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Project Management Software Maker InEight Picks Up a Smart Scheduler

October 10, 2018

InEight, a developer of construction project management software, has acquired BASIS, a planning-assist tool built for capital projects that complements and enhances critical path method scheduling. BASIS uses artificial intelligence to guide planners to improved project plans.

Steel Connection Optimizer Adds More Features to the Kit

Tom Sawyer

October 10, 2018

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Qnect, a cloud-based, structural steel connection design and optimization software company based in Hadley, Mass., has added to its portfolio of connections new capabilities to optimize top and bottom plate moment connections, as well as deck support steel in 3D models.

Commentary on Critical Path Scheduling

Some Thoughts Heading Into The Next Construction CPM Conference

Maybe we're making a difference by recommending adjustments to software

Fredric L. Plotnick

October 4, 2018

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We are having some success in nudging the software developers to serve our needs as well as those of their perhaps more numerous customers in other fields.

'Spare Time' Project Yields Carolinas Power Outage Tracking Map

Luke Abaffy

October 3, 2018

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PowerOutage.us is a live, online map of power outages by county.

Aconex Focuses on Cloud Benefits After Acquisition by Oracle

Jeff Rubenstone

October 3, 2018

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It has been a long journey since Australia-based construction management software maker Aconex was acquired by Oracle last December in a $1.2-billion deal.

Modeling for Coping With Record Flooding in Carolinas

Tom Sawyer

September 26, 2018

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Technology has become firmly embedded in disaster response and management, and every major event, such as the record-demolishing September 2018 floods in the Carolinas, sees new or improved tools showing up in the toolbox.

Secure Drone Operations System for Disaster Response

Tom Sawyer

Jim Parsons

September 26, 2018

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Quentin Wheeler, a retired U.S. Navy helicopter pilot and the CEO of a North Carolina company called Applied Drone Systems, has been flying drone missions over flooded towns in southeastern North Carolina during the Hurricane Florence emergency.

Mapping the construction technology ecosystem

What Data Reveals About the Construction Technology Ecosystem

Tom Sawyer

September 12, 2018

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The global management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. has released a new study of 2,400 construction technology providers serving the entire life cycle of the industry.

Oracle Unveils Collaborative Test Site for Construction Tech

Jeff Rubenstone

August 30, 2018

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Looking to bolster development of new technologies for construction and give industry players a place to test new products, Oracle has created a Construction and Engineering Innovation Lab.