How to Simplify Jobsite Management

There’s a lot of buzz these days about the digital construction jobsite. Yet how do you reconcile the fact that productivity levels have slipped below 1950 levels in spite of technology?

National Retrofit Hub debuts new guide to Digital Building Logbooks

'Digital Building Logbooks and Retrofit: An Introduction'  is a new guide from the National Retrofit Hub aimed at supporting retrofit initiatives nationwide. The post National Retrofit Hub debuts new guide to Digital Building Logbooks appeared first on Planning, Building & Construction Today.

The Time-Saving, Stress-Defeating Benefits of Digital Inspection Workflows

We recently spoke with construction and utility leaders who are uniting digital inspection technology with GIS data to create more informed, accurate, and collaborative digital inspection workflows.

Building’s editor shortlisted for another award

Publisher Assemble Media Group and sister title Housing Today are also in the running for AOP Digital Publisher Awards

Tech helps to put occupiers first

The pandemic and the rise of digital management have turbocharged a ‘hotelification’ of real estate.

FT - Why 3D printing is vital to success of US manufacturing 19042023

The FT's global business columnist Rana Foroohar explores how new additive manufacturing technology can boost innovation and jobs in a de-globalising world, as the pandemic, war in Ukraine, and climate change underline the dangers of relying on fragile global supply chains

RICS - Unreal estate: valuing property in the Metaverse, 23032023

In this RICS Modus webinar for the World Built Environment Forum (WBEF), questions are raised to the panel about the Metaverse, e.g. What is the metaverse and how would we sum it up? Where do you think real estate fits into the metaverse? What the real estate might look in one of these Metaverse worlds? Why should Real Estate professionals be interested in the Metaverse?

WEF - Global Lighthouse Network - Future of Manufacturing, 19012023

The World Economic Forum's Global Lighthouse Network brings together 44 of the most advanced factories in the world that are showing leadership in applying technologies to drive financial and operational impact at scale. Learn how these factories are connecting value chains end-to-end, preparing workforce and optimizing processes towards a more sustainable and inclusive future

WEF - Global Lighthouse Network - Lighthouses Live event, October 2022

This is an hour long "live-streamed" event which starts after 10 1/2 minutes of this video (... so skip forward) Since its launch in 2018, the Global Lighthouse Network has shown how Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies can drive performance and innovate supply chains, improving everything from productivity and sustainability, to workforce engagement. The challenge ahead will be scaling both the deployment and adoption of these technologies.

WEF - Global Lighthouse Network - Shaping the Next Chapter of the Fourth Industrial Revolution - White Paper - January 2023

This white paper presents an analysis by McKinsey and the World Economic Forum of how some companies have successfully implemented and scaled-up digital technology to improve their manufacturing processes, reducing waste and improving their sustainable credentials