Tag Archives: construction technology

As increasing numbers of contractors try unmanned aerial vehicles, they are finding more and more ways drones can help them avoid delays, rework, safety issues and increased costs.

Commercial drones are changing the way we look at construction sites.

While the trial-and-error of managing a workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic was a big eye-opener for employers everywhere, one thing became strikingly clear: keeping frontline workers safe, productive and informed means keeping them digitally connected, global pandemic or not.

The upward mobility of construction companies and their projects weigh in the balance of thousands of intertwined decisions.

Digital tools from Procore Technologies give contractors the ability to collaborate on jobsites to ensure everyone is working off of the latest plans, reducing rework.

Good communication between the field and office is essential to keeping a project on time and on budget.

Internet of Things technology, often referred to as IoT, has gained a lot of popularity over the last few years.

More and more contractors are turning to document management software to ensure crews in the field have the latest drawings to save time, prevent rework and facilitate communication.

Construction remains a competitive and challenging industry, frequently leery of new technologies, but Suffolk Construction, in Boston, embraces innovation, invests in start-up companies to drive efficiency and productivity, and benefits from the savings associated with new products, including OpenSpace, a jobsite photo capture technology.

It’s 2021 and, 20 years after the fictional Space Odyssey, we are living in a world where we address our AI-driven computers by name with song requests, weather questions, math problems.