New research by Construction Manager and software company PlanGrid highlights the need for technology to solve the productivity and labour crisis within construction. The productivity crisis in the construction sector...
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Amanda Fennell
Building 201: What Is Building Information Modeling (BIM)?
At the start of any project, it can feel a lot like piecing together the world’s largest jigsaw puzzle. Projects start off as a concept and it’s up to the team members to determine if this concept can actually be built...
PlanGrid
The Full Story Matters: Preparing for a Project’s Lifecycle with Better Facility Data
Getting the Right Facility Data for O&M Success What’s the story of your latest project? Did it go something like: “Once upon a time, there was a big area of land. On that land, a big building was constructed. There...
Grace Ellis
The Business Case for More Technology in the Construction Industry
3 Compelling Reasons to Invest in More Tech on the Jobsite With over $10 trillion of goods and services generated every year, the construction industry is one of the largest economic sectors in the world. Nevertheless...
Amazon HQ2: Our Top 10 Construction Friendly Picks [SlideShare]
Did Your City Make the Cut? Amazon has always prized excellence, so it’s no surprise they’re taking their decision for the location of Amazon HQ2 very seriously. Out of 238 initial bids, the e-commerce powerhouse...
Sensing the Future of Building: The Role of Sensors in Construction Â
4 Ways Sensors in Construction Improve Jobsites Collectively, people have long thought about the possibilities of machines making their own decisions. The verge of that is here, with the Internet of Things (IoT). It’s...
Construction Disconnected: The High Cost of Poor Data and Miscommunication [Report]
New Construction Survey Reveals a $177 Billion Industry Problem For decades the construction industry has been watched as one of the last frontiers for a technological revolution—an industry ripe for digitization that...
Pete Schott
Essential Construction KPIs to Improve Profits and Productivity
Why Construction Teams Should Be Tracking Way More Than Financials How do you measure project success? For many of us, it’s easy to see financials as a leading indicator of performance. Is it over or under budget? And...
How to Navigate the Wave of New Construction Technology [Webinar]
When Kiewit Technology Group conducted an internal survey of the top 500 construction companies from 1965, they were not surprised to find that 450 of these companies were no longer in business. But as the organization...
10 Data-Driven Construction Strategies to Boost Productivity Â
How to Use Data to Increase Efficiency and ROI We’re just going to say it: It’s time the construction industry gets serious about data. Across the world, big data is taking over. From marketing to medicine, aeronautics...