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The Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) presents a significant opportunity for digital transformation in the infrastructure (architecture, engineering, and construction) industry. This sector, traditionally reliant on manual labor, mechanical technology, and traditional business models, has seen limited innovations in productivity compared to many other global industries. However, new digital technologies, particularly InfraTech solutions like drone technology, offer a promising pathway to revolutionize this industry.
The GI Hub's Director of Knowledge Mobilisation, Sam Barr, has been featured on the Competitive Contractor podcast with host Shivendra Kumar.
EyeRADAR provides a game-changing solution for managing slop stability, enhancing safety, and reducing the risks associated with linear infrastructure projects.
Durophalt and Durophalt-E are sustainable, durable, and cost-effective road maintenance solutions that replace traditional asphalt repair processes, reducing emissions and prolonging road lifespans.
TRL is using satellite imagery and artificial intelligence to assess the condition of rural, unpaved roads more efficiently.
irisGO™ is an AI-enabled camera that facilitates smarter condition monitoring by automating data gathering and analysis of road assets and defects in real time, enabling faster and more secure maintenance for safer roads.
COLPISTE is a combination of a soil stabilisation solution and a cold layer that makes it faster, more affordable, and more sustainable to construct reliable, all-weather roads in rural environments in developing countries
The Global BIM Network collaborates to co-develop and host an online, open-access knowledge base of resources from governments and organisations championing BIM in public sector construction and infrastructure projects.
This book questions the premise that Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have a performance advantage over traditionally procured projects. It examines novel research comparing the differences in performance between PPP and traditionally procured infrastructure projects and thoughtfully scrutinises the supposed advantages of PPPs.
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The Colouring Cities Research Programme (CCRP) is developing a model for open data platforms that uses an open-source code for easy-to-set-up-and-run platforms (managed by academia) that enable access to the highest quality, comprehensive national building footprint data available
The Trial Reservoir approach to technology trials has universal potential globally to increase and accelerate uptake of clean technologies. While this approach to trial funding has not yet been replicated, Isle Utilities are in advanced talks with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) regarding a Latin American-specific project, funded by the IDB.
The cool pavement technology project supports the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MOEI), United Arab Emirates Sustainability Strategy : Organising, planning, and guaranteeing the sustainability of the infrastructure, and the transport sector
Zhengzhou Unicom, together with China Unicom digital technology and ZTE, deployed a 5G + MEC private network to improve the reliability of end-to-end data transmission to ensure that the data does not leave the industrial park laying a solid foundation for 5G application security in industrial parks
To improve economic and cultural connections between China and Vietnam, Chongzuo Urban Construction Investment and Development Co is enhancing the development of areas along the road that connects them by utilising The Digital Management and Control Platform
Infraclear has gathered one of the world’s biggest databases of infrastructure project agreements and developed machine learning and natural language processing algorithms to extract granular data on terms.
Etherna is a ‘blockchain-as-a-service’ platform that makes the use of blockchain technology simple and transparent for any application and process integration.
This project is adopting and applying technology for a network expansion to improve network reliability, operational efficiency, and quality of service in the provinces of Afyonkarahisar, Bilecik, Eskisehir, Kütahya and Usak, in Türkiye.
Dayu Irrigation Group Co., Ltd. developed and deployed a water network system for farmland irrigation and established a management network and service network that are digital and intelligent
Inflation continues to soar globally, the IMF forecasts inflation will rise from 4.7 percent in 2021 to 8.8 percent in 2022. In India, wholesale inflation has remained in double digits for more than a year. The IMF now expects global growth to slow from 6.0 percent in 2021 to 3.2 percent in 2022 and 2.7 percent in 2023.
Improving Delivery Models
This Checklist for PPPs has been prepared from the point of view of public policy makers and decision-makers in countries at various levels of development and capacities for the purpose of a high level assessment of a PPP project.
