ENR’s Critical Path Podcast delivers insights from leading industry experts and decision-makers about the latest construction industry innovations, issues and developments.
Cofounder and president of HeadLight Si Katara has led his photo-based inspection technology to wide adoption by contractors and owners such as the Louisiana Dept. of Transportation and Development. The DOTD was already conducting a pilot project with HeadLight in 2020 when five hurricanes and power outages across the state after Hurricane Laura pressed it into service and employees were able to use HeadLight to view real-time updates from colleagues about the outages. Katara also discusses the changing face of cloud-based construction technology with Aileen Cho and Jeff Yoders
We discuss never-before shared smart water technology data results. Learn about the water loss prevention market, with a focus on how AI is changing the game and leave the podcast with a solid understanding of both the technology and what it can do to combat loss prevention.
ENR editors Aileen Cho and Jeff Yoders talk with Collins Engineers’ Lovelace about how drones and AI are being used to maintain the historic Robert Street Bridge in St. Paul, Minn.
ENR Editors Aileen Cho and Jeff Yoders chat with a transportation lawyer about the past, present and future state of HSR in America and what could be done to speed progress.
Jeff Yoders and Aileen Cho discuss artificial intelligence in construction and society at large with Burcin Kaplanoglu, Oracle vice president and leader of the company’s Innovation Lab, who also is Critical Path’s first returning guest.
ENR Editors Aileen Cho and Jeff Yoders talk to the McCarthy Cos. project manager on how a team dealt with nearly zero-vision conditions underwater at the Texas site to remove old concrete and steel—with the help of a robot vessel named Little Dude.