News
Blogi - 18.12.2018
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.
Blogi - 13.12.2018
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.
Blogi - 28.06.2018
Human Eye Resolution Virtual Reality for AEC
Virtual reality opens new perspectives for communication and customer involvement in construction.
Blogi - 28.06.2018
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.
Blogi - 28.06.2018
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.
Blogi - 28.06.2018
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...
Blogi - 28.06.2018
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.
Blogi - 31.05.2018
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
Current experimental projects can be browsed here
Building permit process based on data models
The experiment coordinated by the City of Vantaa is about promoting a building permit process based on data models.
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The City of Hyvinkää uses crowdsourcing to build facades for 3D city model
The City of Hyvinkää invites the residents of the municipality to participate in building the 3D buildings of city models. Photographs are used for creating improved facades in the 3D model.
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A shared model and a portal for references in the construction sector
This experimental project develops a shared model for high-quality references that can be compared – and a portal for compiling them.
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Inspecting moisture damages in buildings with passive RFID sensors
An experimental project by Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, "Passive RFID sensors in monitoring moisture in buildings". The experimental project was launched on 1 August 2017 and will end on 30 April 2018.
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Testing the intelligent building engineering of the future
How will the intelligent properties of the future function? What kinds of technical challenges will they have? Answers to these questions are sought in the pilot environment of intelligent building engineering in Otaniemi.
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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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Keyless access to student residences
The objective of the KOAS project is to develop a keyless electronic access control system to facilitate the use of common premises in student residences.
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A linked building data service for the Aalto University campus
Information models of the buildings on the Aalto University campus will be published in the Linked Building Data service.
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Estimation of the life cycle costs of a residential building
The objective of the project is to develop better tools for the administration of residential buildings and to see how the residential building data can be used in forecasting and planning.
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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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