by Kendall Jones | Oct 25, 2017 | BEST of Construction
Drones are taking the construction world by storm by offering a simple and efficient way for contractors to collect information from their construction sites. Drones can be used for a number of different things in the construction industry, in this article...
by Kendall Jones | Oct 23, 2017 | BEST of Construction
Zaha Hadid’s Final Project The worlds biggest airport The world’s biggest airport is set to be open in the southern Daxing district in Beijing, China in 2019. The new Beijing Airport is being built to meet the growing needs for air transport in Beijing and to...
by Kendall Jones | Oct 9, 2017 | BEST of Construction
China is rebuilding the ancient Silk Road in an effort to boost its economy. Just two weeks ago a 32-container train was shipped from Wuyi, China to Tehran, Iran. This new Silk Road shortened the typical ship-based travel time by 30 days! This connection is among the...
by Kendall Jones | Oct 3, 2017 | BEST of Construction, Reviews & Comparisons, What is PlanSwift?
Original post by Lauren McNeely from Lucidchart PlanSwift Software, the world’s fastest growing developer and distributor of digital estimating and takeoff software for the construction industry, could be the poster child for visual thinking. As you walk into their...
by Kendall Jones | Oct 2, 2017 | BEST of Construction
There’s an almost endless list of reasons why potholes pop up on roads. Unfortunately potholes and cracks are an inevitable problem with asphalt roads. Dutch researchers have created a solution, self repairing asphalt. Not only will the asphalt heal itself but...
by Kendall Jones | Sep 25, 2017 | BEST of Construction
Imagine traveling the world in a pod flying down a pneumatic tube at hundreds of miles an hour. Hyperloop One provides a look into the future of travel thanks to engineers like Josh Giegel, Hyperloop One’s engineering chief. Entrepreneur, Elon Musk, originally...