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IoT: Take Guessing Out of the Concrete Drying Process
An experimental project recently used IoT sensors and AI to determine when it is safe to start finishing concrete surfaces.
A Portable Robot That Will Shake the Window Cleaning Industry
A Finnish startup wants to automate the way we clean and care for our building facades. Its compact robot is taking the world by the storm.
Human Eye Resolution Virtual Reality for AEC
Virtual reality opens new perspectives for communication and customer involvement in construction.
Sweco Boosts Construction Productivity and Quality with AI
Sweco is one of the first in the world to showcase the use of machine learning in structural design.
How BIM is Revolutionizing Building Control in Finland
A Finnish KIRA-digi experimentation project has demonstrated how BIM can speed up and improve the building permit process considerably.
Better Design of HVAC Systems with VR
CTRL Reality, a Finnish AR/VR application development company, is completing an experimentation project demonstrating how HVAC design and installation are easier and cost-efficient with the help of vi...
BLOXHUB – A Co-Working Space for an Ecosystem
BLOXHUB is an urban innovation lab; it’s a coworking space and community providing a platform for companies within the open built environment.
Echargie: How to Make Use of Existing Infrastructure for E-Mobility
All major car manufacturers are committed to making hybrids and 100 % electric vehicles (EVs). Consequently, a growing number of drivers will need sockets to charge their vehicles. Echargie solves thi...
Experimental projects
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Updating the process of rock excavation by drilling to the digital age
This project develops and trials a new kind of digital process in rock excavation by drilling to replace a paper-based planning process.
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Agile method for modelling buildings
With the right kind of work process, buildings could be modelled almost in real time – and in an agile, affordable and reliable way.
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Bluetooth beacons show you the way in the city
The JHL Finland project experiments with using Bluetooth beacons as local data banks of buildings.
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Mass digitalisation of municipal building permit data
In the experiment, the municipality of Hollola will digitalise building permit data and create a mass digitalisation model to meet the needs of municipalities.
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More information to Building Information Models (BIM)
In the project carried out by Eurostep Oy, BIMs are enriched by adding lifecycle data using application programming interfaces.
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Faster documentation in the construction industry with the DigiLastu service
This project developed a service that increases the efficiency of the burdensome documentation process and thus saves money in the construction industry.
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Analytics to assist in property portfolio management
The experiment carried out by Visma Tampuuri Oy helps property owners to implement their strategy based on data analytics, by using more extensive data than before.
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Espoo is developing smoother infrastructure-related exchange of information
Several different parties are involved in designing, building and maintaining infrastructure in Espoo. The city is developing an information portal and user interface through which information would be exchanged more smoothly between projects and be made accessible to all parties involved.
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Transferring data on the road and street network condition
Ramboll Oy and the City of Espoo tested how data on the road and street network can be transferred in a shared system ecosystem.
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An IoT network improves the efficiency of the infrastructure and logistics of the scout camp Kliffa
In the experiment carried out by the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Scouts and Guides, a fast to set up IoT network monitors the infrastructure and logistics of their district camp. At the same time, it allows the real-time calculation of the carbon footprint of the camp.
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