Construction Technology and Software Rundown

This week’s rundown has few tech for fleets, including an app for Amazon’s Alexa and ELD compliance.

Software & In the Cloud B2W Software Solution for Heavy Civil Construction Estimating now Offers Error-check Wizard. B2W Software, provider of heavy civil construction management software, also offers an enhanced Error-check Wizard feature within B2W Estimate solution for estimating and bidding.

ARI’s pilot app for Amazon’s Alexa allows users to collect data points from the ARI insights system using voice commands. ARI will constantly track queries to see what other data points might be added in the future. Alexa further provides data on fuel usage, accidents, maintenance, downtime and purchase orders for a group of vehicles.

Nearmap releases Panorama and Oblique Aerial imagery inside MapBrowser interface. Users working within MapBrowser can switch from Nearmap Vertical to Nearmap Panorama or Nearmap Oblique location content. With Nearmap Panorama, users view perspective maps in all cardinal directions for small or large areas without having to jump from one image to another.

Autodesk and Esri Announce Collaboration to Advance Infrastructure Planning and Design to build a bridge between BIM and GIS mapping technologies. The partnership enables BIM and GIS mapping software to more seamlessly work together to optimize planning, designing, building and operating infrastructure assets.

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