Before and since the world was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the construction industry has been beset by a struggle to fill positions of all shapes and sizes.
Construction AI software platform Slate Technologies has announced its acquisition of Splash Modular, a North Carolina-based software designer for the industrialised construction and design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA).
Like many industries, people in construction often fall victim to various pitfalls when it comes to decision-making.
As the construction industry has evolved, its advances have been most noticeable in the equipment used on site, and it is easy to forget that the industry has also made advances in adopting tech and data analytics behind the scenes.
f digital construction is the future, we need to understand modern fabrication methods. Richard Harpham ponders if today’s design-centric BIM solutions are the right tools and, indeed, if architecture is the right discipline to take this on?
Slate offers “guide on the side” advisory tools to support construction decision making, and with addition of Splash provides insight into where offsite and modular make sense
There is a quixotic issue at play in the construction industry, namely that while techniques, tools and machines have changed, how the industry runs has remained largely unchanged for over 100 years.
Slate Generate helps teams productize design and automate take off and estimating to reduce costly mistakes and speed preconstruction and planning.