Construction Technology and Software Rundown: March 13, 2020

by | Mar 10, 2020

Here's a rundown of the latest in construction technology and software.

Apps

Invoice2go’s app sends invoices and tracks jobs to expedite payment. Features include customizable templates, payment reminders, the ability to see when a client opens an invoice and financial reports for unpaid invoices. The app saves customer information and other data to automatically populate required fields.

Products

CalAmp iOn Tag™ helps fleet operators monitor and protect assets, such as diagnostic test equipment and service tools. CalAmp iOn Tag smart sensors affix to the equipment and tools to help ensure the right equipment is in the right vehicle, yard or storage area.

Software & In the Cloud

CalAmp iOn Visionfully integrated video telematics solution for fleet operators and service providers features a self-install camera along with a CalAmp Wi-Fi-enabled telematics edge device and video server for assessing driver behavior.

Updates to Asite’s cloud collaboration platform for capital projects enhance collaboration. Adoddle Field works offline; users can ‘pin’ files and project forms and view models. With Asite Forms, users can respond to, edit and draft messages online or offline and auto sync. Also new is a production integration connector for enterprise-level security incident and event management tools.

Microdesk’s Enterprise Asset Management ModelStream® 2.0 provides bi-directional synchronization of assets and location data between Autodesk Revit and IBM® Maximo®. Users can create a comprehensive digital twin before, during and after construction with enhanced features that include a model administration module, multiple options for viewing models online and behind a firewall, as well as data export tools. With Ask Alex™, built with Watson and AI-driven search functionality, users can speak in a conversational tone when querying ModelStream 2.0 to pull results from Revit and Maximo.

Acumatica’s cloud-based, AI-enabled software streamlines expense reporting. Users can scan receipts and the app automatically connects it to the proper G/L account and populates the requisite fields in an expense claim. Users can also manage their projects on a core system with the latest information about reports, contracts, budgets, invoices and more.

CMiC project management and collaboration software delivers comprehensive and advanced ERP and FIELD operations solutions to optimize productivity, minimize risk and drive growth by planning and managing all financials, projects, resources and content assets. A CMiC FIELD Solution Brief explains how.

Video & Cool Stuff

Nick, a superintendent at KBE Building Company, talks about how Triax’s Spot-r Connected Jobsite Platform helps maintain safer jobsites, improve subcontractor accountability and meet delivery schedules.

Honeywell has developed machine learning technology that gives buildings a brain. Honeywell Forge Energy Optimizationenables buildings to operate autonomously. The cloud-based, closed-loop, machine learning solution continuously studies a building’s energy consumption patterns and automatically adjusts to optimal energy saving settings without compromising occupant comfort levels.

Bluebeam has formed an Australian subsidiary, Bluebeam Australia Pty Ltd. to meet demand as Australian companies turn to digital solutions to increase productivity and efficiency. A 6.3% increase in commercial construction in 2020 and a 11.1% increase in civil construction by 2022 is projected due to government-led infrastructure spending.

Author

  • Marla McIntyre

    Marla McIntyre is a digital editor of CE This Week and ConstructionExec.com. She edited Construction Executive’s Tech Trends and Risk Management eNewsletters and is the author of more than 200 articles and publications, including Construction Executive’s annual technology predictions, Technology & Software Rundown column and an award-winning series for the Risk Management Association. Her extensive construction and risk management background includes stints as executive director the Surety Information Office and American Subcontractors Association of Metro Washington.

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