By Joe Tapp, World Digital Foundation By embracing technological advances and refining their processes, the manufacturing, healthcare, and technology sectors have made many gains in terms of productivity and a reduction in CO2 emissions. Could Digital Twins help the...
By Anne Hunt, Viewpoint As an industry leader, you’re likely aware of the many high-level reports that regularly come out from influential industry and governing bodies that provide insight on the state of the construction industry and where it’s headed. This includes...
How autonomous equipment is already changing the job-site, and what’s next. By Jeff Jurgens, Director of Product Stewardship, AEM Autonomous construction equipment offers significant benefits with respect to efficiency, cost savings, and safety. These machines are...
Like other industries around the world, businesses operating in the construction sector are trying to figure out how to keep building while adhering to local government policies amid the COVID-19 pandemic. While some business models easily adapted to a work-from-home...
The idea of a digital twin isn’t new, in fact, NASA began using full-scale virtual mock-ups of space capsules in the 1970s to forecast the performance of machines in outer space. As the Internet of Things (IoT) gains traction though, digital twin technology is now...
By Jason Krankota, Nvoicepay Construction has been one of the slowest industries to adopt technology. I think this is partly cultural – folks in the industry like to solve problems with their own ingenuity. Many firms are still family-owned, and there’s still a lot of...