technology

First Read

Accelerate Innovation As the Pandemic Lingers, But Keep Your Firm's Adoption Rigor

ConTech startups need to clear a high bar and demonstrate tested, added value in construction

December 31, 2020

The pandemic is driving rapid change in design and construction technology, but the same adoption rigor that existed before it still delivers the best results.

Preconstruction: the game before the game

Technology

The Future of Preconstruction is a Complete Data Journey

Tying estimation to actual costs and allowing each project to inform the next is the future of well-run projects

Wyatt Jenkins, senior vice president, Procore

November 20, 2020

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The preconstruction phase is not just part of a data-informed project's journey, it's a partial destination

PCL Construction's Nialli Visual Planner

Technology of Tomorrow

New Ways to Work Take Center Stage at the First Virtual ENR FutureTech Conference

Day one of annual construction technology conference shows that distancing, data availability are advancing tech adoption

October 13, 2020

Telematics, wearables, online collaboration, 3D model management tools and the ever-evolving ways contractors collect and use data took center stage in the first day of ENR's all-virtual FutureTech construction technology conference.

Technology

Informed Analysis and Integration Can Deliver on the Promise of Digital Twins

By using proper analysis, engineers and contractors can finally unlock the promise of digital twins... even those Death Star plans

Darren Martin, CTO, Wood

September 23, 2020

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The premise of a digital twin has become confused in an engineering and construction world with several levels of analysis and approval. How best does a fully digital representation of what will be a physical building or infrastructure asset illuminate its construction process? Is it really as easy as seeing how an exhaust port that goes right to a vessel's main reactor might be a problem?

Tech

How Data is Helping Contractors Survive the Coronavirus

Tracking project data is helping contractors make better decisions during the pandemic

Ken Simonson, AGC

August 26, 2020

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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.

Technology

Group of British Design Firms Petitions Autodesk for More Revit Development

Firms including Zaha Hadid Architects, say they're seeing cost of Revit increase while using it less

Jeff Yoders

July 27, 2020

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25 British architecture firms have written a letter to Autodesk asking for more development of its Revit design software platform, citing license costs that have increased 70% over the last five years.

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.

AR View of Salk Lake City's transit system

Technology

How AR Could Change Train Dispatching and the Design of Rail System Control Centers

Engineer Ross & Baruzzini Macro is testing an augmented reality train dispatching system that could eliminate hardware

Megan Huff

April 9, 2020

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Rail dispatch control centers are dominated by two-tier theaters with video walls and multiple monitors. What if augmented reality could eliminate all of that hardware and crowding? Ross & Baruzzini are studying how that might be accomplished.

Technology

Autodesk Construction Cloud Network Has 1 Million Users, Software Vendor Says

Technology company expands sector leadership team, updates new research and women's safety harness initiatives

Jeff Yoders

March 10, 2020

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Amy Marks joins California software vendor as executive and technology "evangelist" in its construction group after departing her prefab software startup XSite Modular.

Buildings

$7B Tech Park Project in Chicago to Start Construction by Early 2021

Jeff Yoders

February 13, 2020

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Related Midwest says construction will begin by early 2021 on The 78, the developer's $7-billion, 62-acre megaproject in Chicago's South Loop.

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