Articles Tagged with ''AI''

More states follow municipalities to block or restrict data center expansion, claiming they need time to hear from constituents, developers and power agencies—while big tech firms will sign, at March 4 White House event, administration-pushed "pledge" to cover power costs, but with few details confirmed.

High-resolution dashcam images and other on-vehicle tools are gaining traction with state transportation departments as they use them to survey road assets such as guardrails, signage and striping to make more informed maintenance decisions.

Electrical contractors are usually the last trade in to the project design phase, and by then, are competing with mechanical and plumbing systems for space in crowded pathways.

At the heart of every project, two of the main drivers for success from start to finish are risk assessment and risk reduction.

René Morkos is a second-generation civil engineer who has worked on underwater pipeline construction, automation engineering on a $350-million gas refinery expansion project in Abu Dhabi and as a project manager in Afghanistan.

Team building $3-billion data center in Harwood, N.D. includes Century Builders, MDN Engineering and Midwest Inspection Services.

An immense investment opportunity lies with design firms, contractors and others responsible for creating and powering data centers, but AI’s current hyper-growth market of hyperscaling could fall short of current rosy predictions.

As construction technology providers continue to invest in artificial intelligence-enabled workflows, contractors continue to demand greater interoperability between the cloud platforms they use as well as integrations into jobsite-focused hardware and software.

You can’t blame construction for getting stars in its eyes about the artificial intelligence revolution and the data centers needed to support it.

In May, Lumber, a construction workforce management platform, acquired BuilderFax, a digital credential management platform for construction craftworkers. Terms were not disclosed.