Implementing software in a fabrication shop promises to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and reduce errors. But, before you can reap the benefits of new revolutionary changing shop management software, you should take the pulse of your shop and business culture. This article highlights best practices for managing change, improving your shop’s culture, and implementing the […]
20 Tips for Improving Safety in Your Fabrication Shop
Prefabrication, also known as modular or off-site construction, is an innovative method of building that involves constructing components off-site in a controlled environment and transporting components to the construction jobsite for assembly. This approach is helping to transform the construction industry, offering many benefits. Below are 20 tips for improving safety in your Fabrication shop. […]
10 Tips for Promoting Construction Safety
Construction Safety Week is an annual event celebrated across the industry to promote awareness and recognition of construction safety. It’s a time when construction workers, companies, and organizations come together to focus on improving safety in the workplace. Construction Safety Week will be celebrated from May 2 to May 6. It’s a week-long celebration that […]
10 Ways to Prepare My Smart Manufacturing
Smart manufacturing integrates advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data analytics, and other digital technologies into the manufacturing process to make it more efficient, flexible, and agile. Smart manufacturing is also known as Industry 4.0, which refers to the fourth industrial revolution, where technology and data are driving […]
Top 7 Trends Impacting Field Construction
The construction industry is well on its way in 2023. Many experts forecast continued growth, with greater technology adoption to accelerate an industry historically lagging in adoption. Here’s how construction technology’s use is trending to impact field construction and combat on-going challenges. 1.Prefabricated & Modular Construction Prefabricated and modular construction, where a structure is […]
Overcoming Construction Business Challenges
Your drive to digital transformation can help you overcome construction business challenges. The construction industry is rapidly adopting technology, needing to meet compressed schedules, lower costs, and increase profits. The evolution of tech is accelerating, from drafting tables to CAD to Revit software and new cloud-based platforms, 3D printing, drones, reality capture, and wearable tech, […]
Things to Do at AHR Expo 23 in Atlanta
The world’s largest HVACR event is AHR Expo in Atlanta. The new year brings the AHR Expo at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA, on February 6-8, 2023. The AHR Expo annual event attracts the largest collection of HVAC professionals and provides a forum for manufacturers of all specialties and sizes the opportunity […]
7 Construction Industry Trends to Watch for in 2023
From technological advancements to ongoing labor shortages and supply chain disruptions, you can expect to see some significant construction industry trends continuing to impact all corners of our market. The good news is the industry outlook remains relatively stable. As reported by the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Backlog Indicator has reached its highest level […]
What to Do at the MEP Innovation Conference in Austin
The MEP Innovation Conference 2023 brings the industry’s leading trade associations, MCAA, NECA, and SMACNA, together to host the best technology conference for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and sheet metal contractors. This year’s conference will offer educational sessions led by contractors from all three trade associations, including collaborative roundtable discussions, innovative speaker sessions, and hands-on exhibitors […]
How BIM is Driving Prefabrication and Modular Construction
For all the talk about how the trades need to implement building information modeling (BIM) processes, there are companies in the steel and MEP trades that have been using BIM since the late 1990s. A strong motivation was that the resulting detailed shop drawings and bills of materials helped automate production, and the models they […]
