"Looking to bolster development of new technologies for construction and give industry players a place to test new products, Oracle has created a Construction and Engineering Innovation Lab. Located on the campus of the former Textura headquarters in Deerfield, Ill.,..

In Star Trek's 1998 Insurrection the android Officer Data goes rogue and..

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) recently opened Traveling Light, a photo exhibition of the iconic work of American photographer Louis Stettner (on display from 10/27/18 – 5/27/19). Stettner’s work is well-known for documenting everyday life and..

"SpotMini is a four-legged dog-like robot that’s just under three feet tall, outfitted with 3D vision and 17 distinct joints. Boston Dynamics, the company that makes SpotMini, wants to be on pace to produce a thousand SpotMini robots annually by July 2019 for..

Poor Data Fuels Construction Rework

A joint study between software company PlanGrid and FMI Corporationrecently reported a growing problem that is plaguing many construction companies today: Poor data and miscommunication is driving over half of all construction..

Construction software firm PlanGrid and management consulting firm FMI Corp. recently completed a joint study of nearly 600 construction company executives on their project communications and technology use.  The PlanGrid-FMI study reported the following insights on..

It's not often that you get a chance to see a trailblazing state-of-the-art medical facility in the making, but BarkerBlue had the privilege to do just that. Two teams of BarkerBlue employees recently were treated to a tour of the New Stanford Hospital construction..

"Amazon promises to build a $5B second headquarters to host 50,000 high-paying tech employees with a median income of $100K in the city that offers the most alluring incentives — but once you take in a tech powerhouse like Amazon, the construction boom won’t stop with..

 "The next generation of consumers is already influencing the next phase of real estate.  Generation Z has been defined as anyone who is born after 1996. The eldest Gen Zers are now 22, coming into adulthood and beginning to have purchasing power...Welcome to..