News & Analyst Briefings
Stay up to date with our news and analyst briefings, covering everything innovation and technology, from what's going on around our network to the latest happenings in the buildings and infrastructure spaces.
Interested in contributing? Members can join our Verified Contributor Program to submit articles and analysis in their respective field(s) of expertise, or update company pages to share News from Around the Network, keeping other members informed and our network better connected.
Northwestern Students Ready to Present Concrete 3D Printer?
With the BuiltWorldsNU team’s final presentation looming on Thursday, the
culmination of over five months of work is rapidly approaching. Over 1000
pages of reports, countless tests, hours of presentations, long nights in
the prototyping lab, and nearly our entire budget have led to this point.
Is the team ready?
Minority Report, HoloLens and Procore’s Preview
We’re Number One! The April release of developer kits for HoloLens
unleashed a creative free-for-all that last week saw Procore preview its
first AR field application for RFIs. And UCLA showed how AR already is
helping designers to reimagine Detroit.
5 Minutes with Peter Grant, CEO of Safesite
We sat down with Peter Grant, CEO of Safesite, a mobile safety app, to chat
for 5 minutes, in anticipation of his presentation at the MCAA’s
Construction Tech Conference.
Modern Marketing: Why Stories Still Matter
Likes. Shares. Clicks. Retweets. Engagement. The measures of success in
digital marketing these days may sound like a new vocabulary. But at the
end of the day, it is still the storytelling that will win hearts and
minds, argues our own Rob McManamy.
Rhumbix Starts New Trials, Adds New Partners
These days, Rhumbix is busy. The construction management app announced a
new partnership and will begin a new round of trials on a California
hospital project, deploying their mobile timekeeping solution with an
indoor location technology.
With BIM Mandate Here, UK Turns to Sensors
The UK’s highly anticipated mandate for the use of building information
modeling on all government projects is now in effect. Bechtel’s Stephen
Smith explains how all the new ‘big data’ sensors will make cities like
London not just smarter, but better.
Have an interesting topic or piece of news that you'd like us to write about? Email research@builtworlds.com with your ideas.