Welcome to Thomas Insights — every day, we publish the latest news and analysis to keep our readers up to date on what’s happening in industry. Sign up here to get the day’s top stories delivered straight to your inbox. The 3D printing market is fast expanding. It reached $17.38 billion last year and is projected to
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Andy Brown, editor of International Construction, speaks to Andy Verone, Chief Strategy Officer at SaaS company Contruent, about construction’s adoption of technology, where the big productivity wins are, and building mega projects with greater precision and speed. [embedded content]
Catrin Jones speaks to Carolina Diez Ferrer, vice president of future solutions at Volvo CE, on how the OEM is developing solutions to change the way construction uses technology. Carolina Diez Ferrer, vice president of future solutions at Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE), knows firsthand how the company is leveraging technology and is driving the
A robot arm guides a concrete extruder in a precise path, demonstrating 3D printing in concrete. (Courtesy of Additive Construction Laboratory, Penn State University) The City of Nome and its partners are planning to build a demonstration home next summer – using a robot that prints concrete. They hope the project will prove that the
Construction has long held a reputation – often justifiable – of not being the quickest of industries to adopt new technologies and methods of working but, at least when it comes to autonomy, that could be changing. Data from an autonomous mining truck shown on a digital tablet (Photo: Adobe Stock) This view is given
Drones are being used to capture a wide array of data for the construction industry Demand is said to be rising for site surveys conducted using drone scanning technology, according to technology company CADS. Remote UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) fly over sites and structures, whilst onboard scanning technology takes millions of measurements to help create
A Q-Bot robot spraying insulating material beneath floorboards. Image: Q-Bot Q-Bot, a company that develops robots for use in the construction and retrofit industry, has completed a £3.5 million investment round. EMV Capital led the funding, which was syndicated from private investors and family offices. Wealth Club, the UK’s largest investment service for high net
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