Bright Spaces goes live with UK debut to kickstart global growth

A lack of geospatial data standards and a shortfall in skills are stifling opportunities to solve the housing crisis, a report from the Geospatial Commission has found.

Finnish construction technology firm GBuilder will use its fresh finance to accelerate into the UK, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Proposals by the UK government to overhaul the planning system have digital running through them – but do they go far enough, asks Alex Wrottesley of Landmark Information.

The startup has raised a $4.5m funding round to further accelerate its 10x growth. Leading the round are LAUNCHub Ventures and Hoxton Ventures joined by another European VC firm, Hardware Club. Existing investor Change Ventures also participated.

The Pi Labs-graduate Romanian startup that takes office visualisation marketing tools to another level has secured its first UK project ahead of a major push outside its homeland in 2021.

The most advanced, fully interactive virtual reality digital twin of a major city area has been unveiled in a collaboration between the City of London Corporation, Innovate UK, New London Architecture and VU.CITY.

Supported by the Mayor of London, tech-led design practice Bryden Wood and modern construction guru Mark Farmer’s consultancy Cast, have released a significant new version of their free PRiSM app, which harnesses the latest digital technology and data to help design and build manufactured homes.

More than 70% of the apartments under construction at Treasure House in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter have sold using GBuilder’s bespoke 3D application to assist buyers.