The premier AggNexus Digital Innovation Conference drew upward of 100 representatives of independent or multinational concrete, cement, aggregate and asphalt producers, along with their software and hardware partners. Staged last month on the University of Texas, Austin campus, it demonstrated how the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence models, coupled with data capture or analytics methods, are transforming construction material producer…
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Doka form tie load, plywood pressure sensors safely expedite pours
Sources: Doka USA, Kenilworth, N.J.; CP staff With an eye to providing safety data foremen need to justify higher concrete placement rates, formwork giant Doka Group has launched Xact Load, whose twin sensors monitor form tie loads and plywood pressure levels. Configured to relay real-time figures to the DokaXact portal, “the sensors ensure that concrete is poured as fast as…
Read MoreLafargeHolcim teams with IBM to power road design optimization platform
Sources: LafargeHolcim Ltd., Zurich; CP staff
LafargeHolcim will leverage IBM Services’ hybrid clouds, data analytics, plus machine learning, artificial intelligence, industrial Internet of Things tools to extend its heavy building materials knowledge base and build out ORIS, promoted as the first digital platform for road design optimization, for global deployment.
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