According to the Construction Financial Management Association, the average pre-tax net profit for general contractors is between 1.4 and 2.4 percent and for ...

CHC Navigation (CHCNAV) announced the RS7, a new handheld SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) scanning solution, unveiled at the 2026 CHCNAV Connect Partner Conference. Built for BIM ...

In a best-case scenario, successful and often incremental research gradually evolves into products intended to solve construction problems. The creators find early adopters to help debug and tune up ...

The construction industry stands at a pivotal moment. For decades, it has battled with productivity challenges, budget ...

Industries like manufacturing and mining have already automated significant portions of their operations, particularly for repetitive tasks. However, the concrete construction sector has lagged for ...

Tracking work put-in-place on a job, inspectors often walk sites at the end of the week to tabulate what was installed. Processing these reports takes time, leaving many subcontractors waiting months ...

Little’s digital media team is exploring the use virtual and augmented reality tools for design visualization and coordination meetings with clients. For advanced applications, the firm is utilizing ...

The construction industry has a love-hate relationship with technology. Some are wary of any new software/hardware the boss brings back from a convention or trade show. In fact, much of this software ...

During its presentation at the ARC Forum in Orlando earlier this month, Bentley Systems announced its acquisition of Acute3D, a company whose software—Smart3DCapture—processes images of existing sites ...

Augmented reality solution complements Unity Reflect, providing powerful cost-savings and efficiency throughout the design, build, and operations process “Unity’s real-time 3D platform transforms ...

Augmented reality (AR) has made leaps and bounds over the past few years. With the explosion in power of mobile devices, nearly anyone with a modern smartphone can experience AR without specialized ...