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3 Ways Construction Businesses Can Modernize With No-Code Dynamic Work Management

Social, Agile and Transformation

Ten years ago, I wrote an article for Engineering News Record on how construction businesses underspend in technology. I referenced Gartner’s survey of technology spending by industry, showing construction dead last, which was the same ranking it held the previous year.

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Building the future of construction

CIO Business Intelligence

The construction industry in many countries around the world is facing a labor shortage crisis. For construction to continue at the pace needed, something has to change. For construction to continue at the pace needed, something has to change. There is a solution: remote operation of construction machinery. Innovation

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Construction software company Procore acquires Seattle mapping startup Unearth

GeekWire

(Unearth Photos) Unearth Technologies , a Seattle startup that develops mapping software for the construction industry, announced Friday it was acquired by Procore Technologies , a publicly traded company based in Southern California. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Fire resistant, quake safe, climate friendly: Mass timber is on the rise as a construction alternative

GeekWire

permitted under a set of new construction codes that allow for wooden high-rises up to 18 stories. Wood has been a building material for as long as humans have constructed shelters. The building and construction industries are responsible for 13% of global carbon emissions — largely due to concrete and steel.

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Swapp raises $7 million to automate construction planning with AI

Venture Beast

Swapp, a startup developing AI to automate construction planning, has raised $7 million in a funding round. Read More.

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Transformative force of artificial intelligence in the construction industry

Dataconomy

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming an integral part of the construction industry, offering a variety of applications that enhance efficiency, safety, and decision-making. Enhanced safety By analyzing data from various sources, AI can identify potential safety hazards on a construction site and suggest corrective actions.

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Pacific Northwest companies merge and raise cash to build energy efficient, modular construction tech

GeekWire

Chapin realized that togetherness in a newly announced business merger between NODE, the Seattle-based, carbon-cutting construction company that they co-founded, and Seattle and Portland’s Green Canopy, an eco-focused real estate developer and home builder. Greening construction using tech. Green Canopy NODE Photo).