Chip off the new block: Blockchain and the building sector

Chip off the new block: Blockchain and the building sector

What does blockchain mean for the construction sector? Will it change the ways in which we manage building assets? How will distribution and supply be altered by new digital technologies? Academics from the University of Auckland, Dermott McMeel and Alex Sims, have begun researching just such questions. Federico Monsalve sat down with them to glean an early indication of their process and thinking.

Federico Monsalve (FM): How did your interest in the applications of blockchain to the construction industry begin?

Dermott McMeel (DM): It is partly because, before being a researcher, I was an architect. My father was […]

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