{"id":25766,"date":"2024-05-10T14:22:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T21:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/7-days-of-construction-tech-news-week-49\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T14:22:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T21:22:10","slug":"7-days-of-construction-tech-news-week-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/7-days-of-construction-tech-news-week-49\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Days of Construction Tech News – Week 49"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here are our picks from the latest construction technology news.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe always ask our people: \u2018what are the problems in the construction industry?\u2019. It\u2019s always been done the same way for many years<\/strong>,\u201d says Jeff Condello, President & CEO of RANDALL Construction. The company is cementing its position<\/a> as the leading self-perform in Florida by investing in innovative market-disrupting products across an impressive portfolio of business units.<\/p>\n

In a bid
\nto clean up the air of Delhi<\/strong>, Studio Symbiosis has designed a series of solutions under
\nthe title \u2018Aura\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Auto\u00addesk<\/a> will focus on how to better integrate its software library with the
\nworkflows of on-site robotics<\/strong> as well as with prefabrication and modular
\nconstruction.<\/p>\n

Apis
\nCor recently built<\/a> a two-story administrative office building for a
\nDubai government agency using one mobile printer<\/strong>. The walls were printed
\non-site by moving the printer around the construction site via crane.<\/p>\n

Hamilton
\nLabs<\/a>, a Singapore-based 3D printing company active in the construction
\nsector, has partnered with Ang Cheng Guan Construction and Saint-Gobain to
\nestablish an Additive Manufacturing & Robotics Hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Singapore
\nhas launched its National
\nArtificial Intelligence Strategy<\/a> to support a goal to become a global
\nhub for developing, testing and scaling AI solutions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

AR
\nfor construction<\/a>: \u201cHaving that information get down all the way to the guy
\nwith the tool in his hand in the snow\u2026<\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n

3D
\nprinting:<\/a> \u201cThe new technology encourages a movement back not to a
\nprimitivism but to an indigenism<\/strong>, building simply and efficiently with the
\nmaterials you find, and supporting people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tone
\nWheeler<\/a>: \u201cBut prefab has never taken off<\/strong>, at least in
\nAustralia. How is it that something that most architects think is a great idea
\nhas proceeded so slowly?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRather
\nthan navigating and fighting the complexities of having all design and all
\nsubcontracting done by different firms and the jobsite work being done by a GC
\n\u2026 we\u2019re producing buildings<\/strong>, full stop.\u201d Why
\ndoes offsite construction matter?<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWithout
\na collaborative approach<\/a> to solving problems and setting goals, though, municipalities
\ncan\u2019t effectively use the data<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The
\nmost innovation-friendly cities<\/a>: New York, Tokyo, London, Los Angeles,
\nSingapore, Paris, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco\/San Jose and Toronto.<\/p>\n

George
\nFloros<\/a> on why BIM and GIS integration has been critical<\/strong> for the
\nSkanska, Costain & STRABAG JV working on The UK\u2019s High Speed Rail 2 (HS2)
\nproject.<\/p>\n

Construction
\nstartup Katerra closing Phoenix factory<\/a>. According to Marks, Katerra is
\nslated to become profitable sometime next year<\/strong>. The company has not yet
\nreleased specific plans to go public, though the CEO has indicated that an IPO
\nwould not happen until at least 2021.<\/p>\n

Could
\nthis 3D printed lattice<\/a> that can stop a bullet be one of the building
\nmaterials of the future<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

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