Cradling the AEC Digital Revolution: Stanford University’s CIFE with Blackhorn’s Ray Levitt
Venture West Preview If you spend any time in the AEC emerging tech sector in the Bay Area, you will undoubtedly hear about Stanford University and its central role in sparking all manner of innovation in the design and construction industry, particularly in the industry’s digital revolution. As tempting as […]
Smart Building As a Service: The Latest Innovation from Obayashi’s Silicon Valley Ventures & Lab
Venture West Preview In an unassuming building in an unassuming area of Silicon Valley, sits Silicon Valley Ventures and Lab – the somewhat unbranded innovation outpost of $15 billion revenue, $8.6 billion market cap Japanese real estate, design, construction and facilities maintenance giant Obayashi. One of the earliest construction companies […]
Silicon Valley Heavy Equipment Robotics Startup Teleo Plays Short & Long Game with Autonomous Construction
Venture West Preview Palo Alto-based Teleo is converting existing fleets of heavy equipment into semi-autonomous robots, allowing operators to control multiple machines from a remote station, where they can switch between machines and also between jobsites. Rather than pursuing a fully autonomous strategy or a fully remotely operated strategy, Teleo […]
Building Technology’s Newest Wave of Innovation
Exploring Five of the Most Recent Venture Investments in Building Tech Solutions On the heels of BuiltWorlds’ recently released Building Tech Research, including four Technology Specialty Reports (which dive deep into High-Performance Materials, Planning & Design Solutions, Energy Systems/HVAC Technologies and Tenant Services/User Experience Solutions), the 2024 Annual Building Tech […]
KPMG Global Construction Survey Finds Familiar Challenges, New Approaches
This is a sponsored message from KPMG. The KPMG 2023 Global Construction Survey finds the industry in a cautiously optimistic mood, as the combination of widespread government infrastructure stimuli, the renewable energy revolution, increasing capital investment in strategically important sectors, and a post-COVID-19 pipeline create excellent opportunities. In KPMG’s 14th survey, they […]
Dusty Robotics Positioned for Success with Next Generation Printer and Early Adopters
Venture West Preview Once dubbed Roomba for construction, Dusty Robotics automates the process of multi-trade interior layouts based on revit drawings and selected marks in an interior space. Similar to the way layout is completed manually, Dusty promises greater accuracy, streamlined communication, and better coordination by doing all layout for all the […]
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