fire safety

Reinventing Commercial Fire Detection

Protecting life, property, and reputation is now much easier for commercial facilities ranging from hospitals, universities, and indoor football practice fields to museums and...

Breaking Rock

About as long as man has known rock, people have been designing and perfecting tools to demolish it. In recent years, hydraulic breaker technologies...
mobile technology for delivery of materials

Mobile Technology: Construction’s Secret Weapon

As we head into construction’s busiest time of year, contractors and suppliers operating in the residential and commercial building supply arena are turning to technology to...

Collab Power: Part 2 of 4

Building design and construction is no easy task—it’s like putting together a giant living puzzle with infinite pieces. Without collaboration, it’s impossible to complete. Over...

Battery UPS

Mission-critical facilities realize that batteries provide a trustworthily, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) to augment the grid during outages. However, this option has not always...

Emerging Assets

By Sarah Colley Construction and technology aren’t exactly synonymous. It’s an industry known for its ruggedness and continued grasp on a perceptively “old-fashioned” labor landscape....

Smart Buildings

It’s not your father’s (or mother’s) office anymore. While early adopters were already integrating new technologies to transform the traditional workplace setting, the evolution...

Digital Age Communication

Construction communication success hinges on the next evolution network By Dave George An epiphany occurred while researching my annual communications forecast—history is integral to future development....

Build Smart

The $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework is a boost for the construction industry and companies that win contracts and then repeat business will be...

Different Spin

By Seth Ulmer Contractors wear many hats during their life—mechanic, electrician, and heavy equipment operator, just to name a few. Having the knowledge and proper...