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May 23, 2023

Everything you need to know about material handling

Have you ever ordered in, excited to eat your takeout, when you realize that your order’s been crushed during its delivery, no longer recognizable or comparable to the photo of what you ordered on the food delivery app? Now, let’s think on a bigger scale. Imagine you manage the storage and delivery of your company’s […]

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May 04, 2023

What are smart buildings and what technologies do they use?

Being smart is cooler than ever. But what makes something smart is pretty hard to define. Every day there seems to be a new term being described as such – just think of smartphones, smart cars, smart buildings, and smart cities. But what really makes something smart are the technologies that power it. In today’s […]

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Apr 25, 2023

What is a smart city? Technology and examples

Approaching construction from an efficient and smart perspective is the raison-d’ être of smart cities. There are so many different aspects which have an impact on smart cities: energy, transportation, waste management, mobility, not to mention the efficient construction of smart buildings and infrastructures integrated in the city. But as McKinsey stated in a previous publication, smart-city strategies begin […]

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Mar 21, 2023

Deep Dive: StructShare x Cemex Ventures

Innovation isn’t linear, nor is it subject to limitations. Real innovation is derived from iterative processes that require constant user feedback and constant improvement. In fact, what defines innovation is its ability to go beyond existing limits. The iterative mechanisms behind the most profound innovations of the last decade have resulted in popular digital platforms like […]

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Mar 21, 2023

CEMEX VENTURES INVESTS IN ADVANCED MATERIALS PROCUREMENT SOLUTION

MONTERREY, MEXICO AND MADRID, SPAIN. MARCH 21, 2023 – Cemex Ventures, Cemex’s open innovation and Corporate Venture Capital unit, announced today its investment in the advanced digital procurement software company StructShare. Procurement in construction is a key process for profitability, but its management is very complex. This venture seeks to optimize and complete the materials […]

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