ServiceWhale: An Innovative Business Platform for Home Improvement Projects
Could contracting home-improvement services be as easy as booking a vacation online? ServiceWhale wants to create an e-commerce experience similar … Read more
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From BIM to Site: A Digital Chain for Takt Production
How do you measure the performance of a takt construction project? That was one of the research themes presented at … Read more
Managing Infrastructure Projects with Infrakit – Interview with Teemu Kivimäki
Finland has been in the vanguard in adopting building information modeling (BIM) for infrastructure construction. In this interview I discuss … Read more
Peter Vesterbacka of Rovio: The FINEST Tunnel and More
Today, at the AEC Hackathon 3.2 Helsinki, Peter Vesterbacka of Rovio made two interesting announcements. He wants to build an … Read more
CO2 Performance Ladder: Cut Emissions, Save Costs and Win Business
Reducing your company’s CO2 emissions is not optional, especially if you operate in the EU. The CO2 Performance Ladder is … Read more
BREEAM USA – Interview with Barry Giles
In this episode 52 of the AEC Business podcast I interview Barry Giles, CEO of BREEAM USA. We talk about BREEAM … Read more
Rhumbix: A Productivity Platform for Construction – Interview with Guy Skillett
I had the pleasure of interviewing Guy Skillett, head of construction at Rhumbix, a construction industry IT startup. In addition to the audio … Read more
REDI: High-rise Housing and Service Hacking
When you come to Helsinki by boat, the most prominent buildings on the skyline are a few churches. In fact, … Read more
The Smartest Office Space – Interview with Janne Orava of Smartblock
A few weeks ago, I was a speaker at a seminar on the future of office work. At the venue, … Read more
Building New Data Bridges in AEC
The AEC sector’s longstanding problem is the lack of data flow among processes and project participants. We’ve tried to fix … Read more
A New Perspective on Mapping Construction Sites with the Crane Camera System
In this interview, Julian Norton, Business Development Manager of Pix4D, talks about the company’s innovative mapping system for construction sites. Pix4D has … Read more
Sensors for Smarter Construction – Interview with Laura Kassovic of MbientLab
I had the pleasure of interviewing Laura Kassovic, CEO and Co-founder at MbientLab Inc. We discuss how wearable technology and smart sensors … Read more