By 2050, 70 percent of world’s population of almost 10 billion people will live in urban areas. The presenters at the High Rise – Northern Exposure seminar envisioned how high-rise construction will meet the requirements of urbanization, and what tec...
Heating in EU households accounts for 79% of the total energy consumption. In cold climate areas, like Finland, the percentage is even higher. Enermix set out to test how room-level control in district-heated apartment houses would affect the comfort...
thyssenkrupp Materials Services relies on Microsoft for in-house solution development. AI is an essential component of the holistic digitalization strategy of the company. Customers benefit from individualized offers and more efficient processes. thy...
KIRA-digi was a national built environment digitalization spearhead project of the Finnish government carried out in 2016-2019. The project supported 138 experiments with €4.7 million in funding from the government. Participating companies invested 7...
LetsBuild, recently formed by the merger of Belgian APROPLAN and Danish GenieBelt, will soon be launching an ambitious BIM product. LetsBuild wants to seamlessly link on-site activities and checks to the project’s BIM model. Just as importantly, the...
Modern man lives under the illusion of being the most intelligent being out there. This is the paradox of human nature; we all want to make the best decisions with the knowledge we have at any given time, but on the other hand, our thinking is largel...
In the podcast interview with Jamiee Williams, Architectural Lead at SPACE10, we discuss the recently announced Urban Village Project. The project rethinks how we design, build, finance and share our future homes, neighborhoods, and cities. SPACE10 i...
Forum Wood building Nordic 2019 will focus on the role of design in the future, veneer and massive wood construction, resource efficiency and sustainability, Nordic harmonization of regulations and guidelines. The event takes place in Helsinki on Sep...
Artificial intelligence and machine learning help building designers, but also those who want to make construction sites safer. Here are my picks from recent construction-related AI news. Big construction companies are testing technology that could s...
Aarni Heiskanen started the AEC Business blog in June 2012. Over the years, hundreds of experts in construction innovation and technology have shared their knowledge, views, and ideas in interviews. The award-winning blog has a global audience that’s...
