House of Digital Twins
Cristina Savian
aec Business
feb 2021
As a vocal and passionate advocate for the adoption of Digital Twins for our built assets, I keep finding myself standing in, what feels like, the middle of a house of cards, observing its always rocky structure in constant danger of collapse. A wobbly system threatened by the tremors stressed by one of the most prominent digital revolutions that our construction industry has ever experienced...
My Top 5 Innovations for Greater Efficiency, Sustainability & Quality
Cristina Savian
aec Business
oct 2020
As a construction professional and British citizen, I genuinely could not have been any prouder and humbled to have opened UK Construction Week Virtual last week.
2020 is the year of disruptions, and we are all looking for this “New Normal”, and while this newfound regularity may have opened new opportunities, as we are now...
Are we ready for “Big Brother” on construction sites?
Cristina Savian
aec Business
aug 2020
I certainly do feel unsettled without my international lifestyle, hopping from one industry event to another.
I am very sympathetic to all those working in our ‘event industry’ and struggling to push through. However, like many working in the digitalisation of the industry, I am as busy as ever, supporting customers through...
Cristina Savian
Do We Need Blockchain in Construction?
aec Business
apr 2020
Blockchain technology claimed to have the potential to disrupt many aspects of how companies do business.
And like other emerging technologies, I have been exploring its uses, benefits and assessing its potential opportunities in the construction industry. If like me, you have been wondering what it is and if its applications are...
Australia’s way to better plan, design and manage its cities
Cristina Savian
aec Business
mar 2020
The last couple of weeks have been very significant for Digital Built Australia.
On the 24th of February, Minister for Customer Service Victor Dominello launched the New South Wales Spatial Digital Twin (NSW SDT)...
Cristina Savian
aec Business
dec 2019
The Road to a 3D Digital World in Australia
In the last six months have been spending a lot of my time down-under, thanks to my lovely ...
Cristina Savian
Financial Times
nov 2019
Graduates share their EMBA insights
Previous students reflect on how the programme influenced their career prospects...
Cristina Savian
aec Business
oct 2019
Digital Twins for a Safer Built Environment
As a native of Turin Italy, I was horrified at the Ponte Morandi bridge collapse last year. As a child and as an adult I have...
How Digital Twins will transform the construction industry
The World Summit on Digital Built Environments featured speakers from across the world who are ...
Cristina Savian
Aec Next News
oct 2019
Cristina Savian
aec Business
oct 2019
Tales from Beirut – EMBA Team Consulting Project
The experience was very enlightening and enriching at the same time. My last visit to the Middle East was in Jordan in 2005. I was once again overwhelmed...
Cristina Savian
Bim+
jan 2019
Potential to use BIM data in digital twins is being overlooked
Construction wants to catch up with aerospace and manufacturing and deploy digital twins – computerised companions of physical assets – but despite the hype their ...