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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
Current experimental projects can be browsed here
Kalasatama digital twins
In the project conducted by the City of Helsinki, digital twins city information models will be created of the Kalasatama area.
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MAKU-digi: Making the costs of land use visible
Sito’s pilot project “MAKU-digi: The digitalisation of soil-related costs”. The pilot project began on 1 March 2017 and will end on 3 October 2017.
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Data models for the administrative process concerning road plans
In the project coordinated by Sitowise, design models are introduced into the administrative processes in road construction.
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Intelligent space management and guidance on the campus of Lahti UAS
Lahti University of Applied Sciences is creating a system for campus space management, intelligent guidance and development of an open interface for measurement data on buildings.
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Attention to benefits of nature in urban design
In the WSP experiment, a method is developed to measure the benefits of nature in urban environment and to provide information for urban planning.
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Master plans take a digital leap into forests
In the experiment carried out by CGI, the master planning process is digitalised to allow the efficient use and easy availability of existing master plan data in the forestry sector.
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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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A new way of creating HVAC systems with virtual reality tools
Virtual reality would be easy to apply in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) industry. Kolmeks Oy is developing a virtual reality tool that will ease the design, contracting and deployment of HVAC systems.
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Managing urban runoff
The project developed a precise method for classifying ground surfaces. The method was used to find the places where urban runoff could pose problems in the City of Imatra.
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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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