ENGINEERING TECH
Bridgit | July 27, 2021
Bridgit, a leading construction workforce intelligence technology company, and Touchplan, an award-winning collaborative construction planning software platform that digitizes collaboration, planning, tracking, and communication on the job site, announced today an exclusive partnership that will enable construction firms to better manage risk through a data-driven approach to project and workforce management.
Bridgit provides industry-leading workforce intelligence solutions designed from the ground up to meet the specific requirements of the construction industry. Contractors can use Bridgit Bench to develop and retain top talent, make informed bidding and hiring choices, and predict their project pipeline.
Touchplan has been trusted by the world's top building owners, developers, and contractors to optimize costs and deliver over $52 billion in construction project value since 2013. More than 40,000 construction professionals worldwide have used the Touchplan platform to plan and finish work faster, as well as track, analyze, and manage critical jobsite risk factors such as labor efficiency, supply chain and materials management, health and safety, and quality.
About Bridgit
Bridgit is a workforce intelligence company that specializes in the construction industry. Bridgit's mission is simple: to assist the construction sector in maximizing profitability by putting people first. Bridgit Workforce Intelligence converts workforce data into actionable insights that guide an organization's strategic and tactical business choices. Bridgit collaborates with industry leaders like Skanska, Balfour Beatty, and Ryan Companies, among others. Bridgit is a privately held company that has raised more than USD 15.7 million in equity investment from investors, including Autodesk, BDC Capital's Women in Technology Venture Fund, EDC, IAF, Salesforce Ventures, Sands Capital Ventures, and StandUp Ventures.
About Touchplan
Touchplan is a leading construction planning software that bridges the gap between the office and the field. It aspires to provide approachable, forward-thinking data and analytics solutions that transform construction into a more collaborative, transparent, and flexible process for all parties involved. Touchplan is firm in its stance that learning from data is the key to making the building process more efficient and, as a result, improving people's lives. Touchplan is the privately-owned MOCA Systems, Inc.'s technology solutions division.
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Engre | October 05, 2020
Just recently, Pica Trebax, Inc. has launched a new service, Engre: B2B marketplace, where engineering companies of all ranges unite their efforts to create a truly powerful network where the most unbelievable engineering ideas come true. Users of the Engre marketplace are considered predominantly decision-makers in the development and purchasing departments, business owners, startuppers, and service providers looking for technical services. Cooperating with Engre, businesses have the opportunity to source engineers globally, saving cost and time. At the same time, engineering specialists find for themselves incredible projects where they will demonstrate their skills and deep knowledge to design outstanding solutions that impress customers. Those who want to be free of old-school recruitment procedures will find Engre to be an ideal place. Additionally, Engre delivers the single foundation for critical engineering content (they welcome bloggers who discuss engineering innovations with co-thinkers). Authoritative content placed on Engre, including industry/market news, analysis, and perspectives is constantly updated by editorial staff. Engre is a perfect, established online community in the engineering as well as industrial space, suggesting various forums for engineers and technical professionals.
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MATERIALS
Pearce Renewables | September 20, 2021
Pearce Renewables, a leader in engineering, operations, and maintenance for renewable energy infrastructure, today announced the acquisition of Mountain Renewables, LLC, a national provider of technical field services for wind energy and utility-scale solar. The acquisition expands Pearce’s capabilities as a leading independent service provider to the renewable energy industry.
Mountain Renewables has developed an outstanding reputation as a provider of comprehensive solutions for the entire life cycle of renewable energy infrastructure, ranging from installation and commissioning to corrective and planned maintenance, major component exchange, repowering, site operational support, and decommissioning. “The addition of Mountain Renewables adds to Pearce’s deep expertise and provides an outstanding complement to our end-to-end technical services, operations, and maintenance capabilities,” said Zack Dorfman, Pearce Renewables’ Senior Vice President of Wind. “We are extremely impressed with their innovative approach to customer solutions and the high degree of cultural alignment with Pearce. We look forward to working together with the entire Mountain Renewables team.”
Pearce Renewables has assembled best-in-class operations and maintenance companies and leaders serving utility-scale wind, solar, electric vehicle (EV) charging, and battery energy storage system infrastructure. Mountain Renewables is Pearce Renewables’ third acquisition this year, following transactions with Mortenson Energy Services in June 2021 and A & A Wind Pros in March 2021 to expand its wind major component exchange, blade repair, cleaning, and technical services. Pearce entered renewable energy at the beginning of 2020 with acquisitions of World Wind & Solar and MaxGen Energy Services. Soon after, the services team from Suzlon North America joined to bring unique capabilities in engineering, spare parts, and technical wind services. Zack Dorfman, former leader of GE’s North American Wind Services team, joined to lead the Pearce Renewables Wind business. Kyle Williams, a former leader of Tesla’s energy services team, joined to lead the Pearce Renewables EV business. Today, with the addition of Mountain Renewables, Pearce Renewables has over 850 technicians throughout the country and is adding weekly to meet growing demand.
About Pearce Renewables, a Division of Pearce Services
Pearce Services is a leading national provider of operations, maintenance, and engineering services for mission-critical infrastructure. Pearce offers innovative, tech-enabled services for telecom, renewable energy, electric vehicle (EV), and energy storage system infrastructure customers safely around-the-clock. With nationwide coverage, we can deploy our highly trained technicians quickly and efficiently to provide unmatched response times, quality, and consistent service for distributed mission-critical assets. Pearce’s engineering and support teams use sophisticated software, analytics, and detailed safety plans to support our technical experts in the field. Constant innovation and close collaboration with our customers are a hallmark of our service.
About Mountain Renewables
Mountain Renewables is an innovative field services company focused on utility-scale wind and solar power plants across the United States, providing repair and maintenance services including corrective and planned maintenance, as well as troubleshooting, commissioning, site support, and other technical operations. Mountain Renewables utilizes data-driven insights throughout the project lifecycle to deliver optimal outage management. Structured around the core values of safety, quality, integrity, and reliability, Mountain Renewables has a proven track record of increasing production, performance, and profitability for multi-megawatt renewable energy power plants.m/.
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