Category: Smart Construction
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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…
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BIM-Powered Customer Journey Management – AEC Business
Aarni’s guest on the AEC Business podcast is Harri Majala, founder & CEO at GBuilder. We discuss, among others, the challenges construction technology developers face and how GBuilder has been able to manage them. Our topics include How a construction background helped Harri develop GBuilder How to get your first customers as a construction tech…
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3D Reality Capture for Built Asset Lifecycle Management
Reality capture means the process to catch, compute, create, and save a digital 3D model to represent an object from the real world. This article introduces the technologies of photography, videos, laser scanning, and drones and explains how they can help with construction projects. “Industry 4.0 for the Built Environment” is a key topic in…
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EVERCAM Construction Cameras Expands Digital Twin Capabilities with Bentley Funding
Evercam Ltd. (EVERCAM), the leading provider of construction camera software announced a financial investment by Bentley iTwin Ventures, a part of Bentley Acceleration Initiatives. Bentley Acceleration Initiatives is the internal incubator for strategic investments of Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company. This investment and technical integration of Bentley’s iTwin® platform will…
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Digital Twins in the Smart Construction Newsletter
The AEC Business newsletter’s Smart Construction edition on February 24 focused on digital twins. Topics How ASHVIN Develops Digital Twin Capabilities Boosting the Israeli ConTech Startup Ecosystem NCC Pilots Buildots’ AI in Two Helsinki Building Projects Matterport to Showcase Digital Twin Solutions at its Space Jam Competition EarthCam 4D and Bentley Bring Construction Digital Twins…