As the 2020-21 college year starts, design and construction students, educators and employers adapt to—and debate—altered boundaries of learning and team interaction, now and long term.

In the latest consolidation move in the tightening construction software market, wetlands documentation app company Ecobot announced it has acquired software maker WetForm, one of its main competitors. 

Keeping track of power tools and other assets through a Bluetooth-based distributed network has been the intended purpose of Milwaukee Tool’s One-Key system. 

Data from tech tools such as Procore, Smartvid.io and others are helping firms understand what's going on in state economies and work through the new restrictions. Some are even thriving.

Thought leaders see new, broader technology applications and an era of leveraging lots more historical project data

In its latest investment to fill out offerings for project data management, the software giant bought the maker of the Pype AI-analysis and project planning platform.

As the pandemic upends traditional jobsite screening, contractors are turning to online health surveys at points of entry to help prevent an ill person coming onto the site.

Construxiv Technologies announced on June 18 that it has acquired Grit Virtual, a construction scheduling and management software that allows for detailed activity planning by general contractors and subcontractors.

Construction jobs also increase as stay-at-home orders loosen and states re-open construction. 

With construction errors and disputes often traced to the disconnect between the jobsite and the office, technology providers are eager to bridge that gap.