Tag: mobile
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Buildots Releases AI-Powered Mobile Control Room for Construction Sites
Buildots, an AI construction tech start-up, announced the release of the first mobile “control room” to give project managers access to critical information on the go. Profit margins in construction are some of the lowest for any industry, averaging just 2.8%, according to a CE Performance Report. These tight margins leave companies with little room…
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Locating Construction Equipment with IoT and Mobile Technology
It can take hours, or even days, to find a specific scissor lift on a large construction site – multiply that with hundreds of machines on the site and, then, you grasp the scale of the dilemma. Three companies joined forces to test an IoT solution that could fix the problem, cost-efficiently. Ramirent is a…
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Mobile Construction Field Management – Interview with Miikka Viljanen of Consight
In this interview with Miikka Viljanen, CEO of Consight, we discuss the company’s solution for mobile construction field management. How did your company come about? Miikka Viljanen Consight was founded in late 2013. The founder, Niilo Kemppainen (M.Sc. Construction Management), had the idea for a mobile app specifically designed for construction project management. As a…
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Mobile Construction Estimating – Interview with Kim Phillipi of JobFLEX
This is my interview is with the president of JobFLEX, Kim Phillipi. We discuss the possibilities and benefits of using mobile tools for generating construction estimates out in the field. Can you say a few words about you, your company and its background? JobFLEX is a mobile sales and estimating tool for the residential and light commercial construction…
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A Mobile Magazine on Construction Innovation
In the era of the social media, trade magazines have retained their appeal. Construction is no exception. One of the latest ones is CORPUS, with a tagline Constructing tomorrow. CORPUS is the customer magazine of the 150-year-old German chemistry giant BASF. It is published in both English and German. CORPUS is a mobile magazine for iOS,…
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Mobile Collaboration in Construction – Interview with Yves Frinault, CEO of Fieldwire
This is my interview with Yves Frinault, Co-founder and CEO of Fieldwire. We discuss how mobile computing is helping construction, especially on the construction site. Can you tell a little about your company, Fieldwire. Why and how did you come about, who are your customers, and where are you now, business-wise? Fieldwire is a mobile collaboration platform for…
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Four Innovative AEC Mobile Apps
During the last years, smartphones have become important tools also for professionals within the AEC industry. The boom in the mobile application designing industry has led to improved quality over the past couple of years. For example, cloud-based project management tools help to save valuable time and resources by streamlining field communication and providing shared resources.…
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New Mobile Services for the Construction Site
Mobile, cloud-based services are entering the construction site. Here are four recent examples of the trend. Gilbane Tests Out RFID System to Document Workers’ Hours Gilbane Inc., a real estate development and construction firm, is piloting an RFID-based “remote attendance” solution for managing construction subcontracted workers at a building site spanning 1 million square feet.The system…
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Mobile SEO: Making Sites Short and Social
With all good search methods starting to fade away like a morning fog, we are getting ready to enter an era of a deeper focus on the mobile computing world, optimizing our sales and marketing efforts to cater to the new smaller, more ‘on the go’ lifestyles that people lead. Whereas before, most professional marketing…