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Construction sites are a massive jigsaw of people and parts that must be pieced together at the right time. With larger projects, delays become more expensive. McKinsey projects that on-site mismanagement costs the construction industry $1.6 trillion a year....

Every day, construction workers deal with various tasks that require surveillance and supervision. They also have to ensure the safety performance of their construction operations onsite. While technologies like artificial intelligence and augmented reality are transforming this industry, computer...

Statom Group (formally Gears Group) has recently undertaken a £3.5 million investment in state of the art Construction equipment from Molson Group.The cache of machinery and equipment is to support Statom Group’s plant and machinery arm, enabling them to...

As part of its continued commitment to growing the Canadian economy, Lafarge Canada Inc. has announced the acquisition of the assets of Mixcor Aggregates Inc. based in Alberta. Twenty-six sites and 50 employees will join the Lafarge team, paving...

Leica Geosystems part of Hexagon, announced a collaboration with Kobelco Construction Machinery, a leading provider of excavators and cranes, to develop integrated 2D and 3D machine control solutions that can be operated remotely as part of the Kobelco K-DIVE...

Precision-manufactured housing can solve the shortfall in affordable homes. Jami Cresser-Brown, director of creative technologies at Bryden Wood, discusses a new app developed with the GLA and Cast Consultancy that harnesses location data to support its adoption We know we...

The coronavirus has forced the construction world to adapt and evolve by increasingly using technology to get projects done, those in the field say. Over the past seven months, the pandemic has accelerated the use of technology across worksites to...