Dozens of software companies sell collaboration software that connects project stakeholders. But the software’s usefulness can be limited because people only share information with those they know and trust. Think about it. A construction project is like an arranged marriage. You throw people together who have never met, put them in the pressure cooker we call a project, where the stakes are high, the pressure is tremendous, and the resources are limited. And then we expect them to be collaborative and communicative and share everything openly! British Petroleum learned this difficult lesson about technology and collaboration. BP spent millions of dollars
Rising cybercrime has executives on edge as the industry increasingly relies on electronic project data. Risk experts chafe at lack of data on cyber attacks, saying ignorance hampers defense. Federal regulators agree and new rules are expected. What should company leaders do?
No cyberthreat better represents the difficulty of hitting a moving security target than ransomware, which encrypts a computer's files and demands the owner pay a ransom, usually in Bitcoins, to get the data back.
ENR asks an array of vendors serving the industry how they assure customers their data is secure and their services will not become a vector for the next cyberattack.
Related Links: Intellinote Intellinote's Evernote Importer A cloud-based enterprise collaboration system released a new field management tool that allows users to edit, annotate and share service requests between the field and the office with iOS devices and desktop computers."We look to have a holistic environment that allows people to get work done in conjunction with their existing tools and processes," says Tony Lopresti, CEO of Intellinote, Reston, Va. "We're not trying to reinvent the wheel."By not recreating programs such as Adobe Acrobat, Google Docs and other entrenched software and, instead, piggybacking on and extending their capabilities, Intellinote's Field Service Management
Photo courtesy of Getable Getable has grown its service area, bankroll and app functionality. Related Links: Is That Old Loader Worth More Than You Thought? Getable: Official Site On Feb. 25, Getable, an on-demand equipment-rental app previously available only in California, announced its nationwide availability, a $5-million round of venture-capital financing and an update to its app."To date, Getable was the third-party rental-equipment aap. Now, it is the equipment app and will track 100% of equipment on a jobsite," says Tim Hyer, CEO Getable, San Francisco, about the app update that allows users to manage all equipment from within the
Courtesy of Acute3D Photo Magic Image frames captured from multiple vantage points are automatically analyzed for common points to generate 3D models. Related Links: ACUTE3D SPAR Point analysts' review Reality capture has been a foundation of design and construction since the age of chains and transits. Now, the technology is rapidly improving in sophistication, automation and integration.In one of the latest examples, Bentley Systems Inc., Exton, Pa., on Feb. 6 acquired a four-year-old French company, Acute3D, whose Smart3DCapture software already has an international clientèle for the automated transformation of batches of digital photos into 3D models up to city scale.Bentley
Courtesy: Stockpile Reports Inc. A model of a 100,000-cu-yd pile, made from iPhone video. Related Links: Stockpile Reports The Texas Dept. of Transportation has benchmarked and adopted an iPhone app to measure its stockpiles. The app works by uploading a video of the stockpile to a cloud server, which turns the data into a 3D model to calculate its volume.Stockpile Reports Inc., Redmond, Wash., developed an app of the same name for aggregate suppliers measuring stockpiles 3,000 cu yd and larger, says Mark Bradshaw, TxDOT procurement administration manager. "They documented accuracy of plus or minus 2% on these large stockpiles"
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