Construction

Faro releases Hybrid Reality Capture Faro’s ‘Flash Technology’ combines ‘fast scans’ with colourised 360° images to improve scanning speed by 100% Faro Technologies has released ‘Hybrid Reality Capture’, a new technology that combines the accuracy of the Faro Focus Premium Laser Scanner with the speed of a panoramic camera. According to Faro, it allows users to complete up to two weeks of on-site work in just one week. Hybrid Reality Capture is a new scan mode for users of Faro’s Focus Premium Laser Scanners. Powered by Flash technology, it combines ‘fast scans’ with colourised 360° images. According to Faro, Flash...

3D printed “Veteran’s Village” in California One of Azure’s modern accessory dwelling units (Azure Printed Homes) Start-up Azure Printed Homes will create 26 affordable 3D printed homes for “Veterans Village,” a new development in Twentynine Palms, southern California. Each of the houses will measure 900 sq ft and will contain two bedrooms. They will be made of recycled materials and will use plastic designated for landfill. George Mulopulos, of Laconic WPC, said: “We are excited to partner with Azure Printed Homes to bring this project to life. “The Veterans Village community will provide much-needed affordable housing for our community and...

US team starts building $1.2bn Hanoi embassy EYP’s rendering of the New Embassy Campus showing its relation with Cau Giay Park The US State Department has broken ground on a US embassy building in Vietnam. The ceremony was held in Hanoi, and attended by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as well as ambassador Marc Knapper, and Bui Thanh Son, Vietnam’s foreign minister. The $1.2bn project was designed by Page, an architect based in Washington, DC, and is being built by Alabama contractor BL Harbert International of Birmingham, Alabama. Harbert has previously worked on embassies and consulates in Guatemala, Mexico, Niger...

3 Ways to Add Technologies to Your Construction Site The construction business has an enormous amount to gain from digitalization, so much so that it can be hard to know what to begin. The construction business has an enormous amount to gain from digitalization, so much so that it can be hard to know what to begin. ©Yuttana Studio – stock.adobe.com The big challenge for construction professionals looking to streamline operations isn’t whether technologies can help – they can, no question. Rather, it’s where to start.   For one thing, construction-business leaders are sorting through a mass of available point...

New VisionLink® streamlines equipment management, offers a centralized full-fleet solution VisionLink manages all equipment and attachment assets regardless of brand The new VisionLink® provides an integrated full-fleet management solution for asset tracking to maximize machine uptime and optimize utilization. The platform’s refreshed intuitive interface helps customers efficiently manage their entire fleet, regardless of manufacturer. Improved asset insights retrieve a broader range of data from owned, leased, or rented equipment and attachments, allowing companies to make better informed asset management decisions. Cloud-based and accessed through desktops, tablets, and mobile devices, new VisionLink consolidates My.Cat.Com, the Cat® App, and the previous version of VisionLink...