MCAA Microsoft HoloLens Research Report
This eighth report in the MCAA Technology Research Series was written by our partners at JBKLabs exclusively for MCAA. It explores the possibilities for using augmented reality in the construction industry.
Category: Construction Technology
Achieving Spatial Coordination through BIM – A Guide for Specialty Contractors
This guide helps mechanical contractors incorporate leading-edge technologies into their project spatial coordination efforts. Developed by MCAA, SMACNA and NECA with funding from MCERF.
Factors to Consider in Establishing, Operating and Maintaining a Fabrication Shop
Whether you’re establishing a new fab shop or looking to keep yours operating at peak performance, this bulletin provides tips to enhance your company’s productivity and profitability.
Management Strategies for Information Technology
Find practical management techniques in straightforward language in this manual designed for employees who are not IT specialists and for IT professionals with little or no experience in mechanical construction.
European Green Building Technologies
This MCERF study explores leading-edge European approaches to high-performance mechanical systems and how these approaches could potentially be applied for use in North American markets.
Water Efficiency Technologies for Mechanical Contractors
This MCERF study explains how anticipated water shortages could result in unprecedented opportunities for mechanical contractors, technology suppliers and engineering consultants to supply water conservation technologies. Learn about immediate revenue opportunities in water audits and water-efficient fixtures, to name a few.
Maintaining or Improving Your Edge in an Economic Downturn through Strategic IT Planning
This White Paper contains concise, easy-to-implement tips on how to use strategic investments in IT during an economic downturn to help your company come out on the other side leaner, better-run and with a sharper edge over the competition.
Build for a Business Advantage: Accounting Job Cost Software Strategies That Work
This White Paper will help you take the pain out of your next accounting/job cost software upgrade and turn the process into one of the most valuable that your company will ever undertake.
Virtualization: Reduce Operating Costs While Building for the Future
This MCAA Technology Committee White Paper, produced as a members-only publication given free as a benefit of membership by MCAA, will help you quickly understand why the concept of “virtualization” needs to get out of discussions for the server room and into strategy sessions in the board room to help your company effectively prepare for the future. Whether your company is large or small, the paper describes how you can invest in IT in a smarter way for your day-to-day needs while also preparing for the exponential and needed-it-yesterday capacity growth required to perform BIM…all without breaking the bank!
Service Technologies Assessment Guide
“This guide will provide a step-by-step approach to assessing and selecting the most appropriate service technologies
for your company’s specific needs. You’ll learn how to evaluate your company’s unique requirements when considering
or purchasing new service software, GPS, smart phones, wireless devices or other essential technologies. Rapid advances in new technologies and endless choices on the market today will make this your go-to guide to help you spend your high-tech dollars wisely.”
2016 MCAA-Focused Construction Technology Report
MCAA sponsored the 2016 Construction Technology Report, produced by MCAA’s Technology partner, JBKnowledge. As part of our sponsorship, MCAA published an MCAA-Focused report that segments out responses given by MCAA members and compares them to the rest of the construction industry. With this new report, MCAA members can not only see how their companies compare to other MCAA members, but how our membership compares to the industry at large.
Pros and Cons of New Technologies Showcased at the 2017 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
This report, which was prepared by MCAA Technology Committee member Britton Langdon, gives the pros and cons of the most applicable technology from the 2017 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) exhibit, which spanned 2.5 million square feet. It includes the latest in augmented reality, drones, cameras, sensors, mapping devices and scanners.
MCAA Safety Apps Report
This fifth report in the Construction Technology Research Series was written by JBKLabs exclusively for MCAA. The JBKnowledge team evaluated the numerous applications on the market for safety professionals and foremen. While most are geared towards documentation, there is a growing trend to use the data that is documented and apply analytics to identify root causes and trends. Predictive analytics, which analyze historical data, current projects, and weather can be used to predict higher chances of incidents happening. Both can be extremely powerful tools to help prevent accidents from occurring.
MCAA Safety Apps Webinar
This webinar offers additional insights into the MCAA Safety Apps research report written by JBKLabs exclusively for MCAA.
Webinar on BIM to Field Software Construction Technology Report
In August, 2016 MCAA released its third installment of the Construction Technology Research Series with a report on BIM to Field Software. The research, provided by our technology partners at JB Knowledge, evaluated over 24 different types of software that leverage the data from the BIM model and use it in other parts of your operations like the field or in the fabrication shop. On Tuesday, August 23, the lead researcher on the project, Josh Bone, joined Sean McGuire, MCAA’s Director of Construction Technology for a companion webinar that provided more explanation and detail into the project.