BD+C

MARCH 14, 2023

Meet Spot: A robot that’s being tested to keep construction sites clean 0 qpurcell Tue, 03/14/2023 - 07:57 AEC Tech What if we could increase consistency and efficiency with housekeeping by automating this process with a robot? Introducing: Spot. Currently, there’s a lack of consistency in how we manage and track housekeeping on jobsites.

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ENR Construction

MARCH 23, 2020

Boston officials expected nearly full compliance with an order to shutter and secure construction sites in an effort to combat coronavirus.

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ENR Construction

MARCH 27, 2022

Partial floor collapse at a parking garage being demolished is believed to have caused Peter Monsini, 51, to fall with his excavator nine stories at a downtown development site.

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Construction Specifier

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

When the colonial-style Singaporean brand selected a prominent corner site in Boston as the location for its first North American mixed-use property, it was no surprise the project team chose a unitized curtain wall facade system for the building. Designing in proximity to a local landmark is always complex.

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ENR Construction

MARCH 16, 2020

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh halted all construction jobs in Boston for two weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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ENR Construction

MAY 13, 2020

Boston Dynamics’ autonomous dog-shaped robot, Spot, is known for its ability to traverse complex terrain and is now being used by construction companies for inspections and LiDAR site scans.

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Construction Equipment

MARCH 18, 2021

To do this, the companies have integrated a PFF smart following module prototype onto a Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot, which is… Trimble and Piaggio Fast Forward (PFF), a tech company, will partner to enable robots and machines to follow humans and other machines in industrial applications.

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ENR Construction

MAY 4, 2019

Two stand downs on May 3 at two Boston construction sites honored craft workers who died after opioid overdoses.

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ENR Construction

APRIL 4, 2018

A worker died at the Wynn Boston Harbor project site on April 3.

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Construction Marketing

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

More enticing are the low costs of the tools that lower the barrier for adopting these tech gadgets on site. Turner also states that it can be easy to get caught up in the “coolness” of these tools, but they also do offer real solutions to problems faced on sites. Real Time Location Systems. Virtual Reality.

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Construction Dive

MARCH 17, 2020

Mayor Martin Walsh's announcement calls into question whether other jurisdictions will follow suit and enact construction site shutdowns. Some city leaders seem to be considering it while others are not.

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Construction Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Boston Dynamics says its SpotMini robot is a good fit for jobsites due to its ability to survey a project via an onboard camera, pick up objects and navigate around obstacles.

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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 15, 2024

Central Construction business finances are complex, with multiple budgets for different job sites, lots of employees who need corporate cards, and complex systems to calculate cash flow. Chris began his career in the music industry after graduating from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Thu, 02/22/2024 - 12:00 1:00 p.m.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The Josiah Quincy Upper School (JQUS), a 650-student public school, is set to rise on a one-acre site in Boston’s dense Chinatown neighborhood. The six-story, 178,000-sf building will house grades 6 through 12. The HMFH-designed facility will feature healthy spaces that support student success and wellbeing.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 12, 2021

Millennials are migrating into Connecticut from New York City and Boston in droves, making Greater Hartford, CT the top-ranked Millennial Magnet in Business Facilities' 2021 Metro Rankings Report.

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Construction Equipment

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Trimble and Hilti will work with the Spot Robot platform to develop an robot that will automate tasks on a job site. The effort will integrate the companies’ construction-management software, GNSS technology, and reality-capture devices with the robotic platform developed by Boston Dynamics.

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ENR Construction

JANUARY 22, 2018

The Construction Mentor Program pairs students with mentors on active construction sites in Boston and is helping address worker shortages on the city’s construction sites.

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Pro Builder

MAY 12, 2021

How the Pandemic Will Shape the Future of Off-Site Residential Construction. Is off-site construction the answer to building homes faster and more affordably and easing current supply and labor issues? 3 Reasons Why We Need More Off-Site Construction. Off-site construction introduces a host of unique worker safety benefits.

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ENR Construction

JULY 7, 2022

billion Bulfinch Crossing project plans to restart demo on July 11.

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Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The walls of the cement-based building were created on-site in uncontrolled weather conditions, in a process that is expected to be available in the U.S. next year.

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ENR Construction

JULY 7, 2022

billion Bulfinch Crossing project plans to restart demolition of 1960s Government Center garage on July 11.

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Construction Equipment

OCTOBER 14, 2020

DroneDeploy, a cloud software company, is using drone footage to help get bird’s-eye views of construction sites and build a 3D picture of the area. This week, the company announced a new initiative alongside Boston Dynamics, "360 Walkthrough," that combines drone photos with cameras on the ground…

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JANUARY 13, 2016

Breaking News: General Electric Moving HQ To Boston originally appeared on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. has elected to relocate its global headquarters from Fairfield, CT to Boston, according to news reports. A specific site has not yet been named, but according to The Boston Globe GE is focused on the Seaport area.

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Construction Equipment

MARCH 27, 2020

While Boston and Pennsylvania ordered a halt to most construction projects, some other cities and states designated construction as an essential or crucial… Construction crews in many cities continued to raise cranes and swing hammers as much of the world shut down to stem the spread of coronavirus.

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Construction Equipment

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Two men were killed Wednesday morning in an accident at a construction site in Boston’s Financial District. According to a report by CBS Boston, the men fell about 20 feet into a hole after being struck by a dump truck. They were found in a hole at the site, according to the report, and the scene…

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 7, 2019

The project team installing markers to memorialize two sites where bombs exploded during the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing worked throughout the winter to ensure the project would be completed this summer.

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Construction Equipment

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

An architecture project in London has been using Boston Dynamics’ four-legged robot, Spot, to gather data from a construction site and map out a digital twin of its office space. The project—the Battersea Roof Gardens development in London—had been utilized as a testbed for the four-legged robot,…

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Construction Junkie

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

via Boston Dynamics. Spot, the famous robot dog from Boston Dynamics, has been officially for sale to the public for less than a year, but the company has already announced major upgrades for the growing platform. Yesterday, February 2nd, Boston Dynamics held a launch event for 3 new Spot products: Enterprise, Scout, and the Spot Arm.

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Business Facilities

DECEMBER 15, 2021

San Francisco took top honors in ACEEE's 2021 City Clean Energy Scorecard, followed by Seattle; Washington, DC; Minneapolis; and Boston and New York. The post For First Time, San Francisco Lands Top Spot In Clean Energy Rankings appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine.

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BD+C

MAY 6, 2020

Boston-based Shawmut Design and Construction, in collaboration with trade unions, industry peer groups, and other firms, has rolled out a COVID-19 safety plan for its project sites across the country.

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Construction Junkie

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Spot, the popular yellow robotic dog/grasshopper from Boston Dynamics, was officially released for sale to anyone earlier this year and it continues to make new friends – and grow new limbs apparently. Image courtesy of Percepto. Spot will also carry Percepto’s payloads for their imaging and thermal vision hardware.

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ENR Construction

JUNE 6, 2017

Plans for Boston’s largest new hotel were announced for a site near the Boston Convention Center weeks before the convention center is seeking design proposals for development of its 30 acres of undeveloped land in the Seaport District.

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ENR Construction

MARCH 27, 2022

Partial floor collapse at a parking garage under demolition is believed to have caused Peter Monsini, 51, to fall with his equipment nine stories at a downtown development site.

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Construction Equipment

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Two men were killed Wednesday morning in an accident at a construction site in Boston’s Financial District. According to a report by CBS Boston, the men fell about 20 feet into a hole after being struck by a dump truck. They were found in a hole at the site, according to the report, and the scene…

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Construction Junkie

AUGUST 10, 2020

In June, the famous autonomous robot dog from Boston Dynamics, named Spot, was released to the public for sale after several months of trials with strategic partners in the construction industry, among others. It’s also highly equipped with sensors in order to avoid the ever changing obstacles of a construction site. courtesy of FARO.

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Construction Equipment

OCTOBER 14, 2020

DroneDeploy, a cloud software company, is using drone footage to help get bird’s-eye views of construction sites to build a 3D picture. This week, the company announced a new initiative that combines drone photos with cameras on the ground, or even ground robots from a company like Boston Dynamics…

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ENR Construction

MARCH 19, 2020

Two days after Boston announced it would shut down construction sites to slow virus spread, its neighbor across the Charles River has followed suit.

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