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How far are we really from fully autonomous earth moving machinery?
November 12, 2019
This article was first published on September 6, 2019 as a LinkedIn article by our Business Develoment Manager, Miika Kostamo. Kobelco working on Tampere Tramway project with BIM ready machine control system. After visiting the Finnish earth moving expo, Maxpo 2019, this week, I started to think, how far away we really are from fully […]
The Tampere tramway project – 2D maps replaced by 3D models
January 24, 2018
In the spring 2017, when the sun started shining into Finnish homes, fenced construction sites with workers and machines started popping up in the streets of Tampere, Finland. This was due to the tram line construction project in, which started in early February with earthmoving and moving underground pipes and cables from below the future […]
Blog: Open BIM in infrastructure industry
September 15, 2016
This article describes the significance of open Building Information Modelling (open BIM) on the productivity of the earthworks industry. The productivity of the infrastructure industry can be improved by promoting and furthering the implementation of building information modelling and open interface based data systems. Information modelling means a process based on an information model that […]
Blog: Reconstruction after major earthquake. Tsunami protection in Japan
February 9, 2016
Even three years after a major earthquake, the clean-up and reconstruction work is far from being completed in Japan. In addition to rebuilding destroyed buildings, the Japanese government is still struggling to improve the flood protection. Consequently, in the Miyagi prefecture on the Japanese main island Honshu in Sendai Bay, the flood protection infrastructure was […]
Blog: From the Industrial Revolution to Information Modeling
February 9, 2016
The Industrial Revolution transformed industrial production methods a few hundred years ago. Social structures also changed and in terms of work, the population largely shifted from agriculture to industry. In the construction sector, on the other hand, there was a great increase in productivity when combustion engine-driven machinery was introduced about a hundred years ago. […]
Blog: Smart technology increases productivity
February 9, 2016
Destia, the Finnish infrastructure and construction company, has been utilising 3D machine control at its construction sites for several years. The company has been a major infrastructure trend-setter in Finland with a clear vision of the worksite of the future. Destia has observed that machine control is part of a modern earthwork process and a […]