ENR Associate Technology, Equipment and Products Editor Jeff Yoders has been writing about design and construction innovations for 20 years. He is a five-time Jesse H. Neal award winner and multiple ASBPE winner for his tech coverage. Jeff previously wrote about construction technology for Structural Engineer, CE News and Building Design + Construction. He also wrote about materials prices, construction procurement and estimation for MetalMiner.com. He lives in Chicago, the birthplace of the skyscraper, where the pace of innovation never leaves him without a story to chase.
The National Labor Relations Board has dropped an appeal of a ruling that said its 2023 Joint Employer rule was flawed, marking a win for construction and other business groups that preferred a 2023 definition of what constitutes a joint employer.
Ground Penetrating Radar Systems recently released a mobile app for SiteMap, its cloud platform that can bring GIS and BIM project data together in one workflow.
The startup has seen its construction progress documentation and machine learning-based schedule analyzer technology used on large, complex projects around the globe.
The companies will continue to develop systems that use the lifting of large composite blocks and the pumping of water to store potential energy for later power generation.
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.
Not since the “United States Steel Hour” during the golden age of television has the Pittsburgh-based steelmaker had such drama like the firm’s current public relations fight with former bidder Cleveland-Cliffs over its proposed acquisition by Japan’s Nippon Steel Corporation.
The west abutment of a dam near Mankato, Minn., was washed away, as was a portion of a railroad bridge between Sioux City, Iowa, and North Sioux City, S.D.
Former Chicago politician Ed Burke's crimes included extorting developers of construction projects, prosecutors said, but sentence was less than guidelines recommended