This is the third article of the series Top Tech Trends at the Construction Site 2017. It addresses another technology trend in construction: mobile apps. Also, learn more on the other trends we presented within the last months: Wearables and 3D printing.  …

  Last week, I wrote an article and used the phrase “turning data into information”. I stopped and realized that on an intuitive level I knew what this phrase meant, but I started thinking what actually distinct data from information?  After a quick Goog …

Have you heard about Generation C? Maybe you are a prominent member… Most often members of Generation C are characterised as digital natives and very tech-savvy. Unlike Generation X or Y, it is not bound to a specific age group (even though most members t …

Sometime before Christmas WikiLeaks leaked information relating to the German parliamentary inquiry into the surveillance activities of Germany's foreign intelligence agency Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) and its cooperation with the United States' National …

A few days ago, I accidently googled Moba and was somewhat surprised about the search results. So, I took the time to go through the result. Actually, I even checked the 2nd and 3rd result pages – which is apparently very uncommon. Besides this community …

I just came across a very interesting and powerful blog post by Robert C. Martin (aka Uncle Bob), a highly influential and successful software engineer since the 1970s. He calls out to computer programmers to become a profession. Within his post, he postul …

The quick facts about one of the current buzzwords in the construction industry: Intelligent Compaction. What is the motivation? Where are we? (Current state of the art) Where we haven't been yet? (Opportunities for improvements) Are we there yet? …

Intelligent compaction is one of the new buzzwords in the construction industry lately and a number of new intelligent compaction systems have entered the market. This article highlights and reviews the common technologies (pass counting, temperature measu …

If you have followed the news lately, I assume you’ve heard about the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that declared the Safe Harbor agreement with the US invalid. Often, the big players like Facebook, Google or Twitter are cited as the companies tha …

As promised in my last blog post, today I want to explore what insights you can gain from only a few data points within the new AEM AEMP Telematics Standard. This blog post is inspired by a session held by Tim Truex at the AEMP Asset Symposium 2014 in Memp …