Author Rachel Loo
BEX Asia (The Built Environment Expo) in Singapore
3/9/2025 – 5/9/2025
The Future of Built Environment
Innovation. Digitalisation. Sustainability
The leading built environment expo in Asia that fosters conversations amongst innovators, solution providers, distributors and sellers with decision makers, buyers and specifiers to generate successful business connections and leads. Continue →
If customers or employees lack trust in AI systems, they won’t use them. Trust in AI comes via understanding the outputs of AI-powered software and how they are created. In a 2024 McKinsey survey 40 percent of respondents identified explainability as a key risk in adopting generative AI. Yet only 17 percent said they were currently working to mitigate it
One of the largest firms in the global private markets industry invests up to A$1.2 billion to transform GreenSquareDC into a next-generation data centre platform in Australia , hopefully with spillover to New Zealand.
Development activity in non-residential real estate is slowing as large-scale projects initiated in recent years reach completion and add to the impact of a weak economic backdrop on occupier demand, according to Colliers
The Infrastructure Priorities Programme is an autonomous crown entity and operates as an independent and standardised process to identify proposals and projects that will meet New Zealand’s strategic objectives, represent good value for money and can be delivered. The second round of applications is open from 10 February to 17 April 2025.
Outlook by market and sector will vary, often significantly, leading CBRE to adopt “Steady Growth, Split Performance: Navigating a Multispeed Recovery” as the key property theme for AsiaPacific 2025
Lack of understanding at a governance level had led to poor decision making in Wellington, such as a focus on leak fixes as opposed to pipe replacement which, while politically palatable, is not a cost-effective approach
A report in the New York Times on the US bird flu pandemic says it is no longer confined to birds. For several years, the virus has been jumping from wild birds into wild mammals, and last March it was identified in cows for the first time.
The MailchimpCanvas8 Strategic Loyalty Playbook found that re-purchasing behaviour is not merely a manifestation of and love but the result of subconscious cues, steering consumers toward familiar choices. What marketers may interpret as devotion could, therefore, be motivated by something much more neutral.
Increase in amphetamine-type substances and opioids, Cannabis continued to be the most commonly detected substance in workplaces across the country according to the Imperans Report by The Drug Detection Agency
When textile waste in the EU was collected separately and no longer able to be disposed of with residential waste, recycling centres struggled to process the sudden influx of fast fashion. They looked for a new solution.
Toxic managers to avoid. We all feature to a varying degree on the list, even the author says he has a tendency to share a lot of what others are saying.
Supportive workplaces prevent burnout which means both workers and the companies they work for are winners.
Leading scientists from Italy and India meet to advance climate modelling and research using AI
Listen to this valuable introduction to AI and how to use it best. McKinsey research finds that that employees are ready to incorporate AI into their jobs but leaders are not steering fast enough. First of a four-part series
A new report from AustRoads looks at sprayed seal technologies and practices for roading surfaces in New Zealand and how to reduce their environmental impact
Do you trust AI — University study finds the speed at which smart technologies are being used to outsource decisions is outpacing our understanding to successfully integrate them into society
Risks and benefits of AI in cybersecurity
Striking the right balance between Artificial Intelligence and traditional security measures is crucial, along with ongoing training and vigilance to maximise AI’s potential in cybersecurity
Artificial Intelligence (AI) brings significant advantages to cybersecurity, such as enhanced threat detection and rapid response. Continue →
