Bringing Trade Contractors on Board a Construction Field Management Program

Trade Contractor & Subcontractor Series - Part 2

If you read my kick-off article on setting up a field management "kiosk" in the main job trailer to enable trade contractors to access, update and print field management information, here are ten additional tips for effectively setting up one:

Include a large short-cut on the desktop to access [...]

Ten Basic Tips for Setting Up a Field Management Kiosk

Trade Contractor & Subcontractor Series - Part 1

Trade contractors, subcontractors, sub-subcontractors, vendors, suppliers and building product manufacturers (BPMs) are all a critical part of the construction industry value chain or eco-system. Construction trade crafts and workers, from boilermakers and brick masons to carpenters and  electricians, hold the first hand responsibility for performing work in the [...]

Skanska USA Building Wins Top Project of 2010 in New York Construction

Vela's Field BIM named a main reason why the project finished 5 months ahead of schedule.

In the December issue of New York Construction magazine, Skanska USA Building took top honors for the region's project of the year - New Meadownlands Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.  “High-Tech Extra Points” were awarded for the use of Vela [...]

Construction Field Management Revolution: Vela featured on cover of ENR

ENR Cover image courtesy of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

As the saying goes, “the revolution will not be televised.”  However, if you saw Engineering News-Record's (ENR) cover story last week titled "Hot-Linked Sites Bring Data Home,"  you may have read about the revolution in construction field management.

Vela was featured in the [...]

Top 3 Ways that All Construction is the Same

Wow! We’re excited.  I’m not sure if you’ve happened to notice yet but we recently revamped the Vela Systems website and simultaneously launched our new product — the Vela Field Manager suite.  Typically, we try not to be too product pitchy in our blog posts but while producing some of the new website features and [...]