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HS2 trialling Social distancing helmets keep HS2 workers safe
HS2 is planning to keep workers out of harm’s way by using helmets which bleep when the wearer gets too close to dangers on site.
The helmets are currently being used to maintain social distancing on the project’s sites but...
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Egnyte Cloud-based Platform Helps Construction and Engineering Firms Boost Project Efficiencies
Construction and engineering (C&E) firms have historically ranked among some of the least digitized businesses, yet representative a more than $500 billion opportunity for productivity improvement in the U.S. alone, notes Ronen Vengosh, VP of Construction and Engineering at...
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Elston Materials Evolves its Construction Supply Chain in response to Covid-19 With HokuApps
For more than 45 years, Chicago-based, Elston Materials, has been a leading supplier of concrete and other masonry products. Like many family-owned businesses, they adhered to their tradition of personal, face-to-face service. But when Covid hit the economy, in-person...
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Giatecs AI-based SmartMix application improves concrete mix performance, reduces emissions
Giatec has announced that their artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm, Roxi, is now incorporated in SmartMix, a new web-based dashboard that enables producers to optimize concrete materials and predict the performance of their mixes.
"The SmartMix platform has helped us communicate...
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AEM elects Caterpillar’s Otto Breitschwerdt to construction equipment sector board
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is pleased to announce the election of Otto Breitschwerdt, Caterpillar vice president with responsibility for its building construction products division, to its construction equipment sector board.
"I am looking forward to working with Mr....
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Trammell Crow starts construction on Akimel Gateway project
US-based real estate development company Trammell Crow Company (TCC) has started construction on a Class A development in Arizona, Akimel Gateway, for which Butler Design Group is serving as architect.
HILGARTWILSON is the civil engineer for the project while Wespac...
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George Brown construction grad pivots to OH&S safety mentor, resource
As a construction engineering technology student at George Brown College, Alex Ewing hoped he could someday teach there. In 2012, just two years after his graduation, that dream became a reality when was hired as a part-time instructor teaching...
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