Attentive.ai Secures $30.5 Million Series B to Accelerate AI Innovation in Construction
New capital to accelerate product innovation, deepen Beam AI’s core AI capabilities, and expand beyond takeoffs into estimating and bidding workflows. Attentive.ai, the company behind Beam AI, a trusted AI-based takeoff platform for general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers, today announced a $30.5 million Series B funding round led by global software investor Insight Partners, with…
Buildots Expands Autodesk Integration to Deliver Streamlined, AI-Powered Construction Issue Management
AI construction technology leader Buildots today announced an expanded integration with Autodesk Construction Cloud®, a comprehensive construction management solution that connects workflows, teams, and data across every stage of a project. Project teams can now sync issues flagged by Buildots with Autodesk® Build. The resulting single workflow makes issue data more usable, impactful, and accessible at the point of…
Digital Twins: Taking Building Visualization a Step Further
While “digital twins” will likely never be part of my typical lexicon, the technology is finding its way into more of my client conversations. Many owners are now accustomed to visualizing their buildings during design and construction, but the popularity of digital twins is taking this a step further. Imagine being able to observe your…
DPR Raleigh-Durham Leverages Skills-Based Volunteering for New Boys & Girls Club
In a year of unprecedented upheaval, we continue to see reasons for hope as people rise to the challenge of helping others in their communities. DPR Construction has a long history of embracing Community Initiatives (CI), evidenced recently by DPR Raleigh-Durham’s undertaking of a CI project for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Carolina to help…
NIBS Holds BIM Executive Roundtable on Digitizing the Construction Industry
The National Institute of Building Sciences virtual gathering focused on the “need for a coordinated program to advance collaboration and innovation in the building industry.” The National Institute of Building Sciences recently met with an exclusive list of leaders from public and private organizations to discuss the need for a coordinated program to advance collaboration and innovation…
Saving Paper Using BlueBeam for Project Turnover
Project handover to some in the construction industry means delivering “tons” of drawings, and other documentation to the project owner upon completion. Bluebeam can reduce the massive amount of paper with the digitization of the O&M manuals. The other benefit to digitizing documentation is the fact that it will make for simpler access for the…
TPM’s Virtual Training for Nov. 2020 – Basic AutoCAD and Bluebeam Essentials
TPM invites the Carolinas construction community to consider attending one of their upcoming Virtual Training classes. Basic AutoCAD | Virtual Training November 10 – November 12 3 Days; 8:30AM-4:30PM daily. Cost: $995.00 This class covers all the basics of 2D drafting including drawing creation commands and commands used to edit manipulate and analyze the drawing…
BIM Track Receives ISO 27001 Cyber Security Certification
Web-based issue tracking platform BIM Track recently joined Fortune 500 brands such as Microsoft, Verizon, Apple, Google, Intel, and Amazon in becoming ISO 27001 certified. The certification offers a systematic approach to managing sensitive company information to ensure security at all levels possible. Unfortunately, cyberattacks and data breaches are part of people’s everyday reality. Whether…
Sanveo Announces Launch of Cloud-Based Procurement Platform – AECInspire
Sanveo Inc., a leader in promoting digital transformation of the AEC industry, announced the release of AECInspire, a new procurement and supply chain management platform. AECInspire is a cloud and web-based product that enables contractors to verify, manage and procure building construction materials in a seamless manner. AECInspire extracts relevant data from 3D BIM models…
BIM Track Announces Partnership with DPR Construction
BIM Track announces their enterprise partnership with DPR Construction. DPR is centralizing design coordination issue management on a project-by-project basis for all relevant project stakeholders. “At DPR, we pride ourselves in leveraging the best people and processes, and the right technology to enhance our project delivery to bring value to our clients. BIM Track bridges the communication…
