7 Days of News – Week 47

Here are our picks from the most recent construction technology news. The top concern of the 666 contractors surveyed for the 2020 FMI Industry Report was jobsite safety, although only 54% said they turned to technology to maintain it. Furthermore, 7...

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Nov 21, 2019
HoloBuilder Announces Partnership with Boston Dynamics

HoloBuilder announced today their partnership with Boston Dynamics and released SpotWalk, a new product integration with Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot. The new partnership brings autonomous 360° reality capture to construction projects, addressing core...

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Nov 19, 2019
7 Days of News – Week 46

Here are our picks from the recent construction technology news. Is 3D printing in construction more than overhyped promises and underwhelming deliveries, asks Andrew Wheeler. Read his summary of the latest developments in this technology. 3D printed...

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Nov 17, 2019
DiCtion Has Devised an Ontology for Construction

DiCtion is a research and development project led by the Aalto University that seeks to boost productivity through the digitalization of construction workflows. To be able to collect data from various sources and combine it in a meaningful way and wi...

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Nov 15, 2019
Idea Wall for Online Brainstorming

Idea Wall is a software-as-service for collecting ideas online in a structured way. It’s fast to implement and has a zero learning curve for the participants. When to Use Digital Tools Sticky notes are great for brainstorming. However, when you are n...

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Nov 09, 2019
Three Advancements for a Seamless Future in VR

Over the last few years, one of the biggest questions looming over the discussion of VR has been user adoption: “When will VR become a viable platform?” Development of VR hardware has advanced significantly, service platforms have been built around t...

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Nov 09, 2019
7 Days of News – Week 45

Here are our picks from the latest construction technology news. “You look at 5G wireless, artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), these are going to be three key technologies for your industry,” Michael Hainsworth, executive producer o...

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Nov 07, 2019
InfraBIM Open Program Released

InfraBIM Open is the first conference series in the world concentrating on open infrastructure BIM. The next event takes place on 3-5 February 2020, in Tampere, Finland It is an event for all actors of the infrastructure life cycle. The conference ga...

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Nov 06, 2019
7 Days of News – Week 44

A ‘Tsunami of solutions’ conference, ‘Wall-as-a-service’ robotics, a roadmap to improve recycling throughout the US, and more in this week’s AEC tech headlines. Cooper Carry recently secured a Radical innovation Award (2019) for their modular hotel d...

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Oct 31, 2019