Construction Industry
Autodesk Continues its Digital Construction Crusade with Spacemaker.ai Acquisition
November 23rd, 2020The Digital Disruption for Post-COVID Construction
August 24th, 2020
The Building Process Must Begin with the End in Mind!
Too many modern buildings are born old. Planned with the smartest intentions but arrive obsolete on completion. This reality points to a problem-of-process that gives many buildings a handicap from birth, condemning them to a short life where they can never reach their potential value. If we are ever to realize our broad smart building […]
Recording: Where Things Go Wrong with Smart Buildings!
Here are the Audio Stream & Video from our 7th Free Webinar of the 2020 Smart Buildings Series. Where Things Go Wrong with Smart Buildings! Mike Brooman from Vanti joined Memoori to discuss his experience of working on commercial smart building projects; what works and importantly what does not work… and how problems can be […]
Webinar: Where Things Go Wrong with Smart Buildings!
** The Recording of this Webinar can now be found HERE ** Please Join us on Wednesday 15th July 1700 CET | 1100 EDT | 0800 PDT for our 7th FREE Webinar in the 2020 Smart Buildings Series. Where Things Go Wrong with Smart Buildings!. Mike Brooman from Vanti, one of the UK’s leading Master […]
Legacy Procurement Practices Continue to Hold Back the Building IoT Market
Construction methodology is still, for the most part, archaic. It starts with a strategic definition, where a business case is developed around the client’s requirements and budgets, and sites are appraised. Once the project is defined, preparation and briefing can begin, where budgets, outcomes and aspirations are refined further and feasibility can be studied. Next, […]
Taking the Next Step in Standardized Construction for an “Office 1.0” Target
“The model the [construction] industry has defaulted to is based around design and build, where responsibility to complete the building design is passed down the supply chain. It has been driven by a desire to protect investment returns and transfer risk. But it has become a barrier to innovation,” says Neil Pennell, head of design […]
Moving Past Net Zero Buildings to Whole Life Carbon through Embodied Energy
“Climate change is undoubtedly the greatest challenge of our times. We need to take urgent action to almost halve global emissions by 2030 and eliminate them completely by the middle of the century,” says Julie Hirigoyen, Chief Executive at UKGBC. “It is in this context that the term ‘net zero carbon’ has started to enter […]
What Construction NEEDS to Learn from Industrial IOT & Manufacturing
Why has productivity in manufacturing, retail, and agriculture grown dramatically since 1945; but productivity in construction has barely increased at all? And what can construction learn from other industries to start to address this imbalance? Memoori speaks to IIoT expert Richard Smith from Delphium about what construction can learn from the Manufacturing process. The McKinsey […]
Software is King across the Commercial Building Lifecycle
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Software is a critical component in the lifecycle of a commercial building, starting from the design, planning and construction phases through to building operations and facility maintenance; followed by refurbishment and renovation before the final demolition phase. Until recently, the design and construction […]
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