Trimble Announces New Functionality and Integrations for Tekla PowerFab Structural Steel Fabrication Management Software
Tekla PowerFab 2025i: The renewed integration automates the flow of crucial financial transactions, including purchase orders, receiving details, and inventory movements, directly from Tekla PowerFab into Trimble Viewpoint Vista. This ensures that Vista provides real-time and accurate job cost details specifically for materials on active construction projects, streamlining accounting and project financial tracking. Improved production planning and forecasting, along with new integrations...
$150M Perennial senior housing breaks ground in Queens, NY
The joint venture partnership of Foxy Development and Selfhelp Realty Group has begun construction of The Perennial, a 145-unit intergenerational affordable housing property that will also include the future home of the Forest Hills Jewish Center (FHJC). The Perennial is the most complex public/private redevelopment projects in New York City’s recent history, and the first deeply affordable senior housing project in Forest Hills. Rendering by Newman Design Construction Begins on the Most...
AVID / McAdams Expands Florida Footprint with the Relocation to New Orlando Office
AVID / McAdams’ new office signifies a broader plan for growth and development in Florida markets ORLANDO, FL — AVID / McAdams, the merger between AVID Group, LCC and McAdams — a multidisciplinary planning, design, and engineering firm headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina — is pleased to announce the relocation and opening of their downtown Orlando office. The new office is slated to open on September 22nd and is the company’s second location in Florida. The continued investment into O...
Dusty Robotics Streamlines BIM-to-field workflows with Autodesk AutoCAD Integration
Dusty Robotics File-to-Field Layout Dusty for AutoCAD plugin now available through Autodesk App Store, Automated Layout Brings Field Intelligence to Construction Crews MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Dusty Robotics, the construction robotics company pioneering multi-trade automated layout, today announced the availability of its Dusty for Autodesk® AutoCAD® plugin in the Autodesk App Store. AutoCAD is a computer-aided design (CAD) software used for precise 2D and 3D drafting, de...
AISC 358-27 Prequalified Moment Connection Standard Available for Public Review
CHICAGO - The AISC standard Prequalified Connections for Special and Intermediate Steel Moment Frames for Seismic Applications (AISC 358-27) is available for public review from September 15 until November 3, 2025. This version includes the following changes: General updates to bolting requirements in applicable chapters. Chapter 6 (End Plate) updates to the bolt shear and bearing/tearout check to be consistent with the AISC Specification. The welding requirements for moderately du...
Western Specialty Contractors Announces Partnership with AI Solutions Company AnswerRocket to Improve Bidding Outcomes
ST. LOUIS, MO – In construction, an accurate bid can mean the difference between a profitable year or continuous delays and costly overruns. Many contractors continue to rely on spreadsheets, fragmented data, or gut instinct to prepare bids. This leaves too much room for errors. Bidding in construction is complicated by inflated costs, shifting labor availability, unpredictable site conditions, and unique client requirements. Western Specialty Contractors was seeking a more reliable way to fo...
Gale Associates, Inc. Appoints Alan Craigo to Lead Florida Office
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL — Gale Associates, Inc., a nationally recognized consulting engineering firm, announced the appointment of Alan Craigo, PE, BECxP, CxA+BE as the new leader of its Florida office. With more than 28 years of consulting experience in the Sunshine State and a tenure at Gale dating back to 1997, Craigo brings deep expertise and a proven track record of leadership to the role. In this position, Craigo will oversee day-to-day operations, guide project delivery, strengthen clien...
Flir iXX-Series Combines Thermal Camera with App-Enabled Functionality to Transform Asset Condition Monitoring Tasks
Flir iXX with Assetlink Browser-Based Software Leverages Asset-Centric Structured Data to Speed Workflows and Aid Better Decision Making. Flir, a Teledyne Technologies company, today introduced the iXX-Series of next-generation app-enabled thermal cameras that are set to transform inspection tasks across a multitude of asset condition monitoring, building inspection, and other applications. Built on Flir’s new ACE platform, the iXX combines the power of apps with a high-performance thermograp...
KOBELCO and Trimble Announce Expanded Collaboration
Trimble Earthworks Grade Control Platform Now Available for KOBELCO Excavators through North American Dealer Network KATY, Texas and WESTMINSTER, Colo., Sept. 16, 2025 – KOBELCO Construction Machinery U.S.A. and Trimble® (Nasdaq: TRMB) today announced an expanded collaboration that makes the Trimble Earthworks grade control platform 2D guidance and control systems available directly through select KOBELCO dealers in North America. This new offering, launched as KOBELCO's certified Trimble Ear...
The River Mile: South Platte River Restoration Project: First Riverine Project to Achieve WEDG® (Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines) Verification
First Western U.S. Project to Meet the Gold Standard in Waterfront Design New York, NY — The Waterfront Alliance announced today that The River Mile: South Platte River Restoration Project in Denver, CO is the first riverine project to achieve WEDG® (Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines) Verification under Version 3.0 of the standard. WEDG is a national rating system and set of guidelines that pushes the bar for creating resilient, ecological, and accessible waterfront design. The River Mi...