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― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

SAIE 2025 – BIMtalk

On October 23rd, I’ve been invited by our local agency for the government of State Property (Agenzia del Demanio) to talk about the value of digitalisation in the construction industry. I’ll focus on the concept of ROI (Return on Investment): is it appropriate to use that term, when it comes to innovation? It’ll be fun.
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