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PR Newswire | February 04, 2020

The key product on display when iRoofing exhibits this week at the International Roofing Expo in Dallas is not its newest cloud solution nor its iPhone release. Instead, the big news will be the software company's accomplishments around technological inclusion. Since iRoofing's start in 2011, it has focused on what the founders perceive is the essential need of the industry as a whole – to put technology in the hands of construction workers, demonstrate its simplicity, and prove it...

Construction Dive | February 28, 2020

The USG Corporation + U.S. Chamber of Commerce reported in December that 89% of contractors are having at least a moderate level of difficulty finding skilled workers. “As a result, contractors say they are asking skilled labor to do more, the press release notes. As the labor shortage continues to make headlines, doors also open for new opportunities. High-tech advancements have allowed construction technology to boom, and many firms are working diligently to provide the industry with opt...

UK BIM Alliance, Buildots | June 11, 2020

The UK BIM Alliance has announced Buildots, the construction tech newcomer, as its latest ‘gold patron’ and newest member of the alliance technology group. Buildots’ mission is to enable the construction industry to change for the better, by introducing technology that is not only easy to use but produces measurable benefits. The UK BIM Alliance understands the value of a digitally enabled industry and is driving the industry to make BIM Level 2 become business as usual. The UK...

NASA | January 30, 2020

Years after the advent of decent VR hardware, there are still precious few ways the technology has been employed as anything other than a game or gimmick. One team at NASA, however, has been assembling useful science and engineering applications, with promising and unique results. Studying the astronomical number of stars in our galaxy is generally done using legacy tools, scattered databases, perhaps even paper and pencil. And as such it can be hard to use that great multi-purpose pattern...