Making Jobsite Tech Work for You

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3 lessons for field superintendents By: David Homola Managing a jobsite today means juggling schedules, safety and quality across multiple trades and ever-changing plans. Because superintendents serve as the critical link between owners, design teams, subcontractors and field crews, they carry the daily responsibility for keeping projects moving safely and on schedule. Jobsite technology has exploded in recent years, promising to simplify field operations. Yet for many experienced superintendents, new digital tools often feel like extra administrative work rather than genuine help. When software requires endless data entry or proves clunky to navigate, it becomes a hurdle instead of a […]

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General Contractor Offers AI-Powered Safety Tool to Construction Industry

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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 […]

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The AI Superintendent

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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 […]

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‘Smart’ Construction Equipment Brings Both Brawn, Brains to Jobsites

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Construction equipment is no longer just about providing the brawn crews need to get work done. Today’s equipment also has the brains to help crews work more efficiently and safely, taking some of the pressure off of stressed-out and oftentimes inexperienced workers. “The amount of equipment that’s designed to be more intuitive and easier to operate, and sometimes even capable of thinking and acting on its own, continues to grow at a rapid pace,” said Dana Wuesthoff, show director for CONEXPO-CON/AGG. And it’s not just core construction machinery like excavators and wheel loaders being equipped with the latest smart sensors […]

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Hard Hats Meet Smart Tech

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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 […]

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