Report From the FIATECH Technology Conference

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 [...]

Congratulations to Vela customers named to the Building Design and Construction top 40 under 40 list!

Congratulations to Shawn Pressley of Hill International and Laura Handler of Tocci Building Corporation for their recent recognition in the Building Design and Construction (BD&C) Top 40 Under 40 list.   We’ve worked extensively with both and congratulate them on some well deserved recognition in the industry!

While they are both very different people (see the photos [...]

Three Ways Construction Quality Management is (and isn't) like Safety

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 [...]

Project Engineer Video Testimonial from Dallas Stadium

As mentioned in an earlier post, I was recently at Dallas Stadium to gather information and conduct field interviews for an upcoming case study with customer Manhattan Construction.  In the process, I captured some great jobsite video footage and testimonial. A big thanks to Andrew Reese, Project Engineer at Manhattan Construction for his contributions.

In this [...]