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Covid-19 vs. Construction
Covid-19 vs. Construction
You won’t believe these 10 stunning facts. Or maybe you actually totally will.
Patric Hellermann
Mar 19, 2020
DIS/CONSTRUCTED: ConstructionTech in 10 slices
Pre-construction and CO2 / What the NFL Draft teaches us about decisions for CO2 reduction
Pre-construction and CO2 / What the NFL Draft teaches us about decisions for CO2 reduction
I am a die-hard NFL and college football fan. When I am in Europe, I do get up Friday mornings at 1.45am to watch Thursday Night Football…
Patric Hellermann
May 22, 2020
CO2 in Construction / The Uniqueness of the European Housing Stock
CO2 in Construction / The Uniqueness of the European Housing Stock
The benefits of being a global investor is that we see trends and themes across markets but also become market insiders of what…
Dr. Jeremy Brown
May 11, 2020
CO2 in Construction / Not a plug & play game
CO2 in Construction / Not a plug & play game
On the route to a carbon neutral world, construction can’t be bypassed.
Moritz Henschel
Apr 22, 2020
CO2 in construction / Highly relevant but often disregarded
CO2 in construction / Highly relevant but often disregarded
Stating the obvious: we have been living on credit for decades. Since 1960 the per capita CO2 emissions have been growing by 55%. The more…
Moritz Henschel
Feb 28, 2020
Single family homes / Baking 1000 cookies with 1000 cookie-cutters
Single family homes / Baking 1000 cookies with 1000 cookie-cutters
Marc Andreessen publicly claimed that “fully loaded construction costs [for end consumers] have doubled” since the year 2000. While the…
Patric Hellermann
Feb 4, 2020
Ready-mix Concrete Dispatching / Filling knowledge gaps
Ready-mix Concrete Dispatching / Filling knowledge gaps
Multiple sources claim that ready-mixed concrete (RMC) is the second most used substance after water. While we did not validate this exact…
Moritz Henschel
Feb 4, 2020
Pre-construction automation / Taming the code with code
Pre-construction automation / Taming the code with code
With Foundamental we are investing under a clear thesis for the construction sector: we believe in autonomous supply chains in AEC. But…
Patric Hellermann
Feb 3, 2020
Automating construction / Why function follows form
Automating construction / Why function follows form
In almost all discussions we had at Foundamental in 2019 with corporate partners and our newest LPs (we recently closed Foundamental Fund…
Patric Hellermann
Feb 3, 2020
3D construction printing to date / Chasing product-segment fit
3D construction printing to date / Chasing product-segment fit
Up until very recently, ConstructionTech has remained a new and surging space in the eyes of many horizontal VCs. At Foundamental we are…
Patric Hellermann
Feb 3, 2020
Communication on construction sites / Supervisors are super-heroes
Communication on construction sites / Supervisors are super-heroes
Since 1990, the real value added per construction labor hour has dropped by 23%. One fundamental reason is the opacity and fragmentation…
Patric Hellermann
Feb 3, 2020
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