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ENGINEERING TECH

Lennar | October 26, 2021

Lennar, one of the nation's leading homebuilders, and ICON, a construction technologies company pioneering large-scale 3D printing, announced a commitment to build the largest community of 3D-printed homes to date using ICON's innovative robotics, software and advanced materials. Breaking ground in 2022, the 100-home community will be codesigned by the acclaimed architecture firm, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group. The announcement deepens a relationship that began with Lennar's...

Buildots | August 06, 2020

Buildots has secured $16m in funding to leverage the power of AI to track, analyse and provide actionable data for construction project teams.Large projects still rely on tedious manual record-taking by project managers who often keep track of hundreds of thousands of tasks and the progress of dozens of contractors.Productivity in the construction industry has plateaued with researchers estimating that 98% of megaprojects suffer cost overruns of more than 30% and 77% are late.B...

PBC Today | September 28, 2020

With SMEs accounting for the vast majority of the construction supply chain, adopting digital transformation could bring significant benefits for the whole industry, yet the evidence suggests they are being left behind. What needs to change? Industry 4.0 is a general term that refers to a range of emerging technologies that many believe mark the fourth industrial revolution. Underpinned by data and analytics, these new technologies are heavily focused on interconnectivity, automation and machine...

CONSTRUCTION

ConWize | June 21, 2022

ConWize, the construction tendering software company, announced it had raised $2.8 million in a seed round led by Ariel Maislos. Other investors include Pi Labs, Europe's first and most active Proptech VC, and angel investors Liad Agmon and Meir Gabay. Today, most construction companies, subcontractors, and suppliers in the construction industry still manage tenders manually, making the bidding process time-consuming, expensive, and prone to mistakes. With 15 years of experien...