August 27, 2008
 

Compare Site Designs
What if every time clients inquired about a design change you could answer them on the spot? This scenario might become a reality for civil engineers with the release of a new Web-based tool. (More)

Not Your Average Home
If you haven’t implemented smart technologies in the homes you are building, you might want to reconsider. Many consider it a new wave in technology for the home, exploding into the automated home... (More)

 Expanding Use of Technology
 Reducing Pollutants in New Homes
 Electronic Payments
 Managing Hospitals
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Eight Technologies to Consider
Eight technologies will have a transformational business impact and should be considered for adoption within the next ten years. These eight technologies are a part of a recently published report... (More)

 Bluetooth Access Point
 RedPrairie Adds RFID
 AMI Plus Water Solution
 START-IT and M2M to Merge
ALL OF TODAY'S HEADLINES
 
 

 
  How are you differentiating your company during the housing slowdown?  
 
 Automated Home Technology 
 More Remodeling Work 
 Other 
 Just trying to hang on 
 Certifications 
 Better Office/Field Technology 


 

Out of the Dark
High risk, little reward. This is an unfortunate yet all too familiar occurrence for today’s subcontracting companies which are constantly forced to...

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7 Signs You Need AHT
The market is down. Retrofitting has gained a bit of momentum. And buyers are more restrained in their willingness to purchase a new home...

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Top Products 2008 - Commercial
The goal of the Top Products—as requested by our readers—was to identify the leading technology products on the market today, in no way are the...

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Come and Get IT
Builders remain aggressive when it comes to applying IT (information technology). According to Constructech’s 2008 National Construction Technology Survey, 62% of respondents in this space consider... (More)

Lighting Control in the Golden Years
With various industry reports expecting 70 million people in the 65 or older age bracket by the year 2030, the market for 50+ housing is rapidly growing. For builders this means a continued area of... (More)

Dotting the ‘I’ in BIM
One of the hottest topics in the industry today is BIM (building information modeling). Throughout the past few years, almost every CAD (computer-aided design) vendor on the planet with capable... (More)

Hard Times Require Tough Talk
One of the things I have always admired about the construction industry is its resiliency. While the residential industry continues to experience yet another downturn, many residential builders are... (More)

Slowly Coming Together
My father was a big fan of the show “The A-Team.” Although I was not a big fan of the show, I would always watch it with him. Mostly I liked it when the lead character John “Hannibal” Smith would... (More)



What’s Up with BIM?
True, there are various components to BIM, such as visualization or virtual design review and clash detection, which are enabled by technology. But on the whole when you are talking about BIM you are... (More)



Producer Price Index Up -  August 25, 2008
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 1.2% in July, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), www.bls.gov, Washington, D.C. The uptick continues a trend of increasing prices for finished goods, as July’s gains follow increases of 1.8% in June and 1.4% in May. (More)




Hottest Companies
This award is open to technology, building automation, or automated home technology vendors with an innovative product that targets either the commercial or residential construction industry. (More)

Top Products
The first annual Constructech’s Top Products competition highlights some of the best products tailored for the construction and homebuilding markets (More)



How Hot Is IT?
Sixteen technology providers made the cut this year. Another three are on the brink, and even they were a tough call to keep off of the list. Judging in the sixth annual Constructech Hottest... (More)

Microsoft Supplement
Microsoft technology is providing a structure for success in construction. (More)

Gaining Financial Support
Outside of running heavy equipment, labor is the No.1 cost on a construction project. Today, to remain—or become—profitable, companies are placing more focus on tracking the cost of labor. When they... (More)

What Else is HOT?
With this being our annual Constructech’s Hottest Companies issue I thought I would stick with that theme here in my editorial. Rather than talking about product vendors though, I wanted to talk a... (More)

Just How Hot Are They?
This year we really had a chance to delve in and truly examine, and perhaps even question, the companies that nominated themselves for the 2008 Hottest Companies competition. In my humble opinion... (More)



Options for Building Owners -  April 3, 2008
In a perfect world construction projects would always be completed on time and under budget. It would never rain over a jobsite. And building owners could rest assured the lowest bidder was... (More)

Postal Facilities Management -  March 31, 2008
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night,” will keep this company from delivering partly because its technology operates every hour of every day throughout the year. (More)



Procore
In this podcast, Tooey Courtemanche, CEO and founder of Procore Technologies, talks with Constructech editor Mike Carrozzo on how Web-based technology is transforming the role of the supervisor in the construction industry and how voice messages can help manage daily logs.

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