Data in Construction Construction Technology

Dodge Data & Analytics has one of the longest running data practices in the construction industry, and provide services from forecasting to business analysis for their customers, as well as providing invaluable insights for free on their website. Chief economist Richard Branch talks about the opportunities and challenges in creating forecasts for the construction market.

How companies architect and deploy their cloud can vary hugely based on what they need, and choices they make. Remko de Knikker has been working at the cutting edge of real cloud deployments for years, and explains how different technologies work, from containers, to microservices to kubernetes and more. A refreshingly clear explanation of what these critical terms mean.

Data Mesh, Data Fabric, Data Warehouse...so many terms get used in the modern data stack, it can be tough to understand what they all mean and why they matter. Amy Hodler has been helping make sense of advanced data concepts for years, and walks us through a critical concept, "Data Centricity," and how that relates to many of the other data-related concepts, including knowledge graphs. Amy brings it all together with Relational.ai and how their unique take on knowledge graphs and graph database technology embeds logic and intelligence in the data.

What if the process of building could be modeled? What if that model allowed project teams to try out dozens or even thousands of possible options for how to most efficiently build, or respond to changes & setbacks? That's the idea behind ALICE Technologies, a pioneering software firm that has trained its AI systems to model the key factors of building, and give project teams an incredibly powerful tool to manage their jobs. Co-Founder and CEO Rene Morkos explains how & why they do what they do, and how they're changing the way project teams plan and get the work done.

Knowledge graphs have been a part of data & document management for decades. Recent advances by companies like TigerGraph have made these tools even easier to use - but how exactly does a contractor create one of these things? Cayley Wetzig of TigerGraph takes us through a refreshingly clear & intuitive process for capturing the invaluable knowledge from the field and organizing it into a knowledge graph.

As a leading provider of jobsite and project management software, Procore produces, manages and coordinates an unprecedented amount of construction data. To make the best use of this, Procore has developed an increasingly sophisticated data analytics capability. Jason Ramsey leads product development of this analytics product, and walks us through what they've built, why they've built it, and how this capability helps Procore customers.