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How Video Games Became Design and Construction Tools

A new generation is hacking into its childhood toys—and driving better project decisions

March 3, 2016

Adrenaline is running high as you snake your way through the top-secret research facility.

Elevator Manufacturer Uses Cognitive Computer To Streamline

Luke Abaffy

March 1, 2016

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KONE rolls out IBM’s cloud-based Internet of Things platform known as Watson to over a million of its elevators, escalators and doors around the world.

Rugged Smartphone Includes Thermal Imaging Camera

Cat's new smart phone can take a beating and has a thermal imaging camera

Luke Abaffy

March 1, 2016

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The coming Cat S60 smartphone is water resistant, shock resistant and has a thermal imaging sensor that helps users see temperature patterns in the dark and through walls.

Luke Abaffy

February 19, 2016

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A cloud-based project-management software company releases new apps and pulls back the veil on its app marketplace, boasting plug-in partnerships in construction-relevant fields, from accounting to drone operations.

Million-User Strong Safety App Coming to US Market

Luke Abaffy

February 17, 2016

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An Australian-based safety-audit app built its user base from the bottom up by offering its service for free and gaining grassroots adoption through the workers closest to the action.

American Society of Civil Engineers Ponders the Potential of the Internet of Things

Tom Sawyer

January 20, 2016

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The Industry Leaders Council of the American Society of Civil Engineers is evaluating submissions to a new contest that is soliciting ideas for transforming the future of infrastructure.

Tom Sawyer

January 20, 2016

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Three years ago, the construction industry was the last thing on Chunjie Duan’s mind.

Kwame Nkrumah Interchange in Accra, Ghana

How Drones Are Reformatting Photography

Luke Abaffy

Tom Sawyer

January 14, 2016

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Drones are attracting a lot of interest for their ability to help construction managers track changes, quantify production and plan logistics.

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Bring Back the Two-Way Radio

The president of a family-owned 73-year-old construction firm wants to use two-way radios on jobsites again.

David M. Oneglia

December 23, 2015

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Before personal computers, cell phones, emails and texts, we used two-way radios for construction communications. Today’s technology is appropriate for personal communication, and I don’t want to denigrate its efficiency, but for construction, today’s tools don’t have anything like the powerful impact of two-way radios.

Autodesk Q&A

Q&A With Autodesk CEO Carl Bass and CTO Jeff Kowalski

Luke Abaffy

December 9, 2015

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In a large conference room in The Venetian in Las Vegas, the chief executive officer and chief technology officer for Autodesk Inc. sat before a panel of reporters and got grilled with questions for an hour. No punches were pulled at this media Q&A at Autodesk University 2015 on Dec. 2. What follows are the highlights.

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How Video Games Became Design and Construction Tools

Elevator Manufacturer Uses Cognitive Computer To Streamline

Rugged Smartphone Includes Thermal Imaging Camera

Software Company Flush With New Partners at User Conference

Million-User Strong Safety App Coming to US Market

American Society of Civil Engineers Ponders the Potential of the Internet of Things

Bringing real-time precision tracking to the jobsite

How Drones Are Reformatting Photography

Bring Back the Two-Way Radio

Q&A With Autodesk CEO Carl Bass and CTO Jeff Kowalski

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