Jeff Yoders

At Esri’s Infrastructure Management and GIS conference, held in Palm Springs, Calif., Oct. 28-30, large utilities such as PG&E showed off how they were using geographic information systems when working with contractors and design firms as consultants to help them manage maintenance and asset needs.

As construction technology providers continue to invest in artificial intelligence-enabled workflows, contractors continue to demand greater interoperability between the cloud platforms they use as well as integrations into jobsite-focused hardware and software.

Largest-yet deployment of startup firm's autonomous excavators helps with operator shortage on 130-acre manufacturing site.

D.C.-based judge said construction approval may not have "fully complied" with regulations for projects in federal waters over the outer continental shelf, but developers contend it was vetted in a four-year-long process.  

Employees with access to ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot have already built hundreds of AI-based agents to improve company workflows

Procore new terms of service ban buik downloads of construction data from its platform for training artificial intelligence large language models. Trunk Tools says it was not allowed into Procore's new marketplace despite changes in data collection. 

More than 40 gigawatts of utility-scale solar generation was installed in 2023 according to Wood Mackenzie and the Solar Energy Industries Association.

Firm introduced more AI agents, including expanded workflows and querying capabilities, in products OpenSite, Synchro, Projectwise, OpenRoads, OpenRails and Cesium. 

Purchase of workforce, safety and productivity management platform Genda will expand new parent's data tracking offerings.  

While other companies have AI capabilities integrated into browser-based design tools, Bluebeam uses its position in PDF-based environments to build AI automation onto stamp and signature-based workflows.