As the construction industry continues to evolve, advancements in construction technology are helping to make the industry safer and more efficient. We are in the Information Age, where more companies ...

Digital applications and virtual design practices are revolutionizing the construction industry. Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) digital software ...

In the last few years, the drift from two-dimensional models to three-dimensional drawings has already gained huge traction in many industries, and HVAC contractors hugely benefitted from the ...

Trimble announced the availability of Trimble Quadri Building Information Modeling (BIM) collaboration software in North America. Well known in Europe, Quadri software provides a common data ...

Augmented reality (AR) has made leaps and bounds over the past few years. With the explosion in power of mobile devices, nearly anyone with a modern smartphone can experience AR without specialized ...

“We’ve seen two years’ worth of digital transformation in two months,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote in an open letter to customers on April 30, 2020. Since the global pandemic started, more ...

Paper plans and tape measures were once staples on a construction site. Today, however, firms that aren’t arming their employees with the latest electronic tools and leveraging the power of building ...

Autodesk released an integration platform called Autodesk Construction Cloud Connect on May 27 that expands its cloud partner network and solidifies connections to other widely used construction ...

In early 2008, as a storm approached northern Michigan, a 19-year-old construction worker raced to the rooftop of a multifamily building to clear the area of construction debris. Unaware that a metal ...

The acronym “BIM” — which stands for building information modeling — might be easy to pronounce, but the knowledge required to master this ever-evolving construction process technology is anything but ...

Sophisticated field placement methods exist using equipment such as robotic total stations. In conjunction with geospatial data incorporated into the BIM model, these tools can be used to accurately ...

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) manages 370 million square feet of building space for the federal government, and is responsible for construction of all the feds' non-military buildings ...