Tag: Digital
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A New Digital Twin for an Existing Bridge
The smartBRIDGE Hamburg project devised a digital twin of a 1970s bridge using open BIM technologies. Allplan and Solibri were instrumental in developing the twin that enables the Hamburg Port Authority, HPA, to maintain the critical infrastructure asset predictively. Built in 1974, the Köhlbrand Bridge is Germany’s second-longest road bridge and one of its busiest.…
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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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Busting Digital Transformation Myths with Dr. Gerald C. Kane
In this episode of the AEC Business podcast, Dr. Gerald C. (Jerry) Kane talks about digital transformation that’s taking place across industries. He argues that this transformation is about making your business adaptable in a digital world, which may or may not involve technology at all. Furthermore, transformation is not a one-time change but an…
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BIM Quality – A Cornerstone of Digital Construction Success
What can make digital twins a reality for building owners? What can facilitate contractors in reducing risks and improving productivity? What allows designers to save time and focus on their core competencies? The answer is building information modeling, when done right. This article looks at BIM quality, why it’s essential and how to achieve it.…
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Why we need good (digital) leaders
As with all aspects of our personal and professional lives, digital transformation is a prevalent force for change in the AEC industry. Digital innovations can help us create a built environment fit for today’s societies. The competitive imperative for firms to embrace digital change is now unquestionable. But while the forces and inevitability of digital…
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Lean and Digital Construction – AEC Business
One of the core aspects of lean construction processes is that it proposes a more robust bottom-up process that is constantly reconciled with the situation on the ground. From this perspective, the construction 4.0 initiatives and lean construction processes can significantly benefit from each other. Their synergies lie across the whole construction process, from early…
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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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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…
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Matterport to Showcase Digital Twin Solutions at its Space Jam Competition
Matterport, the spatial data company, will host the next installment of the Matterport Space Jam virtual event series on February 24, 2022, at 8:30 am PT. The event features four of its platform partners that are building software solutions on top of Matterport’s digital twins for the AEC industry. During the event, each platform partner…