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The Kansas City International Airport terminal Is the largest project yet to deploy wearable IoT tags to warn workers when they're in violation of jobsite social distancing rules.

More than 100 architecture firms are now requesting more development of Revit as Autodesk admits it hasn't been investing in building out the platform in recent years.

With a focus on productivity and encouragement of social distancing on construction sites, tool manufacturer Hilti has announced a raft of new products, including the EXO-O1, a wearable mechanical exoskeleton.

MEP Subcontractors are the unsung heroes of prefabrication and they can help designers and contractors embrace a leaner, better construction process if they'll listen to their prefab sherpas.

25 British architecture firms have written a letter to Autodesk asking for more development of its Revit design software platform, citing license costs that have increased 70% over the last five years.

Contractors and DOTs tout camera effectiveness in stopping accidents, but motorist and taxpayer advocates say they are a corrupt enterprise designed to defraud drivers. It appears that both sides make a point. /p>

Tracking work put-in-place on a job, inspectors often walk sites at the end of the week to tabulate what was installed.

Contractors are relying even more heavily on prefabrication and modularization and communication technologies using A/R, V/R and cloud sharing.

Construction jobs also increase as stay-at-home orders loosen and states re-open construction.