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Apple 3D Head-Tracking – The Ultimate Display for Construction Plans

by Houston Neal 12/18/2009 |  No Comments
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The latest talk of the town in the Apple blogosphere is 3D head-tracking. Apple recently filed a patent for technology that allows users to change perspective of an object by moving their head or body. So instead of dragging your mouse to rotate a graph or chart, you simply look behind it; a more intuitive approach (at least in the eyes of Apple engineers). Here’s a quick video of how this could be used to view 3D construction More …

RFID – A Construction Technology Dream Come True

by Guest Blogger 12/17/2009 |  No Comments
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What construction executive doesn’t daydream about tools and equipment that are safe and sound whether on a job site or in the warehouse, especially as construction projects decline and competition heats up? Dream no more, as radio frequency identification (RFID) technology combined with a comprehensive tool tracking system makes improved profits a More …

Bringing Your Punch List Into the 21st Century

by Chris Thorman 8/19/2009 |  7 Comments
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Whether you’re the general contractor of a major construction firm or a local home builder, the completion of a project’s “punch list” is the final barrier between you and receiving payment for your work.

The explosion in popularity of smartphones begs for a solution to the traditional, low-tech way of approaching a construction project’s punch list.
This is how we’d like to see smartphones and specifically a punch list app bring the traditional construction punch list into the 21st century. More …

Track LEED v3 Credits in Project Management Software

by Houston Neal 7/13/2009 |  4 Comments
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Given the recent deadline for registering LEED v2.2 projects, we were reminded of a post we wanted to write: how construction project management software can be used to track LEED credits.

Tracking LEED credits requires software functionality similar to that required for more traditional construction project management. Consequently, a few leading vendors have re-purposed their technology to make this More …

4D Project Scheduling from Synchro & Google

by Houston Neal 10/16/2008 |  No Comments
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Construction management firms are often too tied-up with project deadlines to keep pace with the latest news and developments in technology. To offer a glimpse of innovative trends in construction software, we attended this year’s CMAA conference, camera’s ready, to get footage of what’s new and interesting in construction More …