construction technology

Tech

Deloitte: Contractors Can Combat COVID-19 Crisis with Resilience

Contractors are responding by accelerating digital implementation, automation, prefabrication and modularization

July 1, 2020

Contractors are relying even more heavily on prefabrication and modularization and communication technologies using A/R, V/R and cloud sharing.

COVID-19 and Construction

Building Trades With Prefab Capabilities Step Up to Deliver COVID-19 Alternate Care Facilities

As COVID-19 patients are treated in convention centers and arenas, construction can learn from the response

Jeff Yoders

April 29, 2020

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has delivered 50 COVID-19 alternate care facilities in hotels, dormitories, convention centers and arenas with 12 more soon to be completed.

Aileen Cho

April 14, 2020

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Fast-growing nfrastructure software company will integrate its products with industry giant's.

Tech

Make the Call for More Construction Technology in a Time of Crisis

Contractors must tell vendors what they need in these times of crisis, even as needs shift

Tooey Courtemanche

March 26, 2020

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While relationships are the backbone of the construction industry, how we communicate is necessarily changing because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Please help construction technology providers give you want you need, by telling us what that is even as it changes, seemingly, every day.

Construction Accidents

A Fifth Worker Loses Life on Orlando's I-4 Ultimate Job

The latest accident involves a beam striking a worker

Scott Judy

October 1, 2019

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The latest fatality caused SGL Constructors to once again suspend all work on the 21-mile-long project.

Human Dimension Remains More Important Than Technology For Contractors

Matthew C. Schimenti

May 8, 2019

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Having spent my entire professional life in the construction industry, I have not seen anything change more than new technology.

Inside the Deal

Autodesk's Latest Acquisition and Investment Pattern Binds Design and Construction

Acquisition of BuildingConnected will integrate preconstruction tools into the vendor's growing project delivery ecosystem

Tom Sawyer

January 3, 2019

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The moves pull closer into the Autodesk orbit technologies and services that support the conversion of the ideas defined by Autodesk’s design products—the company’s traditional core offerings—into the processes and outcome of construction.

Viewpoint: The Jobsite Workforce

Don't Let Technology Obscure the Real Heart of the Construction Process

A reminder about what's important, from a construction estimator

Jason Seiler

April 10, 2018

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A foundation is not built in SketchUp, but in the hard and weathered dirt by hard and weathered men and women.

Management

Primavera Technology and Marketing Vets Leave Home

Leader of Oracle team explains why they departed for Aconex

Tom Sawyer

October 25, 2017

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Leader of key Oracle team explains why they departed for Aconex in a personnel shift between project tech vendors that is drawing attention.

ENR FutureTech: Time to Get Comfortable Sharing Building Project Data

It's no longer possible to build according to the status quo

Jeff Yoders

June 7, 2017

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Our first dispatch from the FutureTech conference in San Francisco brought a common plea from venture capitalists, consultants and engineering and construction professionals.

ON DEMAND

Many construction projects go over budget and off schedule because their office and field teams are looking at different data. But when contractors run their business applications in a connected cloud, they can easily share data. Three contractors will share how connected cloud technology is helping them make better business decisions that are leading to more profitable operations and growth.

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To deal with an accelerated pace of change, can engineering and construction firms adapt and be agile successful businesses if they continue to run their businesses using a patchwork of non-integrated business systems? During this webinar, we’ll discuss the impending challenges facing the industry and how integrated software is now a must.

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In August, Procore acquired Honest Buildings to double down on our commitment to build purpose-built technology for owners. During this webinar, we’ll hear about the vision for the future of software solutions for owners, and learn the benefits owners can gain through managing projects and capital through a connected ecosystem of technology used by all stakeholders.

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