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What Does the Powerfleet/MiX Telematics Merger Mean for Construction?

Two telematics and GPS equipment tracking companies combine as the market GPS-enabled equipment IoT rewards scale.

How AI Can Improve Construction Scheduling

The AI Advantage: It's Time To Explore & Adopt Generative AI

One of the areas that has seen the greatest AI-powered innovation has been construction scheduling. Here's how self-performing concrete contractors can benefit.

The Command console is a lightweight, portable console supported by a shoulder harness. Offering line-of-sight machine control from up to 437 yds. away, it is suited for temporary or emergency remote operation with no on-site communications infrastructure required.

4 Machine Control Trends

Offroad equipment technology is evolving to enable fewer operators with less skill to do more either on site or from a remote, centralized location by automating with a higher degree of accuracy.

Pittbos starts with takeoff and extends all the way through to invoicing.

Software for Pavement Contractors

Emerging software products from Pittbos and PavementSoft are aimed at the unique workflow of asphalt contractors help to bid, win, and complete more work.

A new construction AI product from Slate pulls construction insights out of the project schedule, joining SmartPM and others.

Construction Scheduling AI from Slate

A new construction AI product from Slate pulls construction insights out of the project schedule, joining SmartPM and others.

Built within ADP Workforce Now, an all-in-one HCM solution, this specialized software provides construction firms with the tools needed to run payroll, manage HR and recruit and develop workers.

ADP Introduces Workforce Now for Construction

Built within ADP Workforce Now, an all-in-one HCM solution, this specialized software provides construction firms with the tools needed to run payroll, manage HR and recruit and develop workers.

The new portal, Volvo Connect, provides a digital suite of services, analytics and reports that deliver fleets a range of truck data, including fuel consumption, idle time, vehicle speed, seat belt information and location information.

Volvo Trucks Releases Volvo Connect Fleet Management Portal

The new portal, Volvo Connect, provides a digital suite of services, analytics and reports that deliver fleets a range of truck data, including fuel consumption, idle time, vehicle speed, seat belt information and location information.

Quickbase enables construction contractors and others to create new cloud applications. It includes templates and pre-built content for important construction workflows.

Quickbase Augments Construction Software No-Code Development with AI

AI brings contextual smarts to Quickbase users developing software applications for construction—plus an update on other recent developments with the platform.

Fleet owners today are inundated with a range of equipment types and brands needed to manage active and upcoming jobs, and without the right solution in place to help keep track of everything, the pressure fleet owners feel starts to build up.

Emergence of Co-equipment Management in Construction

The CE market is already evolving, and as digitization continues to sweep the industry and change ‘the way things are done’, those who take action now can ensure their business is poised for long-term success.

Sage Construction Management is now available by itself and as part of a contiguous end-to-end solution with Sage Intacct for Construction financial capabilities.

New Construction Project Management Product from Sage

Sage Construction Management initially extends Sage Intacct for Construction and is available standalone, providing an project management or construction ERP option for small to middle market contractors.

Clear communication is essential when running a construction crew. Each crew member must understand their responsibilities and expectations. They must work well within a project as well as the parent company.

6 Tips to Improve Large-Scale Crew Management in Construction

Proper crew management plays a significant role in optimizing work efficiency, reducing costs and time overruns, and maximizing productivity.

The idea that sustainable construction is a costly and impractical solution to ensure a return on a building is outdated and inaccurate.

3 Ways That Automation is Sustainable Construction

Using autonomous technology in construction can lead to resource, cost, and time needed for project reductions. This kind of technology can also reduce the skilled workers needed for repetitive tasks.

At its core, connected construction is about creating 'roundtrip information.' For teams to become more efficient and reduce “wasteful” behavior, project data needs to be highly visible and easily discoverable, up-to-date, and distilled for actionable insights.

Leave RFIs in the Dust and Promote Sustainability

Requests for information are cluttering the workplace and making it difficult for companies to run a smooth, timely, and cost-efficient business. Digitizing the construction system may be the way to go.

The new SmartEquip e-Commerce Store 2.0 platform can help dealers, fleet owners and authorized distributors set up a branded, digital parts shop.

SmartEquip Launches e-Commerce Store 2.0 Platform

The new SmartEquip e-Commerce Store 2.0 platform can help dealers, fleet owners and authorized distributors set up a branded, digital parts shop.

The Item Options feature enables unique option types and related options to be tailored to a company’s fleet.

Point of Rental Adds Item Options to Elite Product

The item options feature from Point of Rental enables unique option types and related options to be tailored to a company’s fleet.

Twenty-three percent of firms report they are taking steps to improve jobsite performance with lean construction techniques, tools like BIM, and offsite prefabrication, as up to 70% of project changes are a result of design-induced rework recognized much later on site.

Using BIM to Identify Construction Errors

Using BIM in construction can catch construction errors and lower project costs by exposing inconsistencies early. BIM's capacity to take data and extend its use by giving it significance to other industries can be beneficial to construction contractors.

Combining SMARTBUILD’s project management solutions with Microsoft Office applications represents new capabilities for the architecture engineering and construction (AEC) industry.

SMARTBUILD-Microsoft Collaboration Enables Project Management Software Solutions

Combining SMARTBUILD’s project management solutions with Microsoft Office applications represents new capabilities for the architecture engineering and construction (AEC) industry.

A differentiating feature of Aptix is its ability to automate the distribution of constructible models and scheduled task changes.

Topcon Launches Aptix for Heavy Civil Construction

A differentiating feature of Aptix is its ability to automate the distribution of constructible models and scheduled task changes.

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Construction Technology Becomes a Focus of Federal Infrastructure Funding

Biden-Harris administration to fund digital tech that saves time and money.

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NAPA and XBE Launch AI Powered Tool For Asphalt Professionals

At the NAPA mid-year event in Kandas City, MO, the brand new resource for asphalt contractors was revealed to organization members, with the explicit goal of changing the way asphalt pros access and apply data.

In construction, weather, a delayed materials delivery, or one of a thousand other things will inevitably go wrong, putting your project deadline at risk.

How Scheduling Programs Can Improve Construction Profitability

Construction firms that choose not to schedule their jobs set themselves up for avoidable problems. By contrast, those that schedule every job are better able to bid, plan, manage, and execute well on a consistent basis.

Automatic hyperlinking functionality enables all project team members using drawings to access all information linked to project drawings, including other drawings, page links and related external web pages, from the office or jobsite.

RedTeam Rolls Out Automatic Drawing Hyperlinks

Automatic hyperlinking functionality enables all project team members using drawings to access all information linked to project drawings, including other drawings, page links and related external web pages, from the office or jobsite.

The addition of EHS expands the ToolWatch construction operations platform to integrate safety and compliance with other jobsite workflows and data.

ToolWatch Unveils Construction EHS Management Solution

The addition of EHS expands the ToolWatch construction operations platform to integrate safety and compliance with other jobsite workflows and data.

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What Can ChatGPT AI Do For Asphalt Contractors?

The rise of "A.I." to the level of household name means everyone has an opinion, but true expertise is harder to come by. What can these algorithms do for the likes of our industry? Can they help you answer your asphalt or business questions?

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Technology Opens Pavement Management, and Savings, to Businesses of Any Size

Businesses of any size with the challenge of efficiently maintaining parking surfaces can now leverage digital technology and artificial intelligence to collect the data needed to develop a pavement management plan.

The new features let contractors communicate automatically and in real time across the office, field and shop to support resource scheduling, field performance tracking and equipment maintenance workflows.

B2W Software Adds Alert and Notification Features

The new features let contractors communicate automatically and in real time across the office, field and shop to support resource scheduling, field performance tracking and equipment maintenance workflows.

Highlights from the Celebration of Construction 2023

Clips and high points from around the National Mall as editor Brandon Noel stops and talks to some of the top brands and manufacturers in the industry about the first ever gathering of the construction industry in the nation's capitol.

The Document Management feature has been specifically designed in response to calls from existing PlanRadar subscribers for a way to collate and manage data between in-field and back-office teams.

PlanRadar Unveils Document Management System

The Document Management feature has been specifically designed in response to calls from existing PlanRadar subscribers for a way to collate and manage data between in-field and back-office teams.

The Executive Dashboard supports the functionality of SmartPM by providing overall project insights for a company’s entire portfolio of ongoing projects.

SmartPM Technologies Introduces Executive Dashboard

The Executive Dashboard supports the functionality of SmartPM by providing overall project insights for a company’s entire portfolio of ongoing projects.

The new features include GPS stamping, inventory management for multiple locations and increased customer messaging capabilities via email and text confirmations, “on my way” notifications, technician reminders and live chat support for 24/7 assistance.

FieldBin Adds New Features to FSM Software

The new features include GPS stamping, inventory management for multiple locations and increased customer messaging capabilities via email and text confirmations, “on my way” notifications, technician reminders and live chat support for 24/7 assistance.

No operation is too small to benefit from a professional site consultation. Take a look at what a typical job-site evaluation entails and how you could benefit.

Site Evaluations: How Any Size Site Can Profit

No operation is too small to benefit from a professional site consultation. Take a look at what a typical job-site evaluation entails and how you could benefit.

Kojo’s Invoice Matching instantaneously flags errors such as incorrect quantities and prices entered by vendors by automating the three-way matching process, comparing the vendor invoice to the purchase order and then to proof of delivery.

Kojo Introduces Automated Invoice Matching

Kojo’s Invoice Matching instantaneously flags errors such as incorrect quantities and prices entered by vendors by automating the three-way matching process, comparing the vendor invoice to the purchase order and then to proof of delivery.

As reality capture technology is more commonly used on construction jobsites, by firms of all sizes and workers at all skill levels, decision makers are constantly evaluating the upside of the investment.

Who is Using Autonomous Reality Capture on Jobsites and Why it Matters

As reality capture technology is more commonly used on construction jobsites, by firms of all sizes and workers at all skill levels, decision makers are constantly evaluating the upside of the investment.