CURT Blog
New Year’s Resolutions for 2020
2020 has already arrived and across North America, people are vowing to eat healthier, exercise more, spend less on frivolous purchases, and more on meaningful interactions. This time of year encourages reflection and goal setting, and with that spirit in mind, here...
Traceability, Accountability, and Diversification Come to the Forefront as the Energy Sector Enters a New Decade
By Colin Beaney, IFS Global Industry Director for Energy, Utilities & Resources Prediction 1: In 2020, renewable/sustainable energy will attract 85 percent of all new investment but demand for oil and gas remains high. The first and most obvious change in the...
Add a CURT Membership to Your Holiday Wish-list
What’s on your wish list this holiday season? New slippers? A smartphone upgrade? Tickets to your favorite team’s next game? Might we suggest you add a membership to the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) to the list? There are more than 8,000 professional...
How Smart Contracts are Reducing Inefficiencies in Construction
By Michael Matthews, Industry Principal, Data Gumbo The construction industry notoriously lags in productivity improvements and technology adoption. Its sluggish pace results in trillions of dollars in lost value – approximately $1.6 trillion a year. One underlying...
Modular Market Predicted to Grow to $215 Billion by 2025
By Prathmesh Limaye, Frost & Sullivan The construction industry is grappling with issues pertaining to productivity and meeting project deadlines that have magnified since the 2008-2009 economic recession. Between 2007 and 2011, around two million construction...
Shopping for Kids This Long Weekend? Consider STEM-Related Options!
Whether you thrive in live-action Hulk Hogan-inspired Black Friday madness or prefer to kick back in your PJs with a cup of coffee and your credit card on Cyber Monday, the deals to be had during the upcoming holiday weekend are hard to ignore. According to a survey...
Why Should Your Company Care About Inclusion
Look around your office. Do you and your co-workers represent diversity? More than 157 million Americans are part of the U.S. workforce and that number is projected to grow to 163.8 million by 2024. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has found that certain...
How AI Solves the Data Overload Problem in the Construction Industry
By Zack Novak, Uptake The construction industry is on the verge of significant transformation as a result of new digital capabilities. During my time working with customers in the construction industry, I’ve found a shifting sentiment around the use of artificial...
Predicting the Unpredictable
Uncomfortably high. Those two words should make the world highly uncomfortable as they’re referencing the probability of a recession in 2020. In a CNBC article from October 16, 2019, Chief Economist of Moody’s Analytics, Mark Zandi, is quoted as saying, “I think risks...
3D Printing: The Real Possibilities for Printing Infrastructure
By Megan Kreiger, ERDC-CERL, and Eric Kreiger, P.E., ERDC-CERL 3D printers. You’re probably picturing one of two things: desktop machines printing plastic items often located in schools, libraries, or at home, or metal printers that create optimized brackets,...