{"id":26168,"date":"2024-06-11T15:40:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T22:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/kira-digi-experiments-paving-way-for-built-environment-digitalization\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T15:41:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T22:41:03","slug":"kira-digi-experiments-paving-way-for-built-environment-digitalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/kira-digi-experiments-paving-way-for-built-environment-digitalization\/","title":{"rendered":"KIRA-digi Experiments Paving Way for Built Environment Digitalization"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KIRA-digi<\/strong> was a national built environment digitalization spearhead project of the Finnish government carried out in 2016-2019. The project supported 138 experiments with \u20ac4.7 million in funding from the government. Participating companies invested 7.8 million in total. Here are some of the experiments that we\u2019ve featured on AEC-Business.com.<\/p>\n

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Duuers: Better Proposals
\nwith Less Work<\/h2>\n

Small
\ncontractors, consultants, and design professionals have a love\u2013hate
\nrelationship with responding to RFPs. Duuers, a Finnish startup, wants to turn
\nthis struggle into an inspiring experience.<\/p>\n

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\nmore<\/a><\/p>\n

Echargie: How to Make Use
\nof Existing Infrastructure for E-Mobility<\/h2>\n
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All major
\ncar manufacturers are committed to making hybrids and 100 % electric vehicles
\n(EVs). Consequently, a growing number of drivers will need sockets to charge
\ntheir vehicles. Echargie solves this problem by turning any power socket into a
\nsmart charging station<\/p>\n

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\nmore<\/a><\/p>\n

Scaling up Building
\nSustainability Assessments with BIM Model Checker Tools<\/h2>\n

Building
\ninformation models (BIMs) can provide a lot of useful information for a life
\ncycle assessment. However, the models have to meet certain criteria to be
\nusable. Bionova created a prototype to test how well a model checker could
\nautomatically verify the quality of a BIM.<\/p>\n

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\nmore<\/a><\/p>\n

Speeding up Infrastructure
\nProjects with the Cloud<\/h2>\n

Infrakit, a
\ncloud service developed by a Finnish startup company, is accelerating
\ninfrastructure projects both in Finland and, increasingly, abroad. Automatic
\ntransfer of information among parties involved in a project saves time, reduces
\npaperwork, and facilitates the work of land surveyors.\u00a0 In addition to
\nexcavators, rock drills can now also be viewed on the map.<\/p>\n

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\nmore<\/a><\/p>\n

Plehat Brings Natural
\nEnvironments into Design Tools<\/h2>\n
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Natural
\nelements are an essential part of the built environment. However, BIM tools
\noffer almost no support to landscape architecture. Plehat is introducing a new
\nsolution that helps architects and decision-makers to understand the dynamics
\nof nature and make smart design choices.<\/p>\n

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Better Design of HVAC
\nSystems with VR<\/h2>\n

Retrofitting
\nnew technical systems into an existing building can be tricky. CTRL Reality, a
\nFinnish AR\/VR application development company, is completing an experimentation
\nproject demonstrating how HVAC design and installation are easier and
\ncost-efficient with the help of virtual reality.<\/p>\n

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\nmore<\/a><\/p>\n

Better Indoor Environments
\nwith Real-Time IoT Data<\/h2>\n

Homes and
\nother properties contain an increasing number of IoT sensors and smart devices
\nthat provide data relating to their environment. Cozify wanted to demonstrate
\nhow that data could be used to create comfortable indoor conditions for people,
\nand save money while doing so.<\/p>\n

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How Algorithmic Design
\nImproves Collaboration in Building Design<\/h2>\n
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Two
\ncompanies, A-Insin\u00f6\u00f6rit and Geometria Architecture, joined forces to test
\nalgorithmic design collaboration to see if it could solve many of today\u2019s data
\nexchange problems. They found their solution could speed up the process,
\neliminate many errors, and alleviate the frustration of doing updates by hand.
\nIt could also have a positive effect on the final outcome of the project.<\/p>\n

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\nmore<\/a><\/p>\n

Taking Service Network
\nPlanning to the Next Level<\/h2>\n

Cities and
\nmunicipalities are basically systems for delivering services for the benefit of
\ntheir citizens. An experimental project demonstrated how improving the flow of
\ndata between these services could save a lot of time and taxpayer money.<\/p>\n

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\nmore<\/a><\/p>\n

SkenarioLabs Uses AI for
\nProperty Benchmarking<\/h2>\n

AI
\ncontinues to be a hot topic across industries. The PropTech startup
\nSkenarioLabs has a data analytics solution that utilizes AI. The results have
\nbeen successful from the perspective of property owners: reliable technical
\nsurveys that contribute to making smart investment decisions.<\/p>\n

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\nmore<\/a><\/p>\n

Testing Robotic Cleanup on
\na Construction Site<\/h2>\n
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A group of
\npeople had gathered at a construction site in Vantaa, Finland, on February 25,
\n2019. On the floor of a large room, a robot was blinking lights, apparently
\nwaiting for instructions on what to do next. This was the first test of an
\nindustry-grade cleaning robot for construction sites.<\/p>\n

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\nmore<\/a><\/p>\n

Locating Construction
\nEquipment with IoT and Mobile Technology<\/h2>\n

It can take
\nhours, or even days, to find a specific scissor lift on a large construction
\nsite \u2013 multiply that with hundreds of machines on the site and, then, you grasp
\nthe scale of the dilemma. Three companies joined forces to test an IoT solution
\nthat could fix the problem, cost-efficiently.<\/p>\n

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\nmore<\/a><\/p>\n

eRent: Construction
\nEfficiency Using Principles of the Sharing Economy<\/h2>\n

eRent has
\ndeveloped a digital equipment management portal for construction equipment. At
\nthe very heart of the concept lies the resource efficiency that can be achieved
\nusing principles of the sharing economy.<\/p>\n

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\nmore<\/a><\/p>\n

A Portable Robot That Will
\nShake the Window Cleaning Industry<\/h2>\n
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A Finnish
\nstartup wants to automate the way we clean and care for our building facades. Its
\ncompact robot is taking the world by the storm.<\/p>\n

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\nmore<\/a><\/p>\n

AI Helps Deliver Better
\nConcrete More Efficiently<\/h2>\n

The
\nconstruction industry uses 13 billion cubic meters of ready-mix concrete every
\nyear. The logistics and quality assurance of this concrete depend on legacy
\ntechnologies that are no longer sufficient for today\u2019s needs. To address this,
\nCaidio is introducing AI-based solutions to help the supply chain deliver
\nbetter quality concrete more efficiently.<\/p>\n

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\nmore<\/a><\/p>\n

How AI Can Become a Design
\nAdviser<\/h2>\n
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Parametrized
\ndesign software is not a recent invention. This software is based on
\npredetermined, fixed algorithms, leaving most of the work to the designer.
\nSweco, a leading engineering consultancy, is now exploring how artificial
\nintelligence (AI) could take design automation in the Architecture,
\nEngineering, and Construction industry to the next level<\/p>\n

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How VR and AR Will Help in
\nRemote Expert Assistance<\/h2>\n

The speed
\nand quality of maintenance and repair are critical in the modern,
\ntechnology-packed built environment. Consequently, these were considered in an
\nexperimental project that tested how remote expert assistance using VR and AR
\ntechnologies could help improve the productivity of field service.<\/p>\n

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\nmore<\/a><\/p>\n

Connecting IoT Data to BIM<\/h2>\n
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Internet of
\nThings sensors and IoT-capable devices provide a huge amount of data from
\nbuildings. To make this data useful and usable for research, Aalto University
\nis developing and testing a service that links IoT with building information
\nmodels, BIMs.<\/p>\n

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How BIM is Revolutionizing Building Control in Finland<\/h2>\n

BIM is becoming mainstream in building design, but building control is still predominantly based on paper documents and 2D drawings. A Finnish KIRA-digi experimentation project has demonstrated how BIM can speed up and improve the building permit process considerably.<\/p>\n

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Helsinki is Building a
\nDigital Twin of the City<\/h2>\n
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The capital
\nof Finland first tested city modeling as long back as 1987. But the most recent
\nmodel of the Kalasatama district demonstrates the new state-of-the-art
\npossibilities of this technology: creation of a highly accurate digital twin of
\nthe city.<\/p>\n

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\nmore<\/a><\/p>\n

City Development with
\nInteractive 3D Models<\/h2>\n

The Finnish
\ncity of Hyvink\u00e4\u00e4 has developed a unique internet service for collaborative 3D
\ncity planning. It gives real estate owners, investors, developers, designers,
\nauthorities, and citizens easy-to-use tools to publish their 3D plans and ideas
\nfor the built city environment.<\/p>\n

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\nmore<\/a><\/p>\n

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