Technology Construction Industry News Podcast Press Releases Show News & Updates Construction Trends and Technologies Helping contractors grow their businesses Filtered by Technology: Infrastructure ArticlesMost Popular Elon Musk's The Boring Company Completes Tunnel Excavation at the Las Vegas Convention Center Article, 6/3/2020 8:10:34 PM The next time CONEXPO-CON/AGG takes place in 2023, attendees will have considerably more exhibit space to stroll around in. They'll also have an innovative way to get from one end of the show to the other.The Boring Company, owned by... Continue Reading 4 Steps to Designing and Building More Resilient Infrastructure Article, 10/21/2019 5:34:56 PM Attend the education session “Pathway to Resilience: Concrete Solutions to Sustainable Communities” on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 from 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. at CONEXPO-CON/AGG.REGISTER NOWEvery year, natural disasters threaten... Continue Reading 119 Years of Experience: How Graniterock Delivers Customer and Employee Satisfaction Article, 10/7/2019 5:54:11 PM In its 119-year history Graniterock has survived earthquakes, recessions, the Great Depression and the sudden death of its CEO in 2012. The family-owned, California company provides concrete, building materials and contracting services... Continue Reading The Challenges of Recycling After a Natural Disaster Article, 6/25/2019 1:17:41 PM With extreme weather events causing more tragic natural disasters at home and abroad than ever before, I want to dive into a brief look at the challenges associated with recycling materials after a natural disaster.From the recent record... Continue Reading Tech Adoption: 3 Lessons from DPR Construction Article, 6/3/2019 1:01:01 PM Innovation is an everyday topic at DPR Construction.The commercial contractor, ranked #10 on ENR’s Top 400 list, is continually focused on creating new ways to work more efficiently and deliver value to customers and projects. “Everyone... Continue Reading Improve Mat Quality with the Latest Advances in Asphalt Paving Article, 1/21/2019 2:01:58 PM The results of a paving operation are a lot more difficult to measure than many other construction applications. Until recently, the tools to determine mat quality were tenuous.Best practices for many road operations today still include... Continue Reading Data Drives Infrastructure Construction Article, 1/2/2019 2:01:16 PM Data and analytics are critical to help drive work forward on the construction jobsite, and today many of the large infrastructure construction companies are turning to technology to further deliver this information.HNTB is an employee... Continue Reading 4 Construction Materials That Sound Too Good to Be True Article, 12/31/2018 2:01:27 PM With technology aging and evolving in the construction world, smart infrastructure has become an exciting feature that has added intrigue to how job sites operate. More construction companies have taken a greater appreciation for... Continue Reading Critical Advances in Concrete Article, 12/26/2018 2:01:14 PM Concrete is advancing in two critical ways. First, new systems are emerging, enabling construction professionals to remotely collect data from jobsites. Second, concrete—the material itself—is also advancing.Monitoring... Continue Reading 3 Ways Hyperloop Is Advancing Transit Article, 12/25/2018 2:00:56 PM Infrastructure is advancing. And as we look to technology there are three important ways technology today is significantly helping rail, roads, and transit.Technology is helping it become:SaferEfficientSustainableCase in point: Hyperloop... Continue Reading Displaying results 1-10 (of 55) < 1 2 3 4 5 6 > How to Have Tough Conversations That Yield Positive Results Article, 1/4/2021 7:39:31 PM At some point in time, a leader will have to help resolve an undesirable situation. Sometimes it involves an employee or co-worker, and sometimes it involves a client, vendor or other business partner. Whatever the case, great leaders... Continue Reading Beat Winter with These Snow Removal and Equipment Winterization Tips Article, 1/4/2021 7:05:42 PM During snow events, snow and ice removal operators are responsible for keeping businesses and people moving and working. They work in unsafe conditions to make conditions safer for everyone.It’s not an easy job, and Martin Tirado, CEO of... Continue Reading How Digital Storytelling Can Help Improve Sales and Recruit Employees Article, 1/5/2021 1:26:12 AM People are spending more time researching products and companies online. That’s why it has become so important to have up-to-date information in all the right places.There is also an opportunity to leverage online information — commonly... Continue Reading Take Control of Utility Fleet Performance with Telematics Article, 1/6/2021 6:44:29 PM Every day, utilities depend on getting equipment and crews where they’re needed — quickly and safely. Keeping track of it all is no small task. Managing routes, vehicles and drivers becomes an even bigger challenge when facing widespread... Continue Reading X
Elon Musk's The Boring Company Completes Tunnel Excavation at the Las Vegas Convention Center Article, 6/3/2020 8:10:34 PM The next time CONEXPO-CON/AGG takes place in 2023, attendees will have considerably more exhibit space to stroll around in. They'll also have an innovative way to get from one end of the show to the other.The Boring Company, owned by... Continue Reading
4 Steps to Designing and Building More Resilient Infrastructure Article, 10/21/2019 5:34:56 PM Attend the education session “Pathway to Resilience: Concrete Solutions to Sustainable Communities” on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 from 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. at CONEXPO-CON/AGG.REGISTER NOWEvery year, natural disasters threaten... Continue Reading
119 Years of Experience: How Graniterock Delivers Customer and Employee Satisfaction Article, 10/7/2019 5:54:11 PM In its 119-year history Graniterock has survived earthquakes, recessions, the Great Depression and the sudden death of its CEO in 2012. The family-owned, California company provides concrete, building materials and contracting services... Continue Reading
The Challenges of Recycling After a Natural Disaster Article, 6/25/2019 1:17:41 PM With extreme weather events causing more tragic natural disasters at home and abroad than ever before, I want to dive into a brief look at the challenges associated with recycling materials after a natural disaster.From the recent record... Continue Reading
Tech Adoption: 3 Lessons from DPR Construction Article, 6/3/2019 1:01:01 PM Innovation is an everyday topic at DPR Construction.The commercial contractor, ranked #10 on ENR’s Top 400 list, is continually focused on creating new ways to work more efficiently and deliver value to customers and projects. “Everyone... Continue Reading
Improve Mat Quality with the Latest Advances in Asphalt Paving Article, 1/21/2019 2:01:58 PM The results of a paving operation are a lot more difficult to measure than many other construction applications. Until recently, the tools to determine mat quality were tenuous.Best practices for many road operations today still include... Continue Reading
Data Drives Infrastructure Construction Article, 1/2/2019 2:01:16 PM Data and analytics are critical to help drive work forward on the construction jobsite, and today many of the large infrastructure construction companies are turning to technology to further deliver this information.HNTB is an employee... Continue Reading
4 Construction Materials That Sound Too Good to Be True Article, 12/31/2018 2:01:27 PM With technology aging and evolving in the construction world, smart infrastructure has become an exciting feature that has added intrigue to how job sites operate. More construction companies have taken a greater appreciation for... Continue Reading
Critical Advances in Concrete Article, 12/26/2018 2:01:14 PM Concrete is advancing in two critical ways. First, new systems are emerging, enabling construction professionals to remotely collect data from jobsites. Second, concrete—the material itself—is also advancing.Monitoring... Continue Reading
3 Ways Hyperloop Is Advancing Transit Article, 12/25/2018 2:00:56 PM Infrastructure is advancing. And as we look to technology there are three important ways technology today is significantly helping rail, roads, and transit.Technology is helping it become:SaferEfficientSustainableCase in point: Hyperloop... Continue Reading
How to Have Tough Conversations That Yield Positive Results Article, 1/4/2021 7:39:31 PM At some point in time, a leader will have to help resolve an undesirable situation. Sometimes it involves an employee or co-worker, and sometimes it involves a client, vendor or other business partner. Whatever the case, great leaders... Continue Reading
Beat Winter with These Snow Removal and Equipment Winterization Tips Article, 1/4/2021 7:05:42 PM During snow events, snow and ice removal operators are responsible for keeping businesses and people moving and working. They work in unsafe conditions to make conditions safer for everyone.It’s not an easy job, and Martin Tirado, CEO of... Continue Reading
How Digital Storytelling Can Help Improve Sales and Recruit Employees Article, 1/5/2021 1:26:12 AM People are spending more time researching products and companies online. That’s why it has become so important to have up-to-date information in all the right places.There is also an opportunity to leverage online information — commonly... Continue Reading
Take Control of Utility Fleet Performance with Telematics Article, 1/6/2021 6:44:29 PM Every day, utilities depend on getting equipment and crews where they’re needed — quickly and safely. Keeping track of it all is no small task. Managing routes, vehicles and drivers becomes an even bigger challenge when facing widespread... Continue Reading