COVID-19 and recent shelter-in-place orders in the SF-Bay Area are naturally forcing companies to rethink some approaches to business. Of course the first priority is keeping employees healthy and minimizing negative effects to the community, plus setting operational..

"The Bay Area is the most expensive place in the world to build an apartment building, office tower, hospital, warehouse or school. And it’s not even close — the region is 13 percent more costly to develop than second-place New York, according to a new report by..

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Construction companies today have so many variables to account for to ensure their projects complete correctly and on time. Between weather, labor and staffing shortages, logistics and delivery of materials and equipment, work stoppages and worker..

For years the city of Oakland got shoved to the back of the popularity line behind San Francisco, its assets often ignored. But today that dynamic is changing. The Bay Area's building boom spread rapidly to Oakland, in part fueled by the growing millennial population..

"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..

The new technology for construction jobsites is exciting for its ability to improve speed, productivity, and cost efficiency of projects, all generated by easier access to more information.

Construction Dive recently conducted a survey identifying these top 5..

"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..