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 [...]

Moving towards a tipping point in field mobility

In Q&A about the The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, author, socio-economic pundit and The New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell highlights how the phrase “tipping point” originated in epidemiology.  Gladwell notes that “..it's the name given to that moment in an epidemic when a virus reaches critical mass. It's [...]

Surprise! It's the iPad

On Wednesday, behind Steve Jobs on the projection screen was a quote by The Wall Street Journal that read “the last time there was this much excitement about a tablet, it had some commandments written on it.”  So, I’m guessing that by now almost everyone has heard the news about Apple announcing their new mobile [...]

Tablet PCs for Construction - The Groundswell is Upon Us!

I’ve been thinking about the evolution of hardware technology and how Tablet PCs are changing the game in construction today. Especially in the area of construction project delivery out in the field – at the point of construction.

Technology, in particular mobile communications and personal computing-related hardware, has been helping to streamline construction operations and project [...]