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Construction Techniques

ICON Unveils Groundbreaking Construction Innovations at SXSW: Revolutionizing Building with Robotics, AI, and Sustainable Materials

March 14, 2024

Via: ArchDaily

Pioneering advanced construction and large-scale 3D Printing, ICON was selected as ArchDaily’s Best New Practices of 2021 due to its boundary-breaking technology that is advancing capability in the built environment. The Texas-based startup has just unveiled various toolkits and products […]


Construction Techniques

New construction technology releases: March 2024

March 13, 2024

Via: Construction Dive

As spring construction season begins, staying on top of new tech trends is important to builders looking to maximize output and slash costs. Here are five recent announcements from software makers and other tech providers about new offerings or updates […]


Construction Techniques

Harvesting Architecture: A Glimpse Into 3 Plant-Based Materials

March 12, 2024

Via: ArchDaily

For decades, our society has predominantly embraced an extractivist approach when formulating models for material manufacturing across diverse industries. While we now know that this model is unsustainable, a major question remains: So, how do we do it? We may […]


Construction Techniques

How AI and Construction are Teaming Up

March 5, 2024

Via: ConstructConnect

Though Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making huge strides in preconstruction, it’s also appearing in other construction areas, such as performance and safety improvements. Some examples include: Predictive maintenance.  AI can analyze data from building systems, such as HVAC and electrical […]


Construction Techniques

Three Areas to Consider When Evaluating an Advanced Digital Construction Management System

February 29, 2024

Via: ENR

Today’s construction industry is in an interesting time with a landscape that seems hardly untouched by tech in any area, unlike never before. The industry isn’t just changing and evolving in some, but rather ALL of the areas simultaneously. For […]


Construction Processes, Construction Techniques

Collaboration and Standardization Support Successful BIM for Infrastructure Adoption

February 29, 2024

Via: ENR

In the first article in our BIM series, we looked at the history of BIM – both its philosophical underpinnings and the technological advancements that have made it an increasingly central part of the construction process. Much of that article […]


Construction Techniques

How Artificial Intelligence is Making Every Step of Preconstruction Easier

February 27, 2024

Via: ConstructConnect

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the silent partner in preconstruction you probably never thought you needed. Now that AI has landed, it’s time to think of ways to introduce this technology to your process. Pre-Design Using AI in the pre-design stage […]


Construction Techniques

5 Innovations to Reduce Concrete Embodied Carbon in North America

February 21, 2024

Via: gb&d magazine

The construction industry—a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions—is undergoing a transformative shift toward decarbonization. One of the key strategies in this journey is the development of low carbon concrete. This article explores the latest developments in low carbon concrete—including […]


Construction Techniques

AI-based Tool Optimizes Construction Schedules Straight From P6

February 15, 2024

Via: ENR

Unearthing the insights to improve a construction schedule and solve problems before they happen is no small task, but a new artificial intelligence-based tool from ALICE Technologies is able to optimize schedules directly from an Oracle Primavera P6 file. In […]


Construction Techniques

Drones know the dirt: How UAVs can measure jobsite materials

February 14, 2024

Via: Construction Dive

As a reality capture manager, I regularly use drones and drone software to quickly and accurately calculate the volume and weight of any stockpiled soil or material stored on a jobsite. This relatively new approach has provided big benefits to […]


Construction Techniques

Drexel researchers create AI system to spot cracks in infrastructure

February 7, 2024

Via: Construction Dive

Drexel’s method, which researchers published in the journal Automation in Construction, uses a high-resolution stereo-depth camera to record images of a structure before feeding them into a deep-learning program called a convolutional neural network. These systems can spot the finest […]


Construction Techniques

Contech funding plummets in 2023, despite more deals

January 31, 2024

Via: Construction Dive

Cemex broke down 2023’s contech funding totals into four categories: Green Construction: Processes, products and services that offset construction’s negative environmental impacts raised $1.06 billion in 2023. Enhanced Productivity: Digital solutions aimed to increase efficiency through technical, data-driven solutions pulled […]


Construction Techniques

NASA tests autonomous construction robots

January 31, 2024

Via: Construction Dive

The ARMADAS team provided structural plans to the robots, but they didn’t micromanage their work, per the release. Instead, software algorithms did the job of planning the robots’ tasks. The test demonstrated a crucial part of the programs’ capabilities — […]


Construction Techniques

5 construction tech innovations from CES 2024

January 17, 2024

Via: Construction Dive

The focus of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show showcased ways artificial intelligence and other breakthrough technology can boost productivity while also reversing environmental impacts and future-proofing industries like construction and agriculture. “The construction industry has laid the foundation for human […]


Construction Techniques

AI, robotics dominate 2024’s construction tech forecast

January 10, 2024

Via: Construction Dive

It’s been another whirlwind year for the construction industry, and technology wasn’t a calming influence. The hubbub surrounding artificial intelligence — particularly generative AI — consumed much of the construction technology industry’s focus. Experts told Construction Dive how important the […]


Construction Techniques

New construction technology releases: January 2024

January 3, 2024

Via: Construction Dive

Going into the new year, staying on top of new tech trends is important to builders looking to maximize output and slash costs. Here are five recent announcements from software makers and other tech providers about new offerings or updates […]


Construction Techniques

The Role of Flexible Roofing Membranes in Sustainable Building Design

December 22, 2023

Via: ArchDaily

Our buildings become symbolic of the times we live in, reflecting the spirit of a given era, attending to different needs, lifestyles and functions. “Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness,” says one of the […]


Construction Techniques

Building More with Less Waste, How GIS Helps Construction Go Full Circle

November 27, 2023

Via: ENR

For decades, the professional football and baseball teams in San Diego, Calif., played inside a brutalist bowl of concrete sitting in a sea of 18,870 paved parking spaces. When it came time to demolish the former Jack Murphy Stadium and […]


Construction Techniques

Autonomous excavator constructs a 6-meter-high dry-stone wall

November 22, 2023

Via: ScienceDaily

ETH Zurich researchers deployed an autonomous excavator, called HEAP, to build a six metre-high and sixty-five-metre-long dry-stone wall. The wall is embedded in a digitally planned and autonomously excavated landscape and park. The team of researchers included: Gramazio Kohler Research, […]


Construction Techniques

3 tips for contractors to leverage BIM

November 21, 2023

Via: Construction Dive

Before a panel of experts at this month’s Design-Build Conference & Expo told contractors how to implement BIM on jobsites, they confessed to their crimes. The three BIM pros pulled up a slide deck, complete with their “mugshots,” which detailed […]