Rise of the Cobots

April 1, 2018

A decade later, collaborative robots, or cobots, are becoming essential assets for manufacturing and logistics companies as they work alongside humans or perform more difficult, tedious, or dangerous tasks. Cobots perform several tasks, including high-volume palletizing and depalletizing of cases, bags and bottles in tight workspaces; delivering several packages, tools, and other items from one location to another; and bin picking and other sorting tasks.

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BEAR Construction Company

We have been servicing clients in the Chicago-land area since 1984. Over our 34 year history, we have successfully completed more than 15,000 projects in the tenant build-out, medical, manufacturing, and technology fields. BEAR has remained successful because of our ability to satisfy clients big and small. Each of our clients’ present different challenges from aggressive schedules to specialized systems and high-end finishes. Our ability to remain flexible and competitive has allowed us to become one of the leaders in the Chicago-land construction market.

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The Current State of Engineering Simulation

whitePaper | July 27, 2022

SimScale and Digital Engineering conducted a readership survey to obtain a high-level view of how engineers are using both on-premises and cloud-based simulation software. The research found that respondents are using simulation across their design departments and throughout the design cycle on a frequent basis, and analyzing multiple physics.

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A Seamless and Successful Transition from Quality Assurance to Quality Engineering

whitePaper | July 1, 2022

Quality Engineering has gained prominence with the shift to agile and DevOps. Companies are shifting from Quality Assurance process for an agile and scalable application development process. QE brings software development and IT operations teams together, removes silos, and embedding security in every step of the application development process. But this is just the tip of the iceberg among the reasons to shift from Quality Assurance to Quality Engineering. The move towards QE over QA is a cultural shift within the organizations and the development teams.

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The Engineering Leader’s Guide to PDM & Data Management

whitePaper | November 1, 2019

When people decide to pursue a career in mechanical engineering or industrial design, they’re thinking mostly about creating cool and innovative products - not spending endless hours managing their design files. So it’s not surprising that CAD tools get most of the glory when companies are evaluating software platforms for their product development teams. Data management solutions are usually treated as an afterthought.

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New Criteria for a New, Smart Building Era

whitePaper | May 1, 2021

Technology enabling data capture and analysis, connectivity, monitoring and control is becoming the new baseline for smart buildings of tomorrow. Understanding what it is and where it’s headed is critical.

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A Blueprint for Transformative US Infrastructure

whitePaper | October 30, 2022

State governments across the US need to integrate their planning and development of public infrastructure if they are to deploy funds from the new Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) effectively, future-proof their communities, and maximize the value of the capital they employ. The case for integration is strong from both a financial and a social perspective, with the potential to help the country meet a number of infrastructure-related challenges.

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BUILT ENVIRONMENT – PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION PRODUCT COMPETENCE STANDARD

whitePaper | September 15, 2022

The aim of WG12 is to ensure that individuals using or otherwise working with construction products are competent to do so, and can demonstrate their competence to others. WG12 has designed the construction products competence (CPC) core level criteria and methodology as outlined in this white paper.

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Spotlight

BEAR Construction Company

We have been servicing clients in the Chicago-land area since 1984. Over our 34 year history, we have successfully completed more than 15,000 projects in the tenant build-out, medical, manufacturing, and technology fields. BEAR has remained successful because of our ability to satisfy clients big and small. Each of our clients’ present different challenges from aggressive schedules to specialized systems and high-end finishes. Our ability to remain flexible and competitive has allowed us to become one of the leaders in the Chicago-land construction market.

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