Construction Tech
After a slow start to 2022, the construction industry added 60,000 jobs in February to reach employment numbers slightly below its pre-pandemic level. However,...
Outsourcing Logistics: Monitoring and Tracking Company-Owned and Third-Party Trucks
By Matthew Brinker
In the heavy work materials industry, some companies operate their own trucks to ship raw materials and/or finished products to customers, while...
Maintaining Critical Road, Rail, and Bridge Infrastructure
Arecent 60 Minutes TV broadcast—“Falling Apart”—explains that “America’s roads, bridges, airports, and rail lines are outdated and need to be fixed.” It also states...
Buzzing Builders
Purdue University engineers and entomologists are making some sweet discoveries about how honeybees build and structure their honeycombs, which could lead to new fabrication...
Augmented Reality
By Sarah Nicastro
Augmented reality (AR) is one of the most exciting and compelling technologies for service organizations because it is easy to visualize the...
The SAW Solution
The Capital City Machine Shop in Doraville, Georgia, specializes in welding and remachining large industrial machinery and equipment. The company has added equipment and...
Poor Site Prep
When it comes to construction, the most important work occurs before the first shovel hits the dirt—or at least it should.
“If a contractor uses...
Innovations in Fine-Aggregate Exposed Concrete
Wet-play spaces like these at the Tandy Family YMCA, in Tulsa benefit from Bomanite’s Sandscape, which can be combined with a Revealed treatment to...
Construction Technology, Implementation, and Beyond
Shared wisdom on the interface between construction technology and construction reality
Construction has always been an old school kind of business, even among the tech-savvy....
Proper Piping
By Mark Ligon
Many applications, including drainage and irrigation, require piping to be installed underground. Both PVC and CPVC can be laid underground, combined with...