Blogs

	Need for productized indoor environment solutions exists 28.03.2012 06:57 3 Risto Kosonen The tightening of energy regulations has been the subject of lively discussion, but the time horizon involved has been just a few years.
	Construction also needs growth entrepreneurs 28.03.2012 06:53 4 Matti Sivunen During the spring of 2012 Aalto University has been training real estate and construction sector students under guidance of Prof. Seppo Junnila into changers of the future - growth entrepreneurs.
	Lean Construction - tool or philosophy? 28.03.2012 06:50 4 Maila Herrala If you are asked what "lean" means, what do you reply? Eliminating waste and improvement of efficiency may come to mind, right?
	21st Urban Design Symposium in Helsinki during early June 16.02.2012 10:48 3 Michael Lovejoy During 2011, a global FinNode project -21st Century Urban Design - was undertaken in China, India, Japan, Russia and USA, with the latter including a World Bank view of the developing world.
	Lego companies and Lego workers 29.08.2011 10:44 462 Kalle Kähkönen Sometimes we tend to think that construction business, companies representing it and their processes are something very unique and cannot be compared with other industries. I trust that this is wrong in many ways. A long term development trend, side by side with other lines of businesses, has dramatically changed construction operations during last decades. This originates from EVA - thinking (Economic Value Added) which has produced a phenomenon that is very well-known as "outsourcing". With this approach companies are putting their attention on their core business and organizing it in a way where all non-core activities are placed outside the company.
	Built Environment Industry as a Global Cluster 27.04.2011 10:43 4 Ari Ahonen The history of the construction industry is the history of new building. Throughout history great men have wanted to build new and fascinating buildings for their nations and peoples. The new building industry has always developed strongly after wars in huge technological leaps.
	Serendipity in coffee corners and planning work spaces 27.04.2011 10:27 2 Marc Borremans Let me start by asking you a question: "Where in your office building do you achieve most progress with your ideas?" When asking this question to other people, they answered places like the elevator, the corridor, the coffee corner. In other words, the kind of places where you can share what interests you, be enthusiastic, but also leave when your interest is over.