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Analyst Briefings, News From Around the Network & Verified Member Contributor Posts

With news making headlines every day in the built world, Analyst Briefings, News From Network Members, and Expert Contributor Posts help keep member connected and up to date.

In addition to our own Analyst Briefings, our Verified Contributor Program empowers members to submit analysis in their fields of expertise, while our News from Around the Network pulls updates posted by member companies from their company pages to help keep the network connected.

Employees

How to Find and Retain Excellent Employees for Your Construction Company

January 16, 2018

When you’re running a successful construction company and taking on new jobs, you always need more quality workers. The hiring process can be time-consuming, but you’ll save countless hours later if you find— and retain — the best candidates now. Thankfully, construction is a booming business, and will be for […]

OnSiteIQ

Bringing the Jobsite Back to the Office: Inside OnSiteIQ’s Launch

January 15, 2018

Documenting a jobsite can be a costly and time-consuming endeavor, especially if contractors attempt to do so by themselves. The complexity of such a task is only further increased by bringing that data into the digital realm. OnSiteIQ, which launched out of beta today, remedies this long-standing issue by providing […]

Round up

Round up: News from Viewpoint, CannonDesign, RT3, Sopris Systems, and The Walsh Group

January 12, 2018

What’s happening this week in our industry? Here’s our Friday round up of news and announcements from members of the BuiltWorlds network. Want to be included? Send your press releases or story ideas to news@builtworlds.com. 1. Viewpoint releases Spectrum Business Intelligence Viewpoint, an ERP project management and mobile solution provider for the […]

ERP

Construction Companies Need More Than Traditional ERP

January 11, 2018

The maturation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems has historically focused on the manufacturing space where the platforms were developed to take orders and procure parts alongside managing production and controlling inventory, financials, and supply chains. If you’re a construction company, though, your focus likely centers on controlling scopes of […]

Tech

Tech Employment Trends in the AEC Industry

January 10, 2018

For generations, the construction industry has lagged in its adoption of technology, making it one of the last places ambitious tech savvy employees thought to apply for work. So when Mark Stocks tries to recruit tech gurus to his application development and data team at JE Dunn Construction, he admits […]

Site 1001

Smart Buildings Start With Systems That Communicate

January 9, 2018

How do we learn? A simple question, a complex answer. We, as humans, have been learning since day one, but how we actually do so seems automatic, as if rather than thinking about how to walk, we simply do it. In a career packed with scientific intrigue, Dr. Filip Ponulak […]

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