Tag: Artificial Intelligence
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BIM Without Boundaries: Building Data for AI Workflows
What is the role of BIM software and models in the data-driven future of AI agents and workflow automation? For years, the BIM model file has been treated as the single source of truth, the place where geometry and information meet. Yet the reality is changing fast. As construction processes become increasingly digital, connected, and…
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Twinmaster: ChatGPT for Architects, in 3D
Imagine typing “Optimize this design for daylight, cost, and carbon” and getting full 3D design options back in seconds. That’s exactly what TwinMaster makes possible. In this episode of the AEC Business Podcast, I talk with Dr. Prasanta Bose, CEO, and Michael Jansen, Chief Business Officer at TwinMaster, about their groundbreaking AI co-pilot, Arch-e. TwinMaster…
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How Agentic AI is Transforming Procurement
Procurement is one of the biggest, yet least visible, engines of the global economy. Trillions of dollars flow through purchasing departments that are often overwhelmed by complexity. What happens when AI agents start taking on this work? In this episode, I talk with Keith McFarlane, CTO at Globality, about how agentic AI is reshaping sourcing…
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Talk to Your Project – AEC Business
Back in the day, when mobile phones and Bluetooth earpieces first emerged, it felt weird to see people walking down the street talking to themselves. Now, nobody pays attention. Will the same happen with voice interaction with AI soon? Could speech replace WhatsApp chats? Voice is often the most efficient and convenient way to communicate.…
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Complink Automates Construction Procurement – AEC Business
In this episode of the AEC Business Podcast, Aarni Heiskanen sits down with Aino Hukkanen, co-founder and CPO of Complink, a Finnish startup that aims to bring intelligence back into construction workflows. Aino shares her journey from architecture to product design and co-founding Complink, and explains how their platform helps construction companies automate procurement and…
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Mark Farmer: AI ‘blind spot’ threatens construction’s professional services
Industry veteran Mark Farmer has urged construction leaders to face the disruptive potential of artificial intelligence (AI) on the sector’s white-collar workforce, warning that the industry is “missing a trick” by focusing too narrowly on trade skills shortages. Delivering this year’s CIOB Sir James Wates lecture in central London on Wednesday evening (24 September), the…
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LLMs in Construction: Where They Fail and Where They Shine
At the Building 2030 Summer Seminar, doctoral researchers Tuomas Valkonen and Roope Nyqvist from Aalto University shared fresh insights into how Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and DeepSeek perform in construction-related tasks. The results highlight a simple truth: used wisely, LLMs can accelerate knowledge work; used unwisely, they can produce nonsensical results in areas…
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Building a Successful AEC PoC
“Can a robot navigate on a construction site and collect information for situational awareness?” “Does a construction process ontology help combine information from multiple sources to support construction management?” “Can a digital twin platform serve for visualizing 3D zoning data?” These are some of the questions our clients have answered through Proofs of Concept (PoCs).…
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From BIM to BMI: What AEC Leaders Are Overlooking in the AI Era
Gulnaz Aksenova recently shared with me a research paper that discusses business model innovation (BMI) in AEC consultancies in the age of AI. She and co-author Rich Synott CEng FICE refer to several timely studies and examine why and how BMI is necessary to achieve a competitive advantage through the use of AI. Boosting efficiency…
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AI in AEC 2026 – AEC Business
AI in AEC 2026Artificial Intelligence in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction.March 18-19, 2026, Helsinki, Finland & Virtual The world’s first conference series focused on artificial intelligence in the built environment returns in March 2026! AI in AEC 2026 brings together AI experts, industry professionals, researchers, and thought leaders to explore the future of artificial intelligence in…