According to the Construction Financial Management Association, the average pre-tax net profit for general contractors is between 1.4 and 2.4 percent and for ...

In a best-case scenario, successful and often incremental research gradually evolves into products intended to solve construction problems. The creators find early adopters to help debug and tune up ...

The construction industry has a love-hate relationship with technology. Some are wary of any new software/hardware the boss brings back from a convention or trade show. In fact, much of this software ...

Tracking work put-in-place on a job, inspectors often walk sites at the end of the week to tabulate what was installed. Processing these reports takes time, leaving many subcontractors waiting months ...

Industries like manufacturing and mining have already automated significant portions of their operations, particularly for repetitive tasks. However, the concrete construction sector has lagged for ...

During its presentation at the ARC Forum in Orlando earlier this month, Bentley Systems announced its acquisition of Acute3D, a company whose software—Smart3DCapture—processes images of existing sites ...

Augmented reality (AR) has made leaps and bounds over the past few years. With the explosion in power of mobile devices, nearly anyone with a modern smartphone can experience AR without specialized ...

For an industry that contributes 6 per cent to the global GDP, the fainting voice of the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry is something to ponder. The global AEC market was ...

DUBLIN, July 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Global Building Information Modeling (BIM) Market: (2019-2023 Edition)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Global Building ...

Little’s digital media team is exploring the use virtual and augmented reality tools for design visualization and coordination meetings with clients. For advanced applications, the firm is utilizing ...