How Suffolk Construction identifies ConTech and PropTech startups for investment, adoption

Contractor giant Suffolk Construction has invested in 27 ConTech and PropTech companies since 2019 through its Suffolk Technologies venture capital firm. Parker Mundt, Suffolk Technologies’ Vice President–Platforms, recently spoke with Building Design+Construction about his company’s investment strategy.

AEC Tech

AI for construction: What kind of tool can artificial intelligence become for AEC teams?

Avoiding the hype and gathering good data are half the battle toward making artificial intelligence tools useful for performing design, operational, and jobsite tasks.

Contractors

Enhanced use of data is crucial for improving construction job site safety

Executives with major construction companies say new digital tools are allowing them to use data more effectively to reduce serious safety incidents and improve job site safety.

AEC Tech Innovation

Meet Diverge, Hensel Phelps' new ConTech investment company

Thai Nguyen, Director of Innovation with Hensel Phelps, discusses the construction giant's new startup investment platform, Diverge.

Jun 13, 2017

Accelerate Live! talk: 3D laser scanning for the project lifecycle, FARO Technologies (sponsored)

Brent Slawnikowski of FARO Technologies and Jennifer Suerth of Pepper Construction discuss how implementation of laser scanning has helped Pepper become more successful in the completion of their projects.

Jun 13, 2017

Accelerate Live! talk: Next-gen materials for the built environment, Blaine Brownell, Transmaterial

Architect and materials guru Blaine Brownell reveals emerging trends and applications that are transforming the technological capacity, environmental performance, and design potential of architecture.

Jun 13, 2017

Accelerate Live! talk: Incubating innovation through R&D and product development, Jonatan Schumacher, Thornton Tomasetti

Thornton Tomasetti’s Jonatan Schumacher presents the firm’s business model for developing, incubating, and delivering cutting-edge tools and solutions for the firm, and the greater AEC market.

Jun 13, 2017

Accelerate Live! talk: The future of computational design, Ben Juckes, Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign

Yazdani’s Ben Juckes discusses the firm’s tech-centric culture, where scripting has become an every-project occurrence and each designer regularly works with computational tools as part of their basic toolset.

Jun 13, 2017

Accelerate Live! talk: A case for Big Data in construction, Graham Cranston, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger

Graham Cranston shares SGH’s efforts to take hold of its project data using mathematical optimization techniques and information-rich interactive visual graphics.

Jun 13, 2017

Accelerate Live! talk: Scaling change in a changing industry, Chris Mayer, Suffolk Construction

Suffolk’s CIO Chris Mayer talks about the firm’s framework for vetting and implementing new technologies and processes.

Jun 13, 2017

Accelerate Live! talk: Gaming tech in construction, Lucas Richmond, Gilbane

Learn why Gilbane’s Lucas Richmond is looking outside the AEC industry to build his rockstar gaming and media team.

Jun 12, 2017

Accelerate Live! talk: From job site to factory, the future of commercial construction, Tyler Goss, Turner

Turner Construction’s Tyler Goss presents the construction giant’s breakthrough “job site as a factory” initiative.

Jun 12, 2017

Accelerate Live! talk: The world's smartest buildings, Derik Eckhardt, Miller Hull Partnership

Discover what architect Derik Eckhardt learned during his worldwide tour of the globe’s smartest buildings, from Abu Dhabi to Amsterdam to Stuttgart to Dubai.