GroundBreakers - ForConstructionPros

Ben Harrison, vice president of product management at Preferred Strategies, discusses trends in the adoption of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in the construction industry and the value that tools such as his company’s QuickLaunch platform can provide in helping contractors better utilize ERP data to its full potential.

In this throwback GroundBreakers podcast from CONEXPO 2020, Kevin Very and David Throne discuss John Deere's automation journey and the next evolution in the company's technology. Hear more about John Deere's 333 smart grade compact track loader and how the company plans to continue to incorporate automation into its machines.

Heidi Lehmann of Kenzen talks about how her company’s body monitoring devices and technology keep construction workers safe on the jobsite. Lehmann describes how Kenzen technology got its start on athletic fields, all the way up to the NFL level, and now monitors heat stress and other physiological factors in what she refers to as “industrial athletes” on construction jobsites.

Technology is now transforming the way construction is done – and the industry is seeing significant gains from real-time information. However, one of the largest gaps in construction is the challenge of last-mile delivery. While other industries have focused on putting the customer first, (watching as your pizza arrives down to the last minute, seeing your new couch get delivered on your porch), construction professionals have no visibility into where thousands of dollars of material are.

In this episode of GroundBreakers, Nate St. John, head of product, scheduling and risk at InEight, and Jeff Campbell, director of planning and schedule, Project Controls Cubed, an InEight customer, discuss the benefits, and power, behind the use of InEight Schedule’s artificial intelligence to help generate project schedules, manage scheduling risks and provide feedback on scheduling efficiency.

In this throwback GroundBreakers podcast from CONEXPO 2020, listen in as ForConstructionPros.com conducted interviews with various manufacturers and experts while at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020 to discuss the emergence of technology and the smart construction site.

In this episode of GroundBreakers, MindForge founder and CEO Stokes McIntyre and vice president Shahin Aftabizadeh discuss how their jobsite communications platform works across smartphones and other devices to everyone involved with the construction project, even if they aren’t on your payroll.

Michael Zalle and Michelle Tinsley, co-founders of YellowBird, share how their Uber-like digital platform matches qualified environmental health and safety professionals seeking employment with construction companies seeking safety expertise for their jobsites – and only for however long they need them.

In this GroundBreakers Podcast episode, Editor Jonathan Kozlowski talks with John Kipp of Kipper Crete LLC. They discuss the development of his innovative tool to potentially give a concrete/flatwork contractor a 50% to 70% labor cost savings. 

In this episode of GroundBreakers StructionSite CEO Matt Daly talks with technology writer Gigi Wood about how leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning and 360-degree video can quickly document progress on a construction site and protect companies against contract liens.