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Finnish construction giant Lujatalo selects IFS to drive agility and enhance insight into business processes IFS Cloud solution will support financial, supply chain and project management for leading contractor with an initial implementation for the Lujabetoni concrete manufacturing business unit London, UK, January 31, 2023 – IFS, the global cloud enterprise software company, today announced that Finnish building contractor, Lujatalo Oy, is implementing the IFS Cloud ERP software solution as it looks to modernize its infrastructure and drive a competitive edge against the backdrop of rising raw material and energy prices. The solution Lujatalo has purchased will be implemented initially for Lujabetoni,...

Construction Technology Startup KEWAZO raises $5 million Series A Funding First product LIFTBOT addresses safety and labor shortages, and reduces inefficiencies Munich – KEWAZO, a leader in construction robotics, today announced it has closed a $5 million series A funding round, bringing the total amount raised to $9 million. The round was led by True Ventures. Existing investor MIG AG, a Munich-based venture capital firm and one of the founding investors in BioNTech, also participated in the round. KEWAZO is digitizing construction with robotics and data analytics. The startup offers the robotic material hoist LIFTBOT for construction sites and industrial...

DLR group details case studies using integrated design The value of Integrated Design Architect Steven McKay has been selected as the newest CEO of the global, 100% employee-owned firm DLR Group. He began his journey with the company in 1996, and has led the firm’s integrated design practice during those three decades. The team celebrates this model of ‘integrated design’ as a valuable and more efficient workflow that involves a range of disciplines working together in harmony. The process brings all of the voices together to make the crucial design decisions and iterations at the earliest stages of a project. ...

Translucent veil drapes over MAD architects' xinhee design center in china MAD Architects completes Xinhee Design Center   Xinhee Design Center, created by MAD Architects, sees its completion after almost seven years of construction. Located in Xiamen, a port city on china’s southeast coast, and designed for the international fashion group Xinhee and its six subsidiary brands, the scheme unfolds around a central atrium, with six curvaceous petals emerging from a central core. Occupying an area of around 61,000 sqm (656,600 sq ft), the architecture introduces a flexible and innovative workplace that blurs the boundaries between built and landscape, as well...

using AI, vincent callebaut reimagines 'haussmannian' paris architecture as green, breathable buildings Vincent Callebaut envisions A Resilient, Green & Breathable Paris Drawing from the work of Baron Haussmann, who was responsible for the urban transformation of Paris between 1853 and 1870, architectural firm Vincent Callebaut Architectures presents a series of futuristic, biologically inspired architectures for the French capital. The architects harness the power of new artificial intelligence tools to create a collection of green ‘Haussmannian’ buildings and biomimetic positive-energy structures called ‘Archibiotics’.  The resulting units are built from biobased materials (such as rammed earth, bamboo, microalgae, mycelium, etc.) and are...