https://dimecraft.com/construction-news daily 0.75 2026-02-22 https://dimecraft.com/construction-news/2zwtes6mk46fia21xmcl8n8yakhxib monthly 0.5 2026-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/339676ab-acc8-4341-becf-54ae52a7be7b/ModCon+Winter+Jobsite.webp Construction News - Modular Construction Shines In Winter - ModCon Proves Itself during Winter Anyone who has worked a northern job site in February knows the routine. Frozen ground. Short daylight hours. Equipment that takes longer to warm up than the crew. Schedules stretch. Tempers shorten. This winter, however, one multifamily housing project took a different path. Instead of fighting the season, the team shifted most of the heavy work indoors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/b119f729-c15c-40d9-872f-873b700ffc4d/ModCon+Factory+.jpg Construction News - Modular Construction Shines In Winter - Technology Behind the Scenes The speed was not just about prefabrication. Digital coordination tools played a quiet but important role. BIM, Building Information Modeling allowed the team to work through sequencing before materials were ever ordered. Project management software kept the factory floor, transport logistics, and onsite supervisors aligned. When forecasts shifted, schedules were adjusted quickly instead of days later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/190efe8e-b363-4605-bd4f-05c2bc699f3e/ModCon+JobSite+install.png Construction News - Modular Construction Shines In Winter - Make it stand out fdsfs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/fd6d38e0-ec3b-4997-bc54-641a3d3a8fe7/ModCon+Wood+Framed+.jpg Construction News - Modular Construction Shines In Winter - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://dimecraft.com/construction-news/sdrxryvexavqvu2ky15k3xdj13gj18 monthly 0.5 2026-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/84a6b996-947a-4c9a-ba0f-13c6f7b223ca/Europes+largest+3D+printed+building.png.webp Construction News - 3D Concrete Printing Moves From Demo to Job Site This February - 3D Concrete Printing Moves From Demo to Job Site This February https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/976ef9ea-cd93-423b-9a3b-648f02fa6354/limits.webp Construction News - 3D Concrete Printing Moves From Demo to Job Site This February - Printing Instead of Pouring Traditional concrete work in winter brings familiar complications. Heated enclosures, curing blankets, admixtures, and constant temperature monitoring all add cost and coordination. With 3D concrete printing, the process shifts. A gantry-style printer or robotic arm extrudes a controlled concrete mix in layered passes, following a digital model. Because the material is placed precisely where it is needed, there is less formwork, less manual handling, and fewer crew members exposed to freezing temperatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/b31eb1ed-7f3e-4e44-9f2b-d2c6a444ebfd/666343a7470b7a7fcb9f7bfc_robot-on-track-3d-concrete-robot-image.webp Construction News - 3D Concrete Printing Moves From Demo to Job Site This February - Labor and Material Impacts The February build highlighted several operational changes. Formwork labor was dramatically reduced. Waste was lower because material was deposited only where required. The crew size on active printing days was smaller than on a conventional concrete pour. https://dimecraft.com/construction-news/rugged-robots monthly 0.5 2026-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/c6035026-e957-4c82-840e-e1b2dffb5efc/robot.png Construction News - Built Tough: The Rise of Rugged Robots - For decades, the construction industry has looked over the fence at manufacturing with a mix of envy and skepticism. We watched automotive plants deploy sleek automated lines and logistics centers run like clockwork with swarms of robots. But any superintendent knows why those machines stayed indoors: a construction site is not a factory. Factories have flat, polished floors, consistent lighting, and roofs. Construction sites have mud up to your ankles, silica dust hanging in the air, open elevator shafts, and topography that changes every afternoon. For a long time, the technology simply wasn't tough enough to survive outside the wire. That is changing. We have officially entered the era of the "rugged robot." These aren't the delicate prototypes of ten years ago; they are hardened, mud-loving tools designed to handle the brutality of the jobsite. As the technology matures, the next five years will fundamentally shift how General Contractors and trade partners handle the dull, dirty, and dangerous work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/58b128aa-36ac-4bda-a90d-bcb702196a5b/mesquite-case-study-image-e1721230678366.png Construction News - Built Tough: The Rise of Rugged Robots - The Five-Year Outlook: 2025–2030 Right now, robots are in the pilot phase. You might see a robot dog taking photos on a mega-project, but it’s still a novelty to many. By 2030, however, these machines will likely be as common as laser scanners. Here is what the integration will look like in the next five years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/21b4c464-64ee-446a-a7df-798526b57342/image-for-team-R-e1702421077781.png Construction News - Built Tough: The Rise of Rugged Robots - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://dimecraft.com/construction-news/masstimber monthly 0.5 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/d27efc9a-3121-4a08-807b-d4e8374d2203/wood+high+rise.jpg Construction News - Wooden Renaissance: Codes + Innovation Smash Market Barriers - We are currently witnessing one of the most significant shifts in construction methodology in a century. We are entering a new "Wooden Age," but this isn't a return to log cabins. It’s a high-tech revolution driven by a perfect storm of two factors: radical updates to building codes and the maturation of mass timber products. Let’s be honest. For decades, if you were a developer looking at a project over five stories, wood wasn't even part of the conversation. You were talking concrete and steel. Wood was for single-family homes and low-rise apartments—the "stick-frame" world. It was flammable, structurally limited, and frankly, viewed as "small time." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/87279bad-2cc3-4547-8458-b2c9e7135dd8/wood+building.jpg Construction News - Wooden Renaissance: Codes + Innovation Smash Market Barriers - The Code Revolution: Unshackling Design For years, prescriptive building codes were the primary bottleneck for wood innovation. You couldn’t build tall with wood because the book said you couldn’t. It was that simple. The game-changer was the acceptance of tall mass timber in the International Building Code (IBC). The 2021 IBC updates were a watershed moment, introducing three new construction types based on mass timber, allowing structures up to 18 stories. https://dimecraft.com/construction-news/civ-robotics monthly 0.5 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/1c4a1225-2572-4e06-b10e-243577c57527/Civ_Dot_Medium_2.webp Construction News - Surveying the Future: CIV Robotics is Making its Mark - If you’ve ever driven past a construction site in the early stages, you’ve likely seen them: the surveyors. They’re usually lugging heavy tripods, fighting through mud, and hammering thousands of wooden stakes into the ground under a blazing sun. It is essential work—nothing gets built without layout—but it is also back-breaking, slow, and prone to human error. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/a0f45ae0-4f2f-4316-84db-a26547e07cf2/civ+robotics.webp Construction News - Surveying the Future: CIV Robotics is Making its Mark - Why This Tech Matters Now It’s easy to get excited about robots just because they’re cool, but CIV Robotics is gaining traction (recently securing major funding and partnerships with industry giants like Trimble and Bobcat) because they address three critical pain points: https://dimecraft.com/construction-news/john-deere-aquires-tenna-construction-technology monthly 0.5 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/27c02bc6-e827-4190-b619-7b2eae769afb/johndeere.jpg Construction News - John Deere Aquires Tenna Construction Technology - John Deere has announced plans to acquire construction technology firm Tenna, strengthening its position in the construction equipment and jobsite data space. Tenna is known for its asset tracking, telematics and jobsite management platform that helps contractors monitor equipment, tools and materials in real time. By integrating Tenna’s software and sensor-based systems with John Deere’s existing connected equipment portfolio, the combined offering aims to give construction companies deeper visibility into fleet utilization, maintenance needs and project progress. For contractors and fleet managers, this acquisition signals a push toward tighter integration of hardware and software across jobsite operations. Tenna’s platform can tie data from heavy machinery, small tools and consumables into a single dashboard, improving planning and reducing downtime. With John Deere bringing its global support network and extensive equipment lineup, the move could accelerate adoption of digital jobsite workflows, improve asset productivity and help contractors make more informed decisions on scheduling, maintenance and capital planning. https://dimecraft.com/construction-news/machainalabscadtometalindays monthly 0.5 2026-01-06 https://dimecraft.com/construction-news/3d-printing-in-construction-fiberglass-and-metal-carbon-fiber monthly 0.5 2025-12-29 https://dimecraft.com/construction-news/canvas-construct-robot-performs-drywall-taping-and-finishing monthly 0.5 2025-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/61f185e6-8aae-402f-b925-ff6740071927/V171993-scaled.jpg Construction News - Canvas Construct Robot Performs Drywall Taping and Finishing. - The Canvas drywall robot is gaining attention across the construction industry as a practical response to one of the most labor intensive and schedule sensitive scopes on interior projects. Drywall finishing has long depended on skilled labor, repetitive manual work, and tight sequencing with other trades. Canvas is applying robotics and automation to this phase of construction with a system designed to perform drywall finishing tasks on site with consistency and precision. Canvas’s robot focuses on finishing rather than hanging board. The system is built to automate taping, mudding, and sanding of drywall seams using a mobile robotic platform guided by computer vision and advanced controls. Once drywall is installed, the robot scans wall surfaces, identifies joints and fastener locations, and applies compound in controlled passes. This approach reduces variability in finish quality and helps crews maintain predictable cycle times, especially on large commercial interiors with repetitive layouts. https://dimecraft.com/construction-news/jlg-boom-lift-with-robotic-end-effector-brings-ai-driven-welding-and-automation-to-elevated-work monthly 0.5 2025-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/d33735be-002b-44ac-adb9-9771b6493ba4/v2_2026_oshkoshjlgboomliftwithroboticendeffector-oshkosh-jlg-boom-lift-with-robotic-end-effector.jpg.webp Construction News - JLG Boom Lift With Robotic End Effector Brings AI Welding to Elevated Work - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://dimecraft.com/construction-news/hilti-exoskeleton-technology-brings-wearable-devices-to-the-trades monthly 0.5 2025-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/0ab51a3e-d975-453f-b468-9b9250474b26/hilti+exoskelton.jpg Construction News - Hilti’s Exoskeleton Tech Brings Wearable Devices to the Trades - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://dimecraft.com/construction-news/home-depots-55-billion-gms-acquisition-brings-westside-legacy monthly 0.5 2025-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/838930d9-d9a9-4bfe-a210-63be6100121a/A_Home_Depot_store.jpg Construction News - Home Depot’s $5.5 Billion GMS Acquisition Brings Westside Legacy - The Home Depot has expanded its reach in the professional construction supply market through its acquisition of GMS Inc., a move that effectively brings the legacy of Westside Building Material into Home Depot’s growing pro distribution network. While Home Depot did not purchase Westside directly, Westside became part of GMS in 2021, and GMS is now operating under Home Depot’s subsidiary SRS Distribution. https://dimecraft.com/construction-news/dustyrobotics monthly 0.5 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/cace98b9-00f7-4c15-8c5b-c7e327eb6656/dustyrobiticsprecision.png Construction News - The Robots Are Here: Meet Dusty - An autonomous mobile robot designed specifically for construction layout, it represents a significant shift toward the digitized jobsite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6944e90a32d8a9386ed93537/1766433233436-KSERJKYJH10ZU1L3NVCW/dustyrobotics.jpeg Construction News - The Robots Are Here: Meet Dusty - The Future Jobsite: Auto Layout with Dusty Robotics In the traditional construction workflow, the transition from a high-fidelity Building Information Model (BIM) to the physical jobsite floor has long been a manual, error-prone bottleneck. Despite sophisticated 3D modeling in the office, field crews often still rely on tape measures, chalk lines, and paper blueprints to mark the locations of walls, pipes, and conduits. 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