The Hot Future of Construction Mobility

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Construction and engineering lead in mobile technology, with 78% as top priority!

At a recent event called “The Hot Future of Mobility and Telecom” presenters highlighted several key trends and important metrics in the mobility space of interest to AEC industry stakeholders. Here are six takeaways:

1. Mobile technology is a top priority for the [...]

Captain James Lovell at the DBIA Design-Build Conference & Expo

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This year's 2011 DBIA (The Design-Build Institute of America) Design-Build Conference & Expo was themed “Integration Magic: Reality of Results.” The theme highlights the ever-increasing design and construction industry demand coupling integration or interoperability between solutions and platforms with tangible results and measurable outcomes at the project level and at the point-of-construction.

Keynote speaker Captain James [...]

Field BIM: 3D On Tablets and Why It's Hard To Do – Chapter 2

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It seems like everyone is coming out with a 3D viewer for iOS devices. This is great because competition in this space will ultimately push everyone to up their game. But many of these apps are focused on presentation, using the mobile device to show a really good looking model to your design team, your [...]

Warmest Congratulations to Rosendin - Speciality Contractor of the Year!

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ENR California Names Rosendin Specialty Contractor of the Year

I would like to take this opportunity to extend warmest congratulations to Vela Systems’ customer Rosendin Electric for being named the Specialty Contractor of the Year by ENR California. Based in San Jose with branch offices across the U.S., Rosendin’s mission is to set the standards of [...]

Field BIM-Interactive: BIM for Construction – Chapter 1

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The first 3D app I ever used on a mobile device was called “3D-Viewer” for the Palm Pilot. This was in 2001. It was captivating...and utterly useless. The devices of that era simply didn’t have the horsepower to show any significant 3D geometry. And you could forget about fast frame rates, or color for that [...]