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Tesla, Cruise, General Motors | April 15, 2020

If you listen to automakers, the future is autonomous driving. However, that technology still has a long way to go before humans can fully trust their vehicles to seamlessly drive them from Point A to B. In the meantime, the car companies need software engineers for a variety of vital roles, from building dashboard-screen software to making sure that drivetrain sensors effectively communicate. Last year, we used crowdsourced compensation data from levels.fyi to compare what Tesla and General Mot...

ConstructConnect | February 10, 2020

There’s a slow but steady trend towards more prefabrication, off-site construction and modularization in Canadian construction. Although there are subtle differences between the three terms, they are often used interchangeably. Here, for sake of simplicity, they will be referred to collectively as prefabrication or prefab. Construction consultant Mark Taylor, who is a former vice-president of permanent modular construction with a large Canadian builder, says prefab construction combines el...

Engineering Tech

SpotOnSite | January 12, 2022

The construction industry currently has two imperative needs: Transparency & Technology. Two years spent in a pandemic brought important face-to-face meetings to virtual, saving everyone time while maintaining connections. The creators of SpotOnSite desired to bring the same brilliant efficiencies to property management and contractor maintenance by reducing the number of face-to-face meetings required to complete property repairs. SpotOnSite is a mobile application that connects work orders...

Construction

Trimble | November 09, 2022

Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and HP are collaborating on the integration of Trimble's latest robotic total station with HP's new SitePrint robotic layout solution. The solution focuses on transforming the layout process for indoor construction projects. The construction industry faces a variety of challenges including the shortage of skilled workers and productivity. HP and Trimble can address these challenges with an integration of HP SitePrint and the recently introduced Trimb...