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Modular Monitor: Offsite offers unique response to healthcare systems in a crisis, Part 1

Society is locked in a coronavirus-spurred war against time and space constraints, and modular builders say they have a role in ending it.

By Joe Beeton • April 06, 2020

Sponsored by Touchplan

Vital actions every construction project needs to take to tackle COVID-19 now

 Every project is struggling with hurdles prompted by COVID-19. Here are ways you can tackle the problems now. 

Construction Dive survey: Tell us your tech practices during the coronavirus shutdown

We want to hear from more contractors about how they're continuing work during shutdowns. 

By Construction Dive Editors • April 01, 2020

AI app debuted to track jobsite social distancing practices

Using cameras onsite, contractors can enact a virtual safety net to document when workers are moving within 6 feet of each other, Smartvid.io's CEO said.

By Zachary Phillips • April 01, 2020

Tech 101: Digital use cases

The approach involves defining a problem that technology could solve and is one of the main ways that construction companies can increase success with tech, experts say.

By Zachary Phillips • April 01, 2020

Remote control: Contech firms pitch ways to progress projects during social distancing

Tech and software firms offer solutions for managing on-site work while maintaining social distancing guidelines.

By Zachary Phillips • March 25, 2020

Australian collaborative that includes Lendlease working to inject tech into the construction process

Building 4.0 CRC recently received $16 million in funding to update the construction life cycle for the “fourth industrial age.”

By Zachary Phillips • March 25, 2020

How Swinerton employs robots, apps and 3D to communicate with clients, jobsites

Operations Manager Paul Nielsen walks us through how important tech is to the contractor's construction process, from an image-capturing robotic dog to its custom app that makes “napkin sketches” reality.

By Zachary Phillips • March 25, 2020

Sponsored by Tenna

Construction asset tracking software: Competitive advantage or a necessity?

With millions of construction jobs unfilled, advanced technologies leave a big opportunity to work smarter, faster, and safer.

Yes, that meeting could have been an email

As the novel coronavirus pandemic has sent employees home en masse, organizations have changed where they work, but not how they work. Consider this, did you really need to meet?

By Naomi Eide • March 20, 2020

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[Podcast] Safe and Sound

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By HammerTech and The Construction Dive Brand Studio • March 19, 2020

Remote control: What construction companies are doing to keep work going

Amid the coronavirus response and workers increasingly being advised to work remotely, some firms shared with Construction Dive their response to teleworking in an industry where in-person jobsite work is essential. 

By Zachary Phillips • March 18, 2020

'Automation is not innovation' in offsite, World of Modular speakers say

Though automated tasks in the factory can elevate offsite productivity beyond traditional methods, it's more important to innovate the building process to capitalize on modular's potential to disrupt.

By Joe Beeton • March 18, 2020

BigRentz acquires Illinois equipment rental company en route to potential IPO

The largest heavy equipment rental firm in the U.S. merged with Lizzy Lift and has plans to acquire more companies like it.

By Zachary Phillips • March 18, 2020

Demand for augmented, virtual reality engineers skyrocketed in 2019

Businesses are adapting to shifting consumer expectations, an evolution that puts further pressure on the demand for engineers in leading spaces.

By Roberto Torres • March 18, 2020

Autonomous technologies can help alleviate the labor shortage

From reality capture to fully autonomous bulldozers, automation in construction is reducing some jobsite tasks performed by humans.

By Zachary Phillips • March 11, 2020

Emergency response: How construction companies should react to a hack

Construction Dive spoke to experts to determine the best response in the aftermath of a cyberattack, especially when a construction firm is not prepared. 

By Zachary Phillips • March 11, 2020

5 tech tools powering remote work amid coronavirus outbreak

If your employees need to work from home, it might be time to get familiar with apps like Hangouts, Zoom, BlueJeans, RingCentral, Slack, Sococo and Wurkr.

By Roberto Torres • March 11, 2020

Sponsored by Triax

Improve safety and security with Spot-r on occupied job sites

Spot-r enabled Apex Building Group to easily manage worker locations and safety incidents across 15 buildings at three project sites.

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Contech Conversations: Suffolk's chief data officer envisions 'war rooms' of integrated data for jobsite decision making

Jit Kee Chin, who also serves as executive vice president, talks about how construction doesn't have an overwhelming volume of info to collect, but it has the tough task of integrating and leveraging it.

By Zachary Phillips • March 04, 2020

Procore files IPO paperwork with SEC

The Carpinteria, California-based construction tech firm says it has a potential $9.4 billion annual market opportunity for its software in the coming years.

By Kim Slowey • March 04, 2020

Google, Cisco, Microsoft offering deals to help augment companies' teleworking options

As the coronavirus outbreak hits the U.S., employers are gearing up to offer employees remote work options, but for construction jobs that's not always possible.

By Naomi Eide • March 04, 2020

Sponsored by EquipmentShare

ConEXPO-CON/AGG 2020: Get the most from your mixed fleet with comprehensive machine health views and utilization data

Take a fresh approach to fleet management with comprehensive machine health views and utilization data.

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Modular Monitor: How GCs, trades and architects view offsite construction, by the numbers

Responses from a Dodge survey show that the professions are aligned on some aspects and at odds on others. Here's what the data might mean for the future of modular construction.

By Joe Beeton • March 02, 2020

Sponsored by Tenna

5 construction innovations bridging the labor shortage gap

Technological innovations provide the solution needed to combat the labor shortage.