On April 1 at the North American Steel Construction Conference in Louisville, Ky., Atlas Tube released its HSS Connections Hub, a cloud-based suite of engineering resources designed to simplify hollow structural sections connection design for structural engineers and steel fabricators.
The capabilities, including applying AI to crowdsourced imagery for automated roadway asset detection and inspection, will be generally available later this year.
Smartphone-based 3D scanning app Polycam uses the device’s onboard camera to capture scans of objects like sneakers and figurines to full room interiors—complete with details like furniture and cabinetry—as well as exterior structures.
In order to track progress, workers with Samet Construction are using 360° cameras on their hard hats to record their work on the 670,000-sq-ft, 27-story The Novus mixed-use tower in Durham, N.C.