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Smart City Challenge partner Continental Automotive offers vehicle-to-everything tech
Continental Automotive is the newest partner for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge, offering $1 million in vehicle-to-everything hardware and labor for smart intersections for the competition’s winner, Columbus, Ohio. The company will provide “advanced sensing, vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication technology to increase traffic safety at intersections and provide a platform for intelligent […]
June 24, 2016
Roadbuilding
Columbus wins USDOT’s $50 million Smart City Challenge
In a release prior to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) official June 23 announcement, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) says Columbus beat out the six other finalists to win the Smart City Challenge. USDOT has pledged up to $40 million to help with technology and services funding to help convert the city into the first […]
June 22, 2016
Roadbuilding
USDOT partners with mobile solar technology firm for Smart City Challenge
The U.S. Department of Transportation has partnered with mobile solar technology firm DC Solar Solutions for the agency’s Smart City Challenge. The company will provide $1.5 million worth of electric vehicle chargers and mobile solar generators to the winning city. The Smart City Challenge is designed to convert one city in to the first in […]
June 22, 2016
Roadbuilding
AT&T partners with USDOT on Smart City Challenge with hardware and services pledge
AT&T is partnering with the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) on the agency’s Smart City Challenge with a pledge to provide the winning city with $1 million in hardware, products and/or services. The Smart City Challenge is designed to convert one city into the first in the nation to fully integrate technologies, such as smart […]
June 14, 2016
Roadbuilding
USDOT chief Foxx visiting Smart City Challenge finalists for submission preparation
Transportation Sec. Anthony Foxx this week is visiting the seven finalists for the Smart City Challenge, a program designed to convert one city into the first in the nation to fully integrate technologies, such as smart sensor and connected vehicles, into their transportation system. He will participate in roundtable discussions with local leaders at each […]
May 17, 2016
Roadbuilding
Seven cities named finalists for USDOT’s $50 million Smart City Challenge
Seven cities have been named as finalists for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Smart City Challenge, which aims to convert one city into the first in the country to “fully” integrate into their transportation network technologies including smart sensors and autonomous and connected vehicles. Originally, only five finalists were to be selected. The seven […]
March 15, 2016
Roadbuilding
World’s first 3D-printed steel bridge to be erected by robotics firm, contractor (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
It seems like something out of science fiction: Robotic arms stretched over a canal creating a bridge seemingly out of nothing at all. In actuality, the robots are advanced 3D printing tools that a company in the Netherlands is planning to use to print a bridge. The first 3D printed bridge in the world. MX3D, a 3D-printing robotics […]
July 14, 2015
Business
Finding the best mobile BIM apps to put to work on your jobsite
Thomislav Zigo of Clayco Inc. spent about an hour during the first day of the Associated General Contractors of America IT Forum Conference on getting the most out of Business Information Modeling applications for tablets and smartphones on the jobsite.
August 17, 2012
Business
Autodesk aims to boost cloud and mobile computing on construction job sites with Vela Systems acquisition
Autodesk recently announced its acquisition of Vela Systems a provider of cloud-based field management software for the construction industry.
June 18, 2012
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