Technology + Built Environment
If you’ve been in a meeting or sat through a panel about building technology lately, you’ve probably heard someone mix Building Information Modelling (BIM) with smart buildings. For those not conversant with the nuances, it’s an easy mistake to make. Both terms are steeped in digital innovation, both involve data, and—let’s be honest—are a bit […]
For the past 10 years, I’ve been trying to calculate the same thing that my very first smart building client challenged me on… “yeah, that’s all great. But what’s the return on investment if I spend this much?”. And well, that’s a difficult question to answer. It’s taken me years and lots of trial and […]
Smart buildings expert Dr Matthew Marson of Arcadis will be named as one of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s five Young Engineers of the Year next week. He will receive the award at the Academy Awards Dinner in London on Tuesday 12 July 2022. Matthew Marson is Global Market Sector Director at Arcadis. In his career to date, he has […]
An article about the BBC World Service broadcast that Marson featured in. https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news/matthew-marson-for-bbc-world-service-on-how-smart-technology-can-tackle-climate-change
Making 22 Bishopsgate a Smart Building 27 April 2020 Building Magazine https://www.building.co.uk/buildings/specifier-making-22-bishopsgate-a-smart-building/5104996.article
Building Magazine 10 January 2020 https://www.building.co.uk/podcasts/building-podcast-behind-the-hype-smart-technologies/5103391.article
Matthew’s article, It’s Time for Landlords to Get Smart was featured in CIO Applications.
Building Magazine 22 November 2019
At the kick off of the BRE’s Construction Innovation Hub Smart Buildings Projec, Matthew presented on ‘The 5 Things Learnt from Getting Smart Wrong”. Following an interview, this summary was produced by the BRE.
If you are a landlord, your traditional role in the property market will soon change. You will increasingly be expected to build, operate and curate homes and offices that provide a host of smart digital services – from environmental sensing to entry controlled by facial recognition. Why? Because this is what people want If you […]