A ‘Tsunami of solutions’ conference, ‘Wall-as-a-service’ robotics, a roadmap to improve recycling throughout the US, and more in this week’s AEC tech headlines.
Cooper Carry recently secured
a Radical innovation Award (2019) for their modular hotel design. This deploys modular construction techniques to build ‘pop up’
hotels in interstitial spaces between buildings and allow them to ‘collapse’
once completed – unlocking new opportunities in crowded urban
areas.
The UK-based Additive Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) have
raised $5.2m to commercialize their post-processing technology.
This carries the potential for the delivery of end-to-end solutions for materials and
manufacturing throughout a range of sectors, eliminating the need for
external intervention to post-process printed parts and increase print
volume.
The recent “Bridge to Circularity”
report gives a first-of-its-kind roadmap to improve recycling throughout the US.
Developed by The
Recycling Partnership in collaboration with over 400 businesses, the report identifies key drivers for the issue and the
$500m USD cost required to enact ‘Recycling 2.0’ by 2025 and to build momentum
across the industry with a new approach to materials handling.
FloodFrame is poised to move into at-risk
flooding areas throughout the UK. The Danish company has
partnered with Acclear to investigate the role it can play with flood prevention in
the UK, helping it provide a flexible, cost-effective solution for many homes
throughout the country.
SignalAI has raised $25m of funding is set to
expand into new markets. The platform uses publicly available data to identify forthcoming trends and
deploys machine learning to help understanding and predict changing regulatory
environments, business intelligence, and analytics – helping companies ‘see
round the corner’ and remain reactive to change.
Serverless Architecture is set to see a growth
rare of 27.3% CAGR by 2025 according to a recent market report.
Third party hosting helps eliminate the need for infrastructure and hardware
management, allowing increased flexibility and capacity to scale –
settling to a possible predicted market size of $18.04bn by 2024.
Chicago’s forthcoming IT strategic plan has identified equity and co-ordination as
priorities for forthcoming smart city initiatives. The plan focuses on providing ‘meaningful experiences’ for citizens and supporting the Pitch and Pilot program that invites businesses to solve
municipal and housing problems.
Accenture has launched a new X.0 Studio in
Chicago to drive the development of ‘smart connected’ products
and services for a range of industries. The ‘forge’ studio allows for the company to access continuous innovation for
their clients driving progress in design, engineering, manufacturing and to
provide new support to supply chain management and logistics;
GreenBiz is set to commence the ninth annual
VERGE conference. Running from the 22nd – 24th of October, the event
covers the ‘Tsunami of solutions’ available to businesses and forthcoming
changes to building design, management, corporate finance and more.
This week saw the launch of The Digital Construction
Works (DCW) programme. Stretching from planning, construction
and operations – the initiative aims to create a ‘digital thread’ to help
lower life-cycle costs and optimize asset performance.
Fastbrick Australia saw the release of the
Hadrian X unit, a cab mounted robot that is set to offer
“Wall-as-a-service” functionality. Developed as a joint venture between Fastbrick Robotics (FBR)
and Brickworks, the system delivers builds with high speed, accuracy, and
minimal wastage.
Haptics are set to play a prominent role in
modern architectural design, according to Blaine Brownell. Writing for Architecture Magazine, Brownell highlights how
tactility is vital in an increasing abstract, virtual world, and an provide
novel solutions to commonplace problems.
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