Category: Construction Techniques

January 31, 2024

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 […]

January 31, 2024

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 — […]

January 17, 2024

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 […]

January 10, 2024

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 […]

January 3, 2024

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 […]

December 22, 2023

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 […]

November 27, 2023

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 […]

November 22, 2023

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, […]

November 21, 2023

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 […]

November 16, 2023

Despite significant investments and innovations in tech, one gap remains – bridging field data to the office. Construction tech continues to thrive. In fact, $50 billion was invested in architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) between 2020-2022, an 85 percent boost […]

November 15, 2023

“Construction tech actually outperforms, as an asset class, the entire venture market,” said Patric Hellermann, general partner at Foundamental, in a video accompanying the firm’s blog post. “So it’s not driven by a general ‘rising tides lifts all boats’ logic. […]

November 1, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most significant technological advancements of the 21st century and has made a powerful impact on a number of industries including healthcare, finance, and transportation. One industry that has been slower to adopt AI […]

October 19, 2023

The Pankow Foundation is immensely disappointed anNo one disagrees that construction lags in innovation and that everything from restrictive building codes to exaggerated perceptions of risk hold us back. Now two decades old, the Charles Pankow Foundation (CPF) seeks to […]

October 18, 2023

Building Information Modeling (BIM) has revolutionized design and construction by streamlining collaboration, improving efficiency, and reducing costs. However, as contractors and designers continue to adopt BIM practices, the need for enhanced interoperability and effective handling of data-rich 3D models becomes […]

October 17, 2023

When we talk about technology, we often think of robots, supercomputers, data centers or smartphones. But technology also refers to the invention of the first chipped stone tools or the development of the steam engine, which brought about the first […]

October 11, 2023

New technologies have entered the marketplace, designed to help contractors do their jobs. Here are some of the most recent releases from this fall. Leica Geosystems The Leica BLK2FLY — an unmanned aerial vehicle from Leica Geosystems, part of the […]

October 10, 2023

Construction administration processes can pose significant challenges to project productivity. The processing of submittals and requests for information (RFIs—a necessary part of the project lifecycle) is a tedious and time-consuming task for most project teams. In the case of larger […]

October 5, 2023

The entire world is talking about artificial intelligence and what it means for our future as people and as workers. The $13-trillion global construction industry has undergone massive changes in the last decade, and now even more technological change will […]

October 4, 2023

Jit Kee Chin doesn’t need the fanciest car on the lot, as long as she can get to work each morning. Chin is the chief data officer for Boston-based builder Suffolk, and she’s also the co-founder of Suffolk Technologies, the […]

September 29, 2023

Drawing plays a pivotal role in architectural design as it is the primary means for transforming ideas into tangible spaces. Within wooden architecture, numerous techniques exist for creating joints, and connections, and seamlessly incorporating the material into other structural components. […]