Partnership Empowers Future Skilled Workforce through National SkillsUSA Sponsorship

Trimble and SkillsUSA have collaborated to provide industry-leading technology and training to career and technical education students across the U.S. By integrating advanced modeling and geospatial tools into classrooms, trade training programs and state and national competitions, the collaboration aims to help prepare a workforce capable of meeting the demand for more than 450,000 new construction professionals in 2027. The collaboration focuses on workforce optimization to address the widening skills gap by making professional technology more accessible. Through this initiative, Trimble provides SkillsUSA advisors and instructors with an overview of its technology and multiple options to gain access for its … Read more

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Skanska-Fay JV Wins Top AGC Innovation Award for Breakthrough Gantry Crane System

Skanska-Fay Joint Venture was awarded for developing a first-of-its-kind gantry crane system mounted on a flatbed railcar, engineered to navigate tight tunnel curves while transporting and precisely placing heavy precast slabs. As a result, the joint venture was named the grand prize winner of the AGC Innovation Awards, sponsored by Autodesk. In addition, Holder-Moody-Bryson-Sovereign, JV and Hedrick Brothers Construction won second- and third-place awards. “We want to help innovators take great ideas and turn them into industry-wide solutions,” said Rick Andritsch, the association’s national president and partner and vice president of business development of VJS Construction Services in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. … Read more

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General Contractor Offers AI-Powered Safety Tool to Construction Industry

Turner Construction Company is making SafeT Coach, its AI-powered field safety tool, available free of charge to the broader construction industry. The announcement comes during Turner’s 22nd annual Safety Week and company-wide Safety Stand-Down, it’s largest to date, under the theme “All In Together.” In construction, conditions change frequently, and the traditional safety resources that establish standards — manuals, scheduled training, retrospective reporting — are not always accessible when and where field teams need them most. SafeT Coach was developed to close that gap. Accessible from any mobile device on the jobsite, SafeT Coach answers plain-language safety questions with responses … Read more

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Hard Hats Meet Smart Tech

Top 5 ways the jobsite got smarter with AI By: Tony Peleska The times they are a-changin’ – that’s the understatement of the year. It wasn’t long ago when artificial intelligence was a concept so revolutionary that the only early adapters who understood its applications were a few vibe coders and logic theorists from the mid-20th century. But a decade ago, managers began using AI software in scheduling, then in cost estimates and various forms of reporting and data analysis. AI is no longer an emerging technology; it’s the norm. Every large corporation and small business, and every office and … Read more

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The AI Superintendent

4 ways to integrate tech in daily workflows By: Kyle Spencer Being a construction superintendent — the heartbeat of the modern jobsite — is no easy feat. Already, the job’s responsibilities are a lot for one person to juggle: managing people, schedules, safety coordination, budgets, logistics, reporting, daily site operations and more. And that’s without mentioning the increasing complexity of modern-day projects. With tighter schedules, ongoing labor shortages, supply chain volatility and the rapid introduction of new technology, today’s construction sites are becoming exponentially more complicated, dramatically changing what is expected. The issue is not that superintendents lack capability. It’s … Read more

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