Tag: Innovation
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A Preconstruction Tool Receives Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Award
JE Dunn Construction’s innovative preconstruction tool, Align, was honored with Fast Company’s 2024 Innovation by Design award in the large business category this July. Developed in collaboration with design and technology consultant Crema, Align can revolutionize how the industry handles project cost estimation and budgeting. It eliminates much of the initial uncertainty and stress typically…
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Nemetschek Group Launches AI Innovation Hub
The Nemetschek Group is stepping up its game with the launch of an AI Innovation Hub. This initiative is set to centralize and boost the Group’s AI efforts, marking a significant advancement in adopting Artificial Intelligence within the architecture, engineering, construction, and operations sectors. What is the AI Innovation Hub? The newly established Innovation Hub…
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Collaboration is Key to Successful Construction Innovation
Finnish construction sector companies have gained a lot by collaborating with Aalto University. That was the overall sentiment at the Aalto Civil Engineering Day, which took place on April 25, 2024, at Dipoli in Otaniemi, Finland. The afternoon event was packed with short presentations by both academics and businesses. Here are some of the ideas…
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Discussing Construction Startups and Innovation with Gonzalo Galindo
In this episode of the AEC Business Podcast, Aarni Heiskanen interviews Gonzalo Galindo, President at Cemex Ventures. They discuss startup funding, construction technology, and this year’s construction startup competition. Cemex Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Cemex, a global building materials company, actively supports innovative startups in the construction industry. Through their investment and collaboration, Cemex Ventures…
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Talking Geospatial Innovation with Shehzan Mohammed
Shehzan Mohammed is Director of 3D Engineering and Ecosystems at Cesium. In this WDBE Talks podcast interview, he discusses with Aarni Heiskanen the innovations in geospatial technology, game engines, and the value of open standards to the developer community. The discussion topics include: Shehzan’s career path His vision Shehzan’s most significant achievements so far at…
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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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AI Clearing Announces Global Partnership with Doosan Mobility Innovation
AI Clearing, a market leader in automated analytics for large-scale construction and infrastructure projects, today announced a global partnership with Doosan Mobility Innovation, Inc. (DMI), part of leading industrial corporation Doosan Group. The partnership will integrate AI Clearing’s AI-powered construction progress monitoring capabilities into DMI’s first-of-a-kind hydrogen-powered drone products to deliver granular visibility for large…
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Discussing Construction Innovation with Todd Weyandt
I had the pleasure of interviewing another construction podcast host, Todd Weyandt of Applied Software. We discuss innovation and how to do it successfully. This is episode 107 of the AEC Business Podcast. Todd Weyandt is the Director of Creative Marketing at Applied Software and host of the Bridging the Gap Podcast, winner of the…
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BLOXHUB: The Urban Innovation Hub
Coworking spaces have become popular in the Nordics, but few of them are focused on a certain vertical. Torben Klitgaard, director of BLOXHUB, describes the unique initiative from Denmark. It invites architects, designers, contractors, and tech companies to create better cities. “BLOXHUB is an urban innovation lab; it’s a coworking space and community providing a…
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Do You Have an Innovation Strategy?
Construction and engineering are among the top five industries ripe for disruption according to research by PwC. Will innovation come from tech companies and startups, or could established firms be proactive? For Granlund, founded in 1960, innovation is a strategic essential and a core competency. Granlund is a Finnish design, consultancy, and software services firm…