Construction Data Management Goes Beyond the Cloud
Construction technologists find new ways to save project data that incorporate cloud-based construction project management platforms from vendors such as Autodesk, Bentley, Oracle and Procore. Some are...
View ArticleGPRS Releases SiteMap, a GIS-For-Construction Platform
Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, based in Toledo, Ohio, provides services that include utility locating, 3D laser scanning, acoustic leak detection, video pipe inspection, underground storage tank...
View ArticleStructShare Raises $8M, Aims to Streamline Supply Chains
Many trade contractors were forced by the COVID-19 pandemic to take a hard look at their supply chains.
View ArticleAutodesk Launches Forma Cloud Platform for AEC Workflows
Vendor says new SaaS platform will allow better decision-making early on
View ArticleLookahead App Functions as a Whiteboard, With AI Insights
Disperse has long prided itself in providing customers with project management tools that don’t require changing their work flows.
View ArticleTech Focus: Water Tech Getting Smarter
In early December 2021, the Denver International Airport made headlines across the U.S. after a hot water pipe broke a month before a major terminal expansion project was expected to complete.
View ArticleEarthCam Adds Safety Monitor Computer Vision to Its Cameras
Artificial intelligence-enhanced analytics are turning up in almost every aspect of construction, with major inroads in project planning and safety. But what if the recommendations from an AI came from...
View ArticleAnser Advisory Buys Digital Twin Maker Gafcon Digital
Platform-agnostic systems digital model integrator known for providing owners and program managers digital twins will be a unit of program management firm.
View ArticleFutureTech 2023: Finding the Right Use Cases for AI in Construction Takes Effort
Rather than chase the latest tech fad, construction technology practitioners are already deep into using machine learning and artificial intelligence-driven algorithms in their work—from building...
View ArticleConstruction Tech Firm Procore Launches Insurance Brokerage
Users of Procore's platforms will have advantages in obtaining insurance and bonds, according to the company.
View ArticleAccenture To Acquire Program Manager Anser Advisory
Consulting giant gains a foothold in $88B construction program management market.
View ArticleFHWA Launches $85M, Five-Year Grant Program to Help State DOTs Adopt Newer...
The initial round of grants will total $34 million.
View ArticleLabor Market Analyzer Tools Are Integrated with Procore
With its Construction Labor Market Analyzer integrated into Procore's construction management platform, technology firm Construction Industry Resources aims to assist contractors in making accurate...
View ArticleTrunk Tools Offers Critical Path Incentives for Skilled Trades
One of the things that Barton Malow’s wholly owned subsidiary, LiftBuild, sought to learn about its “top-down” construction approach for the Exchange residential project in Detroit was whether the...
View ArticlePublic Agencies Test Digital Twin Tool for Improved Asset Monitoring
Public agencies are testing a tool that could take monitoring of bridges and dams to a higher level by using data from drones and sensors in a digital twin.
View ArticleArcadis Takes on Challenge of Solar Manufacturing in the US
As manufacturing facilities for everything from electric vehicle components to the crystalline photovoltaic wafers in solar panels are funded by government incentive as well as private investment,...
View ArticleProcore Launches Payment Service, Expands Offerings at Groundbreak
The construction tech firm announced a slate of new and planned offerings, including an AI-based assistant still under development.
View ArticleOracle Building AI Assistance Directly Into Its Cloud Services
Oracle unveiled details about its partnership with artificial intelligence provider Cohere at its Oracle Cloud World conference in Las Vegas Sept. 18.
View ArticleRoadmap Guides Graphisoft Updates, Deepens User Input
Graphisoft continued its strategy of driving software development and product releases through its public roadmap with the launch of several new versions of its popular BIM software, including...
View ArticleKentucky Hires Stantec For Flood Mapping of Hard-Hit Rural Areas
Kentucky has brought on Stantec for a $25 million contract to use machine learning and other advanced technologies to provide flood risk mapping, assessment and planning services.
View ArticleText Tool Lets Superintendents Ask an AI to Call Up Project Info
Any complex construction project generates thousands of pages of documents and specifications, along with a stream of change orders and RFIs.
View ArticleGIS Deployed to Inform Internet Middle-Mile Projects in Calif.
Since the 2021 passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, states have been prepping middle-mile broadband construction projects to help numerous communities with poor or little internet...
View ArticleSage Acquires Bridgetown Software, Creator of BidMatrix
Sage has acquired Bridgetown Software, the creator of the BidMatrix bid analysis platform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
View ArticleMcCarthy Standardizes Its Payments on Oracle's Textura Platform
McCarthy Building Cos. has standardized its subcontractor payments and most financial transactions on Oracle's Textura cloud-based payments platform.
View ArticleAI-based Tool Optimizes Construction Schedules Straight From P6
ALICE Technologies' schedule analysis and re-sequencing AI algorithm no longer requires a full BIM to generate possible alternate schedules.
View ArticleAccounting Platform Sage Launches AI CoPilot to Boost Sector Offerings
The technology provider for small-to-medium business enterprise introduces generative AI tool and a unified cloud suite of construction products at its Las Vegas user conference on Feb. 28.
View ArticleNavigating Telecom Infrastructure Deployment: Strategies, Challenges and...
The deployment of telecom infrastructure involves tackling unique challenges, including technological advancements, geographical diversity, regulatory complexities and significant financial investments.
View ArticleCyber Thieves Phish Away a $735K Payment to a Minnesota Contractor
Subcontractors are out hundreds of thousands of dollars on a warehouse project, in only the latest instance of a rising trend of cyber crime in construction.
View ArticleAutodesk Investigating Its Accounting Practices, Delays Release of Annual Report
The construction software giant disclosed April 1 that it is conducting an internal investigation into its own accounting practices and filed for an extension to submit its 2023 annual report with the...
View ArticleConstruction Attorneys Get an AI Assist in Document Crunch
Artificial intelligence is often touted as a gamechanger for construction processes, and Document Crunch, a company co-founded by a longtime construction attorney, is already changing up one key area:...
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