S1E8: Blockchain in the Danish Construction Industry with Niels Falk from HD Lab

A uniquely Danish view on construction, design and the disruptive impact of Blockchain. Niels has been working with the Danish Industry Foundation to explore technologies and use cases that can bring transparency, efficiency and solve age-old problems within the sector, and he explains why he thinks Blockchain offers something very different to what has gone before.
In this episode we discuss:
- Why the Construction industry has a data and transparency problem
- Ideation and prioritisation of the 150+ Blockchain uses cases that Niels and the team developed 
- Deep dives on the team's priority use cases: Material traceability, IoT devices, Client decision making, Component tracing, and 'Proof of Work' 
- Working with Stellar, Azure, Hyperledger, Quorum
- The future of BIM, 3D models, reality capture, generative design and exoskeletons
- Key challenges of working with Blockchain in the Construction industry
- Niels' prediction for when we'll see true digital transformation in the sector
How to find Niels:
Niels' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nielsfalk/
HD Lab: https://www.hdlab.dk/
*Apologies for some glitches in Niels' audio in this episode - Zoom was not having a good day...