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When securing a jobsite against malicious hackers, most go to protect computer files, and few look up and worry about the tower cranes.

Having spent my entire professional life in the construction industry, I have not seen anything change more than new technology.

A collaborative platform enables contractor and architect to share data and solve challenges on the St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station

Internet connectivity is designed into many more devices than consumers realize, including standby kitchen gadgets, home-entertainment systems, and children's toys.

A collaboration between laser-scanning data capture firms ClearEdge3D and Rithm has resulted in a tool that is able to accurately measure floor flatness while the concrete slab is still wet, allowing pavers to make real-time adjustments.

Getting the most out of a gas turbine is key to managing power grids around the world, where shaving seconds off start-up and shut-down times keeps utilities afloat.

The drive to create “digital twins” of physical facilities is transiting from idea to reality, as sophisticated owners and their construction management consultants begin harnessing the growing power of computer processing, reality capture and improved data management tools and techniques to begin putting digital meat on the twins’ bones.