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Construction News | March 17, 2020

Construction sites are attempting to stay open today amid the latest coronavirus advice to reduce social contact, non-essential travel, and work from home where possible, writes the CN news team. There have not yet been reports of widespread site shutdowns, though it is widely feared these are inevitable. Many firms have sent office staff to work from home amid calls for clarity from government on the restrictions being imposed and on financial measures available to support those hit. A regional...

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GlobalLogic | November 21, 2022

GlobalLogic Inc., a Hitachi Group company and Digital Engineering leader, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fortech, a leading software engineering services company based in Romania. Headquartered in Cluj-Napoca, Fortech has applied its deep technical capabilities to hundreds of clients and more than 1,000 digital projects throughout nearly two decades of operation—a track record that has ultimately positioned the company as one of Romania’s largest leadi...

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Bridgit | November 10, 2020

Bridgit, the leading provider of construction resource management solutions, today announced it has launched an integration with Autodesk®, following news of a $7 million USD strategic investment led by the company. Bridgit Bench is now integrated with BIM 360® and BuildingConnected®. Customers can add and edit a project in Bridgit Bench from BIM 360 or BuildingConnected, log in to Bridgit Bench with their BIM 360 credentials, and open Bridgit Bench in a BIM 360 Partner Card. BIM 360...

Truebeck Construction | February 05, 2020

In 2017, LafargeHolcim, one of the world’s largest suppliers of construction materials, tasked digital manager Jeff Chen with leading a 10-person team on a year-long, worldwide search for common construction woes that could be remedied by innovative technology. Team members spent time with hundreds of AEC pros, learning their pain points. And at jobsite after jobsite, country after country, they saw how high-tech planning devolved into antiquated execution in the field. Nowhere was this mo...