1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (473+ words) Hard hats, harnesses, and hazard signage, make some room. There is a new protective tool in town: data. Intelligence can step in and help create a much safer construction jobsite for all of those who work on it. Enter AI…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (229+ words) As one example, Virginia Tech has announced Debswapna Bhattacharya has received a five-year, $2. 1 million award from the National Institutes of Health. This funding will support the development of advanced AI methods to map proteins and RNA structures in three dimensions'an…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (120+ words) Peggy Smedley and Amy Clark, author, talk about how leadership is changing'and what modern leadership should really look like. She says relevance is a choice, explaining that it happens when we default to what is familiar rather than what is…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (479+ words) We are in the middle of our blog series on AI (artificial intelligence) in construction, already having looked at opportunities and risks and how to create a strategy for businesses. Today, let's turn our attention to the broader digital foundation…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (443+ words) Journey back a couple of decades. Historically, construction firms often relied on separate tools for different functions. Project managers tracked schedules in one system, accountants managed finances in another, and executives relied on periodic reports that were often outdated by…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (193+ words) The NYC Million Trees Initiative took 2, 000 volunteers and more than 30, 000 hours to count the street trees in New York City. New AI (artificial intelligence) technology can help do that in under an hour. At Purdue University, a digital forestry team…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (206+ words) As technology advances, so too does the opportunities for farmers and the agriculture space to leverage data to make decisions about water, fertilizer, and harvest. Now, a new app aims to provide insight into crop health, weather forecasts, soil conditions,…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (301+ words) Let's consider one example. AI-powered video and monitoring systems can now detect unsafe behaviors'like missing protective equipment or dangerous proximity to machinery'and trigger immediate alerts or coaching. Instead of relying solely on supervisors to catch every risk, companies are augmenting…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (354+ words) Top Food and Beverage Trends Earlier this year, Nestle released its Top 2026 Food Trends & Beverage Trends, which highlights how the industry is evolving. While technology is rapidly redefining what's possible, shifting consumer preferences and changing market dynamics are equally reshaping…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (429+ words) Work zone fatalities have gone up in the United States, according to the most recent numbers from OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Admin.) with more than 898 deaths and 40, 000 injuries estimated in 2023. This represents a 50% increase in work zone fatalities reported…...