There are many uses for building information models that are yet to be discovered. One Finnish team collaborated with a city and fire & rescue authority to explore how BIM would help make buildings safer. “Imagine a fire inspector in a building w...
Here is a selection of recent articles about potential uses of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the construction sector. Smart Construction, AI and Machine Learning This article by CIOReview outlines the following applications for arti...
Prefabrication and modular construction are one solution to the construction productivity conundrum. Here are some of the latest articles on the topic. Innovation to help builders do more with less The article asserts that the shortage of labor is th...
ArchDaily, the world’s most visited architectural website published a new Trends Report today. The report shows trends that relate to construction, based on the search terms that the site’s visitors have used. These were the growth rates of certain s...
Salla Palos, the Director of Transformation Services for Microsoft, works with teams across the globe in the USA, LATAM, EMEA, and Asia. She gave an interview to Aarni Heiskanen, explaining how the construction industry should change in order to deli...
Digitalization is changing the way that we operate and use buildings. Salla Palos is directing Microsoft towards a future that inspires innovative changes in both the mindset and the business models of AECO industry stakeholders. Salla Palos moved fr...
The Global Construction Survey 2019 by KPMG benchmarks how prepared companies are for a highly competitive and unpredictable future. The survey has been running annually since 2005. It features the perspectives of senior executives from 223 engineeri...
The previously informal network of Finnish proptech activists has now become a formalized community. The launch of PropTech Finland took place at KPMG’s Helsinki office on April 24, 2019. PropTech Finland’s mission is to unite the Finnish built envir...
Design, like everything else in a construction project, is a collaborative effort. Even with digital tools, collaboration across design disciplines is not yet optimal. An experimental project thus set out to test whether algorithmic design could help...
