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Vela Mobile: iPad is here! Its official! The first construction application optimized for the iPad is now available on the App Store and ready for download. It's designed for use on the jobsite of virtually any kind of construction project. Read more about the capabilities and download it to your iPad now. Check [...] Both the iPad and iPad 3G work great for lots of things you need to do on your construction project like tracking issues, accessing documents or running a QA/QC checklist. For $629.00, I bought the iPad 3G + WiFi. Here’s what happened when I opened the box containing my iPad last week: The box (left) is [...] Greetings from Austin, Texas, site of the FIATECH conference. This is our fourth year in a row attending this well-run event. Approximately 250 construction technology enthusiasts have been here for 3 days attending various educational sessions and keynotes following the Fiatech “roadmap” for innovation in construction. Preliminary Survey Results on Barriers and Benefits to Field Mobility [...] The iPad is more than a new way to consume multi-media — it is “…blazing a path to the future of computing…” according to news pundits. The cover story of Wired magazine this month, April 2010, by Steven Levy features the iPad and the revolution of tablet and touch screen computing that has now come [...] The online and paper based publication Constructech describes itself as “the construction industry advocate focused on the technology needs of the construction professional dedicated to driving technology initiatives forward.” I’ve been spending some time on Constructech recently – so I wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on that and why it’s been valuable. 1. [...] Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Paper-based as-built documentation is insanity. The digital asset is here. Recently, leading owners, who put a high volume of construction in place on an annual basis, are leveraging the power of Enterprise Field Management solutions and structured Quality Programs, to [...] Today, I’m blogging about an exciting new course being offered by FMI, the Construction Supervisors Academy or “CSA”. Why is this of interest? After all, in construction, the rubber meets the road with construction supervisors in the field. “Money can be made or lost based on the success of execution in the field.” “The efficiency [...] At Vela Systems, we’ve been working with contractors and owners to move from ad-hoc “project-by-project” approaches to quality, to putting cross-project quality systems in place. One recent example is with customer Turner Construction. You can read today’s press release or case study for the full story and details. When talking about this with other customers and [...] I was recently given a research paper by our great partners at Motion Computing (makers of Tablet PCs). The VDC Research Paper called Mobile & Wireless Solutions In Construction: Driving Improved Decision Making, Speed And Scalability, provides an overview of the challenges and possibilities for mobile technologies in construction. It’s really worth a read and [...] |
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