Artificial intelligence and its continuous development affect all the different sectors of industry. One of the branches that can take advantage of artificial intelligence is the construction industry. The most important subsection of artificial intelligen …

Autonomous working machines in road construction 4.0: ROBOT Road construction works - especially maintenance - that are done at partial closure mean a high risk for staff. Because working close to rolling traffic implements a high risk for people on constr …

Substantial Changes of Construction Processes oT – Internet of Things is nowadays on everyone’s lips as a term for communication technologies that allow the networking of physical and virtual objects. It is, as the Global Standards Initiative defined in 2 …

Construction processes are now more efficient and modern than ever. However, many problems still exist for project managers such as delays, cost increases, insufficient coordination between different subsections and parties involved, or fluctuations in qua …

In the last years and decades, the complexity of construction and construction sites has risen a lot. Many different parties are involved: Architects, Project managers, investors, … That is due to the technical development, globalization as well as urban c …

Industry 4.0 – nowadays that is not only a description of a digital future, but also of today’s industry. It describes the interconnection and cooperation between humans, machines, tools, logistics, and products. This also applies to the construction indus …

In the last years, product lifecycle management, the integration of all information during a product’s lifecycle has become more and more important. That opens the question, what exactly is the lifecycle of a product? The product lifecycle describes the d …

The latest developments in the machine market are a good reason to think about what business mergers mean, also for suppliers and customers and what possibilities they can offer. When different companies decide to merge, it always means that one loses its …

All over the world, road building machines and machine control systems are working in different projects. That can be the construction of a completely new road or the renovation of an old road. For all these projects machines as well as machine control sy …

Positive outlook for Germany’s roadbuilding and construction machinery industry The building industry in Germany could this year become an engine for the country’s economic development. It is a strong and important industry and with more than 2.2 million …