
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Better Construction Equipment Management Improves the Bottom Line
On the AEC Business podcast, Aarni interviews Jason Perez, the co-founder and CEO of YARDZ, which provides software for tracking rental and owned equipment. Jason shares his experiences as a construction professional and what led him to found YARDZ with another construction industry veteran Josh Schuyler. The discussion topics include How to better management of…