Articles by Jeff Rubenstone

Hawaiian Dredging has used manual processes to track the productivity of the cranes on its jobsites in the past, but a deployment of Versatile's CraneView sensor package is automating some of that tedious and difficult work.

New technologies and processes for digitally managed materials tracking and deliveries are challenging long-held ideas on project logistics

Getting machine learning and artificial intelligence to work for construction is often a matter of finding where it would be most useful.

In an effort to create a common environment for design visualizations across multiple platforms, Autodesk has partnered with Nvidia to bring its broad suite of design software to Nvidia Omniverse, a recently launched collaborative 3D environment that allows users of different software to see their 3D designs in one shared online space.

The dog-shaped Spot robot from Boston Dynamics will be available next year with a Trimble laser scanner and GNSS antenna built in, for an out-of-the box autonomous reality capture on jobsites.

Tool manufacturer Hilti is launching a semi-autonomous overhead drilling robot to aid overhead drilling, which is one of the most strenuous tasks in the building trades.

The deal, announced Oct. 27, will allow the tech firm to build out its project management platform further into preconstruction..

With the company’s IPO bringing Bentley into the sphere of publicly traded companies, the software maker plans to continue its expansion into the construction phase of projects.

Software provider told Year in Infrastructure conference attendees Oct. 20 that strategic link will better integrate the tech giant’s Azure cloud system into its existing software to ease data logjam.

Conference wrapup on Oct. 16 offered a glimpse at what comes next–the state of emerging technologies and how construction tech fits in the context of a changing industry market.