Technology Supercharges Pre-Construction Services: Four Case Studies Illustrate How
Four Topics of Distruption in Preconstruction With a continuing evolution from a silo’d design/bid/build estimating approach to more integrated and robust pre-construction services, technology is increasingly automating lower value workflows, while enabling pre-construction professionals to deliver ever more value in areas such as conceptual estimating, value engineering, and life cycle […]
Integrating the Contractor Tech Stack Case Study: McCarthy’s Ryan Moret and Sri Murali
As more construction technology solutions become available, it has become critical to ensure that the information that they collect and produce isn’t siloed and that the many solutions comprising a firm’s tech stack can be integrated to allow data to flow in a way that enables firms to gain the […]
The World’s Top Countries for AECO Tech Start-Ups
The Digital Marketplace is Global. Identifying and Connecting With Regional Hubs is Key to a Winning Strategy. What countries around the world have the most vibrant Built World Ecosystems? What makes a region particularly dynamic? In a digital world where connecting with people around the globe is increasingly like connecting […]
3D Printing Construction Co. ICON Raises $35M. Sector Grows With More Than 20 Active Companies.
With the news that 3D Printing Construction Company, ICON, has just raised $35 million in funding in a round led by Chicago-based real estate tech-focused, Moderne Ventures, with participation from Austin-based, industrial ecosystem-focused Ironspring, and also the well known architecture firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, it seems an opportune time to […]
Construction Robots Current, Emerging Applications
This conversation was recorded on Day 3 of the 2020 BuiltWorlds Project Delivery Conference. The information below includes the key takeaways and full recording of the session. Session Overview: How are advancements to field robotics and autonomous machinery changing construction, and how can the industry be best prepared for changes […]
$4 Billion White Cap, Construction Supply Group Merger Highlights Changing Construction Supply Chain
News of the proposed $4 billion merger of HD Supply’s White Cap Group with Construction Supply Group points to more changes in the construction supply business. Mergers and acquisitions in the construction supply business are not new. In April of last year, L & W Supply purchased Delta Gypsum, after […]
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