What Search Term Trends Reveal about Construction

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 search terms form 2017 to 2018: Construction site +378% Artificial intelligence +243% Off site +200% Automation […]

How BIM Helps Make Buildings Safer

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 with an AR headset. He can retrieve data from the building’s digital model […]

Helsinki’s Digital Twin Report Released

A report called The Kalasatama Digital Twins Project by the Helsinki 3D+ team details the process and the technologies that they used to create a digital twin of the Kalasatama district. I met with the city’s team in April 2019 and consequently wrote the article Helsinki is Building a Digital Twin of the City. Download […]