The software company known for ProjectWise, MicroStation and Synchro will continue its focus on the tools that enable engineers to design and build critical infrastructure.

Originally known as Bid2Win when it was founded in the 1990s, B2W has grown from an estimation and field tracking tool to a cloud platform for heavy civil contractors that includes equipment maintenance and management, scheduling and electronic forms to its list of tools.

Autodesk has acquired data-sharing platform Datum360 and has opened up its data model API via its Autodesk Docs data sharing platform. 

The company will change how it books multiyear software subscriptions after audit finds revenue from such deals was accounted for incorrectly.

The Trimble Unity suite bundles together several of its software offerings with improved data compatibility across the board.

Autodesk, Buildots and NVIDIA are all further developing AI tools and experiments that could inform, iterate and automate construction.

The acquisition of the construction payments management platform expands Trimble's ERP offerings.

Contractor Brasfield & Gorrie is working to update its site maps to avoid utility strikes and other incidents by integrating drone flight data directly into their GIS maps using Esri’s Site Scan for ArcGIS Pro.

Billable hours have long been the professional services standard by which architects, engineers, lawyers and accountants all get paid. But what if that effort wasn’t from human toil at all?

With AI-driven modeling, flood projections and scenario plans can be set up quickly, allowing far more sensitivity and insight than a static projection can generate from historical data.