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- Dec 5, 2022
- 7 min
Situating MMC Within Technological Adoption
How firms use technology varies widely and cases like tractors, TVs and phones show technology diffusion typically takes 2 to 3 decades
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- May 30, 2022
- 8 min
Building Standards, Energy Codes and Decarbonization
The regular revision and upgrading of building codes and product standards is a policy area where governments direct industry development.
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- Apr 23, 2022
- 8 min
3D Concrete Printing and Digital Construction
In 2022 there are 2,372 different 3D printing machines available from 1,254 brands. Of these, 34 are for printing concrete.
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- Oct 23, 2021
- 9 min
BIM Mandates and Construction Industry Policy
BIM mandates by governments are important because the use of BIM unlocks digital construction.
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- Aug 14, 2021
- 7 min
Industrialized Building and the Failure of Katerra
An ambitious attempt at industrialized building was made by Katerra, a US firm that was reinventing construction but has gone bust.
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- Mar 8, 2021
- 6 min
The Digital Construction Production System
The construction industry is wide and diverse, and the various parts of the digital construction production system are in various stages of
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- Feb 5, 2021
- 7 min
Construction and Advanced Technologies
The survey links technologies across firm size and age categories, as well as the co-presence pattern for the technologies at the firm level
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- Jan 14, 2021
- 8 min
Digitization and Advanced Business Technologies in Industry
There is a commonly held view that construction is a digital laggard. A widely cited McKinsey report in 2016 argued.
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- Oct 20, 2020
- 2 min
Construction 4.0 Book
The book is good evidence that the built environment industries can(should? will?) be a leading sector for application of these technologies
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- Feb 26, 2020
- 6 min
Industry Structure and General Purpose Technologies
A new general purpose technology (GPT) becomes the basis of a system of industrial production.
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- Oct 23, 2019
- 8 min
Construction in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
It seems to me building and construction will become a laboratory for the fourth industrial revolution.
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- Jul 8, 2018
- 7 min
Two Reports on the Future of Construction
In one of those interesting accidents of timing, reports from the two leading management consultancies on the future of construction.
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- Apr 4, 2018
- 5 min
Five Construction Technologies
Every three years a giant construction and agricultural machinery show is held in the US, featuring the latest in giant machines like cranes
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- Jun 9, 2017
- 5 min
Technological Transparency in Building and Construction
In the first category is software, in particular the fully integrated project development, procurement & management platforms now available.
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- Mar 30, 2017
- 7 min
Construction's Three Pathways to the Future
Like other industries there is potential for new entrants, new business models and great disruption.
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