From Idea to Action: A Case Study in Incubation
The saddest thing about good ideas is how many go unrealized; and not for lack of thinking but lack of action. A good idea without a plan for nurturing it into the practical is about as useful as a good sandwich dropped in the mud. Some companies seem content losing […]
5 Benefits of Adoption for Site Safety Tech
It’s Construction Safety Week and in advance of our upcoming analyst call on safety, Advancing Site-Wide Safety Practices with Innovative Technology, June 5, it’s worth reviewing what comprises today’s site safety solutions and which rise to the top. What are site safety solutions? Site safety solutions refer to a range […]
Procore Focuses on Biggest Contractor Customers for Growth – Will It Work?
With Copilot, Pay and Precon, Procore’s growth strategy is centered on a bigger spend from its biggest contractor customers. Our data suggests it just might work. In last week’s quarterly earnings call, Procore CEO Tooey Courtemanche kicked off his remarks with a fairly extensive debrief on a recently held gathering […]
Building Technology In Practice: Insights from the 2024 Annual Report
As the United States hones its focus on sustainability, sparked by public pressures, corporate incentives, and government regulations and policies (at various levels), the construction industry finds itself at the frontlines of technology and innovation to meet these evolving standards. BuiltWorlds’ recently released 2024 Annual Building Tech Benchmarking Report sheds […]
10 Construction Robots Finding Success, Making Job Sites Safer for the Humans
Construction can be a dirty, physically demanding and dangerous business. Over the past decade, though, an increasing number of “smart machines” have come into the market, promising to make job sites safer, healthier and more appealing for the humans on the job. For an industry characterized by labor shortages, an […]
Moving Construction Safety Upstream: Five Ways Architects, Engineers and Pre-Construction Planners Can Help Save Lives
The construction industry is once again gearing up for its annual Construction Safety Week. While the industry has made significant progress in lowering the frequency of recordable incidents on job sites, overall, its actual fatality rate over the past decade is largely where it was a decade ago. In fact, […]
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