A report “Smart Building Market – Global Forecast to 2021” projects that the smart building market will grow by 34 % annually from 2016 through 2021. The market size, estimated at $ 5.7 Billion in […]
At the GeoBIM Building and Infrastructure Conference in Amsterdam, Ingeborg Ligtenberg, Senior Project manager for Mega Projects, described how the Dutch highway authority Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) is piloting a very different approach to highway construction. Rijkswaterstaat […]
The Canadian government has announced a a pan-Canadian policy on climate change including a floor price on carbon beginning in 2018. The Paris agreement commits Canada to a 30 per cent reduction in greenhouse gases […]
At the GeoBIM Building and Infrastructure Conference in Amsterdam Rob van de Velde and Friso Penninga of Geonovum presented an overview of what has been achieved to date with respect to 3D data and technology […]
Energy efficiency The IEA has projected that a cumulative $44 trillion in investment will be needed in the global energy supply over the next 15 years. Another $23 trillion will be required for energy efficiency […]
The European construction market amounts to € 1.2 trillion annually or 9.9% of total EU GDP. There are 3.1 million organizations in the European construction industry of which more than 95% are SMEs. As in […]
At the Year in Infrastructure 2016 conference in London, the Be Inspired Awards attracted over 300 submissions. Many of these were impressive in how they applied digital technology to designing, constructing and maintaining buildings and […]
At the Year in Infrastructure 2016 conference in London, the Be Inspired Awards attracted over 300 submissions. Many of these were impressive in how they applied digital technology to designing, constructing and maintaining buildings and […]