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.
A Virtual Tour of CES
At the Consumer Electronic Show, a veritable smorgasbord of technologies
was showcased. Throughout all of the noise, a few distinct technologies
shot to the forefront of what will pave the way for the built tomorrow’s
built environment.
Swimming with Sharks in the Extreme Sandbox
Remember those innocent days when you marveled out the car window at the
massive equipment you’d see from the backseat as your family drove past a
construction site? Randy Stenger has those vivid memories too. He founded
Extreme Sandbox, where adults can crush a car with a CAT and so very much
more.
Procore procures a bundle, Rides TsunamI Of VC Tech Investment
Just days after celebrating its 1 millionth user, Procore ended 2015 on an
even higher note. On Dec. 30, it announced new VC investment of another $50
million. That is only the latest good news in a wild flurry of AEC tech
investment.
C-Suite Corner: Newforma’s Ian Howell Peers Ahead
Don’t be fooled by the NH address. While tech rivals surf the cyber shoals
in Silicon Valley or dazzle with glitzy demos in Paris, a lean giant has
quietly grown in the White Mountains of New England. How does 2016 look
from that snowy perch?
WATCH: An Epic Tale of How Secret Teamwork Saved Lives, in 1978
A final holiday treat before heading back to work on Monday. Sit back,
relax and learn how a curious engineering student in 1978 discovered a
design flaw that required feverish emergency repairs to make safe an iconic
new NYC tower.
Flux Flexes Fundraising Muscles, Flashes $29M in New Cash
San Francisco-based Flux, a technology startup spun out of Google in 2012
and focused on improving interoperability among AEC technologies, announced
this month that it has raised $29 million in Series B financing.
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