/en/listing/251611/feed News listing en /en/news/how-eu-data-and-digital-regulations-are-reshaping-the-building-services-industry Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:31:53 +0000 Mawara Khan 1318308 at /en The EU is enacting a wave of data, cybersecurity, and AI regulations that will impact every part of the construction technology value chain, including building services. A research project by the Finnish Talotekniikka 2030 group is examining their impact on building services companies and their clients. Digitalisation and AI Talotekniikka 2030 digitalising construction workflows Research & Art Digital Regulation /en/news/automatic-coordination-of-construction-actors-actor-webinar-videos Fri, 09 Dec 2022 20:39:32 +0000 Alaa Al Barazi 882351 at /en ACTOR is a Finnish R&D project that builds new capabilities towards automated coordination of construction actors. On November 3, 2022, ACTOR organized a webinar with a panel discussion and partner presentations. The recordings of the program are now openly available. Arts and design Research construction digitalising construction workflows Research & Art ACTOR-Webinar.jpg /en/news/boosting-mep-works-productivity-with-design-for-installation-and-prefabrication Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:20:35 +0000 Joonas Lehtovaara 705616 at /en In his doctoral research, Tuomas Valkonen delves deep into the design requirements and challenges of Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) prefabrication. Digitalisation and AI Talotekniikka 2030 digitalising construction workflows Research & Art man looking at drawing /en/news/diction-delivers-building-blocks-for-the-digital-future-of-construction Tue, 23 Mar 2021 10:46:35 +0000 Alaa Al Barazi 329976 at /en Transparent processes between stakeholders, distributed situational picture, and linked data with shared ontologies will transform the building industry. They will also enable new business models in the construction sector. Those were the key outcomes of the DiCtion project, which has released a compendium of its research results. Collaboration Research digitalising construction workflows Cooperation Research & Art DICtion-title.jpg /en/news/reports Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:04:10 +0000 Alaa Al Barazi 318411 at /en Read the final report of the studies carried out within the DICTION consortium. Research digitalising construction workflows Research & Art diction-kuvio-01 /en/news/how-to-successfully-change-the-construction-sector-for-the-better Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:26:01 +0000 Alaa Al Barazi 299081 at /en The construction industry is undergoing a transformation to become more productive, sustainable, and customer-oriented. Aalto University is now exploring how to make this change successful and permanent. Research digitalising construction workflows Research & Art Change-in-construction-1 /en/news/real-time-data-helps-improve-construction-productivity Sun, 21 Jun 2020 21:54:24 +0000 Alaa Al Barazi 219796 at /en The productivity of construction work depends on many factors. Jianyu Zhao, a doctoral candidate at Aalto University, has used indoor positioning to measure worker presence and task progress. His study will help construction companies identify productivity bottlenecks and find way to improve productivity. We sat down with him to discuss his research and its implications. Collaboration Research digitalising construction workflows Research & Art site-indoor /en/news/virtual-design-and-construction-from-a-client-perspective Sun, 21 Jun 2020 21:44:27 +0000 Alaa Al Barazi 219791 at /en We’ve seen how the strategies and ambitions of clients can be key drivers of digitalization of the construction industry. Sampo Oksama talks about Bonava’s efforts in the field and its collaboration in the DiCtion R&D project. Collaboration Research digitalising construction workflows Research & Art Bonava-1. /en/news/diction-strives-for-a-digital-quality-footprint-that-supports-learning-in-construction Mon, 01 Jun 2020 18:01:25 +0000 Alaa Al Barazi 215481 at /en Finnish AEC firms started adopting systematic quality management in the mid-1990s. Still missing, though, is an overarching view of quality issues in a construction project. DiCtion is exploring the use of shared digital quality data for that purpose. Collaboration Research digitalising construction workflows Research & Art Quality-footprint-2 /en/news/diction-uses-visual-data-to-automate-construction-site-processes Mon, 20 Apr 2020 10:46:53 +0000 Alaa Al Barazi 204411 at /en Sensors and cameras on a digitalised construction site provide a huge amount of useful data. As a result, it’s becoming almost impossible to interpret that data manually. Aalto University is now looking for ways to automate the processing and use of construction data in the DiCtion research project. Collaboration Research construction digitalising construction workflows Research & Art construction site /en/news/on-the-way-to-a-digital-revolution-in-construction Tue, 21 Apr 2020 08:38:26 +0000 Alaa Al Barazi 204581 at /en Trimble is one of the partners in the Aalto University-led research and development project DiCtion (Digitalizing Construction Workflows). Trimble’s Jukka Suomi shares his thoughts on how the project is contributing to the digital revolution in the industry and explains what the company is developing in DiCtion. Collaboration Research digitalising construction workflows Research & Art Jukka-Suomi /en/news/reality-capture-automated-construction-site-productivity-and-quality-monitoring Thu, 13 Feb 2020 10:54:20 +0000 Saeed Mirzaeifar 191341 at /en If you want to improve the productivity and quality of construction work, you need an efficient way to monitor progress and detect quality issues on a daily basis. Collaboration Research digitalising construction workflows Research & Art recap_rebar /en/news/how-to-digitalise-construction-for-on-site-workers Fri, 22 Nov 2019 11:26:30 +0000 Saeed Mirzaeifar 169111 at /en What would happen if we could tap into the knowledge of workers on the construction site? Would a real-time situation picture of the site make workers more productive? Theseare critical questions from Christopher Görsch’sresearch project, which formspart of Aalto University’s DiCtion program. Collaboration Research digitalising construction workflows Research & Art diction /en/news/diction-ontology-makes-data-flow-within-a-construction-project Wed, 13 Nov 2019 08:19:15 +0000 Saeed Mirzaeifar 166471 at /en DiCtion, a research and development project, seeks to boost productivity through the digitalisation of construction workflows. It introduces a shared ontology, the missing link that we need to make data flow smartly between processes and various systems. Collaboration Research digitalising construction workflows Research & Art on site /en/news/results-in-review-diction-is-digitalising-construction-workflows Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:41:11 +0000 Joonas Lehtovaara 162196 at /en The DiCtion seminar explored reasons for why digitalisation has thus far done little to increase productivity at construction sites. 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