“By 2050, there’ll be 2 billion additional city dwellers — sustainable urbanization will be a major construction challenge and the industry must strive to find innovative new products and solutions, to contribute to building better cities,” says Bruno Lafont, Chairman and Chief Executive of global building products Lafarge. I recently came across a very informative… Continue reading Global Construction 2030
Top 10 Trends in the AEC Industry
We know construction is cool and with whatever is happening in the AEC industry, we bet you will find it cool too. From Augmented reality to 3D scanning and printing, we are rounding up the top 10 trends that we think will transform the brick and mortar industry sooner than you think. 1) 3D Laser… Continue reading Top 10 Trends in the AEC Industry
BIM: A Quest to Digitize Construction
If you are in the AEC industry, chances are you have heard of BIM. Infact, BIM has suddenly become a buzzword among professionals across engineering, architecture and construction fields. So what exactly is BIM? Well, BIM stands for Building Information Modeling and contrary to what most people think, it is a way of working rather… Continue reading BIM: A Quest to Digitize Construction
Innovations in the construction industry
The construction industry is going through some major disruptive changes. The role of technology is becoming increasingly important in an otherwise traditional industry.The industry which has been set in its ways is now geared towards adopting new technology, collaborative processes, and integrated contracts. For example, the UK government is spearheading the modernisation of the sector,… Continue reading Innovations in the construction industry
The Global Elite
Following up on my previous post on most liveable cities, I will talk about the cities that command global dominance based on economic strength and business activity. I recently came across a very interesting analysis by the management consulting firm AT Kearney on the top performing cities of today and tomorrow. The report not only… Continue reading The Global Elite
Urbanisation Shift
The Mckinsey Global Institute created an interesting app a while back called the Urban World. The app is an amazing visual tool to explore the unprecedented and rapid urbanisation shift in cities across the world.A key feature of the app is the depiction of the world’s shifting centre of “economic gravity”. Around 1CE/AD, the this… Continue reading Urbanisation Shift
Most liveable cities (and what that means for you)
I am a fan of cities and that means I regularly check annual city rankings by different sources. These rankings are meant to provide a comparison of cities along parameters that usually define liveability. A leading source of authority on this subject is the Economic Intelligence Unit which recently published the 2015 Global Liveability Ranking.… Continue reading Most liveable cities (and what that means for you)
Urban Imagineering 