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Milwaukee Tool Broadens Cloud-Based Tool Tracking Software

Jeff Rubenstone

June 13, 2017

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When Milwaukee Tool introduced its OneKey wireless tool-tracking platform in 2015, it started small.

Updated 3D Scanner Aims to Expand Use of Point Clouds

Jeff Rubenstone

June 13, 2017

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Getting point-cloud data to verify as-builts and quickly map out an interior space is often a matter of balancing time and cost.

Packed ENR FutureTech Event Builds Optimism

Jeff Yoders

June 7, 2017

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ENR’s annual meet-up attracts industry and vendor visionaries to explore the future of construction technology

Contractor Reduces Marine Pile-Driving Time with 3D Controls

Judith Powers

May 26, 2017

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Custom software speeds a complex pile installation in Nova Scotia.

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Sensor Technology Brings Situational Awareness to Jobsites

Jeff Rubenstone

May 24, 2017

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Getting connected on a jobsite was once a matter of trying to find a decent cellphone signal.

Skanska, CBT Architects Save $6M With First-In-New England Collaboration Method

Project team uses BIM 360 Project IQ software on Boston's only elliptical tower

Johanna Knapschaefer

May 8, 2017

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Collaboration between CBT Architects and Skanska construction teams accelerated construction of an elliptical building built over a tunnel that distinguishes itself in Boston’s booming Seaport District.

LiDAR-Equipped Drone in Tests on Calif. Roadwork

Aileen Cho

May 3, 2017

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An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology is being tested to document cut-and-fill work on a $74-million interchange in Contra Costa County, Calif.

Canadian Company Proposes to Cut Pipeline Monitoring Costs with Automated Drones

Mike Bernos

April 19, 2017

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Developer of automated drone system hopes to challenge the $36-billion pipeline monitoring business with a better, less expensve alternative.

Jim Parsons

March 22, 2017

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Nearly $400,000 worth of construction equipment allegedly stolen from multiple jobsites in the upper Mid-Atlantic has been recovered, thanks to coordinated police work and a sharp-eyed aerial drone.

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FAA Predicts Surge in Commercial Drones

Agency expects fleet to rise tenfold in five years, to 442,000

Tom Ichniowski

March 21, 2017

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Construction and real estate are the second-most-popular commercial drone applications

Kiewit to Build Record 4.5-GW Gas Power Plant for Pa. Data Center Complex

60-Ton, $500K Crane Is Stolen From Ohio Power Construction Site

Nevada Lithium Mine Secures Funding to Begin Construction

A group of workers stand in a line by two orange tents and an excavator picking up pieces of concrete from a collapsed building

Collapse of 33-Story Bangkok Tower During Earthquake Blamed on Substandard Construction

Fired NLRB Member Pushes for Reinstatement

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