Brayman is a leading heavy civil and geotechnical contractor with office headquarters in suburban Pittsburgh.

Brayman Construction Corporation

AECOM

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from planning, design and engineering to program and construction management.

DPR Construction is a commercial general contractor and construction management firm based in Redwood City, California

View From Above: Block 185 Crown Install – Austin

DPR Construction 

A self-performing General Contractor focusd on highly complex and technical projects

Mountain Back - 3D printed Snowboard Binding

Slicelab

A civil engineering and building construction firm, which also carries out research, survey, planning, designing, supervision, and other related activities. Projects include bridges, highway tunnels, stadiums, hospitals, and office buildings.

Tobishima Corporation

Civil engineering and building construction firm

Heatherwick Studio is a team of over 200 problem solvers dedicated to making the physical world around us better for everyone. 

Little Island – New York, United States

Heatherwick studio

A multi-award winning British design and architecture studio - buildings, spaces, master-plans, objects and infrastructure

Taisei Corporation

Franz Nüsing GmbH & Co KG

Nüsing designs and creates custom mobile walls, providing flexible room separation for any requirement. 

Keßler Solutions

WRNS Studio

An architecture and planning firm that provides sustainable design

ARES Touch is a full-featured mobile CAD app that provides a complete set of 2D drafting and annotation commands. It's the perfect companion to quickly review a drawing shared in the cloud or received by email while on the go.

Team members at the jobsite can collaborate efficiently with colleagues back at the office

ARES Touch: Mobile CAD for Android and iOS to View, Create and Annotate DWG

Mobile CAD in DWG: Technical Worker on Site at Work with ARES Touch

How Online CAD and Mobile CAD Improve Collaboration Around Drawings

The ARES Trinity of CAD Software: Create and Modify DWG Files with Modern Collaboration Tools

ARES Touch

Work productively on mobile devices with tools tailored to smaller screens

ARES is the modern alternative for 2D/3D CAD in DWG, already used by 3 of the top 5 construction groups in Japan, as well as leading manufacturers such as LG, Hyundai and Samsung.

CAD Anywhere: Desktop CAD (Windows, Mac, Linux), Cloud CAD (runs in your Internet browser), Mobile CAD (Android tablets/smartphones and iOS iPhone/iPad)

Modern workflows leveraging cloud and mobile to synchronize the work across all your users and devices

DWG for BIM features in ARES Commander to create smarter CAD drawings which geometry can be extracted and updated from Revit and IFC BIM projects

ARES Commander - Desktop CAD: All the 2D and 3D features to create and modify DWG drawings on Windows, macOS and Linux

ARES Kudo - Online CAD: Create and modify DWG drawings online and enjoy new collaboration features to comment with voice, photos, texts and stamps

ARES Touch - Mobile CAD: A full set of 2D features to create, modify and annotate DWG drawings on your Android smartphone/tablet and iOS iPhone/iPad with unique collaboration feature to markup with voice, photos, texts and stamps

The ARES Trinity of CAD Software | Create and Modify DWG Files With Modern Collaboration Tools

ARES Commander CAD Software for DWG | Modern 2D and 3D CAD for Windows, Mac and Linux

ARES Kudo Online CAD for DWG Viewing, Creation and Modification in your Internet Browser

ARES Touch Mobile CAD for Android and iOS to View, Create and Annotate DWG

The ARES Trinity of CAD software by Graebert

ARES Kudo is the cloud's most agile CAD solution for DWG drawings. You just need an Internet browser to access, share, and modify your CAD files — anywhere, anytime, on any device.


ARES Kudo: Online CAD for DWG Viewing, Creation and Modification in Your Internet Browser

Online CAD in DWG: ARES Kudo User Working Remotely with Cloud

Online CAD in DWG: Enable Free Viewing and Commenting with View-Only Links

ARES Kudo

Cloud-Only Plan (includes ARES Kudo only)

Mobility Pack (includes ARES Kudo and ARES Touch)

ARES Trinity Plan (includes ARES Kudo, ARES Touch, and ARES Commander)

Because ARES Kudo runs in a browser, it can be accessed on any computer.

With ARES Commander, users can work both locally and with files stored in the cloud to improve collaboration. Sync files across users and devices. Create and modify DWG drawings in 2D and 3D, leveraging the drafting and design features that you’ve come to expect — all at a significant cost savings. ARES Commander can stand alone or coordinate with ARES Touch and ARES Kudo to form the Trinity of CAD, unlocking productivity-boosting collaboration features. 

Files created in ARES Commander can also be accessed in ARES Kudo or ARES Touch.

ARES Commander CAD Software for DWG: Modern 2D and 3D CAD for Windows, Mac and Linux

DWG for BIM Features in ARES Commander: Drawings Automation

Read and Export BIM Properties with ARES Commander

DWG Drawings from Revit and IFC BIM Projects with ARES Commander

BIM Drawings Automation: Materials Mapper, BIM Labels, BIM Dimensions

ARES Commander

ARES Commander Standalone [Perpetual License]

ARES Commander [Perpetual License] with Trinity

ARES Commander Flex / Network Seat [Perpetual License]

ARES Commander runs on Windows, MacOS, and Linux platforms.

Snaptrude is a collaborative design tool for architects and interior designers. Design teams can build efficient buildings, with data & automation,  saving weeks’ worth of effort. Collaborate with your team in real-time for faster feedback and approvals. As Snaptrude works on a web browser, you can work on any device, from anywhere in the world. Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Rhino, 3DSMax, ArchiCad, Vectorworks

Snaptrude

 Snaptrude New Snaptrude Features to Help You Grow in Your Architecture Practice

TestFit is the real estate feasibility platform that makes it easy to do site planning for developers, architects, and contractors who want to maximize site potential and get the right deals done faster. TestFit takes care of tedious tasks like counting parking stalls, drafting iterations, and calculating yield on cost by generating rapid concept iterations based on your parametric input.

Our AI configurators optimize the best design solutions for every site with real-time insights into design, constructability, and cost so you can save time on site planning, reduce risk on acquiring deals and increase potentials for all your sites.


TestFit

Hadrian X® is the world’s first mobile robotic blocklaying machine and system, capable of safely working outdoors in uncontrolled environments with speed and accuracy. 

Hadrian X® builds block structures from a 3D CAD model, producing far less waste than traditional construction methods while dramatically improving site safety. 

Hadrian X® is capable of building the walls of a house in situ in as little as a day, with no human hand touching a brick.

Hadrian X® by FBR

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Fologram’s software provides designers with a toolkit to create mixed reality experiences within design software they already use, and view and share these experiences through the Fologram app running on mobile phones or Microsoft's mixed reality headsets the Hololens.  Fologram’s clients include leading universities, multinational architectural firms, industrial designers, engineers and artists who using Fologram to create mixed reality applications for full scale construction, public art, architectural fabrication, sculpture, automotive design and visualisation.

Fologram is a software ecosystem that allows Mixed Reality hardware running our standalone application to talk to desktop design software running the Fologram plugin. Geometry and other model information from your design software is streamed to your headset or mobile phone, and spatial information like device or hand positions are sent back in real time. By using this spatial information to trigger changes in design models, designers can use Fologram to build interactive mixed reality experiences. 

A feature rich free mobile version is avaible at https://fologram.com/download, and a 14 day trial for Hololens users.


AllBrick using Fologram on the Hobart Hospital Redevelopment

Jack Hunter from Uni of Washington using Fologam for robotic control and path visualization 

Akio Hamada Architects & Eri Sumitomo Architects using Fologram to guide a chainsaw operator in producing furniture

UAP using Fologram in their production of large scale public art

Fologram

Artillion studio using Fologram as part of their fabrication process

Project Intro:

The Koppel Bridge project was a $27 Million effort to replace the previous bridge. TyBOT performed bulk tying operations on this project in April of 2019 to assist the crews of Brayman Construction Corporation. The Koppel Bridge is located in rural Western Pennsylvania and serves as a crucial link between the towns of Koppel, and Ellwood City. It is a 4-span bridge that is 43 feet wide and 1,240 feet long. The new Koppel bridge opened in October of 2019. 

Role in Project:

TyBOT® is an autonomous rebar tying robot that ties up to 1,000 intersections an hour. TyBOT deploys to any job site that has screed rails in place and will do the work of an average crew. TyBOT easily deploys anywhere in the country to work on horizontal reinforcing steel installation projects. TyBOT performed the bulk tie portion of the Koppel Bridge deck reinforcing steel installation for two out of the four spans of the bridge.

Description of Project:

The Koppel Bridge project, located in Koppel, PA, began in January 2017 and opened to traffic in October 2019. The bridge carries two 12 ft travel lanes and 8 ft shoulders. The deck of the Koppel Bridge consists of 1 million pounds of rebar and 6,000 cubic yards of concrete. The structural steel supporting the deck weighs approximately 4.3 million pounds.

Project Features/Advancements:

Manhour savings: 34%
Schedule savings: 34%

Brayman Construction Corporation (BCC) meticulously recorded production data for the deck reinforcing steel installation of the project so that this case study could provide meaningful results. While self-performing the rebar installation on two spans that did not utilize TyBot, BCC expended 20% of their total manhours on the bulk tie sub-activity that TyBOT would perform on the other two spans.

When TyBOT executed the bulk tie on these two spans, the data showed that BCC not only saved the expected 20% of manhours for bulk tying but also saved another 14% for a total savings of 34% of their budgeted manhours. These additional savings was attributed to a couple of different factors.

BCC chose to augment their deck rebar crew with TyBOT meaning they did not reduce the level of manpower performing the installation. Not having to perform the 

bulk tie sub-activity allowed the crew to focus manual efforts on the remaining sub-activities associated with deck rebar installation. This allowed these activities such as carrying and placing the rebar to occur faster and more efficiently.

The use of TyBOT also prompted the operations team to perform more pre-planning of the deck rebar work to ensure the time TyBOT was waiting on placed rebar to tie was minimized. Typically, deck rebar work planning is done in the field where the crew often reacts to the daily changes and challenges that are frequent on construction projects. When using TyBOT, the manual labor was very focused on planning the work to make sure that “the robot didn’t catch up to them”. This created a sense of competition between the robotic TyBOT and the crew, pushing the work along faster.

With BCC augmenting their crew with TyBOT, the project realized both a 34% manhour savings and a 34% savings in the duration of the work. Experiencing schedule and productivity improvements that result in manhour savings is a great example of the power of utilizing robots in construction. With widespread shortages in skilled labor, using TyBot to augment and not replace the rebar crew is the best way to accelerate projects, meet tough schedule constraints, and best utilize the skills of workers.

Who was/is Involved:
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation: CLIENT

Brayman Construction Corporation: MAIN CONTRACTOR

Advanced Construction Robotics: SUBCONTRACTOR

Awards:

Associated Bridge for Construction & Design awarded the Koppel Bridge Project two awards: 

(1) Outstanding New Major Bridge Award (Brayman Construction as the main contractor) (2) Outstanding New Special Purpose Structure Award for Permanent Sheet Pile Wall System – Brayman Construction (Brayman Construction as subcontractor & Trumbull as the main contractor)

Source: https://www.constructionrobots.com/post/tybot-case-study-koppel-bridge

Koppel Bridge

ACR is a world leading innovator of autonomous robotic equipment. Our robots are transforming the construction industry by filling the skilled labor gap and increasing overall productivity of the construction industry. Our products give construction firms the ability to meet a rapidly growing demand.

Check out more case studies at: https://www.constructionrobots.com/projects

Rebar-Tying Robot Debuts on Pennsylvania Bridge

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Advanced Construction Robotics

Advanced Construction Robotics Aims to Disrupt Construction Industry With TyBOT and IronBOT 

Victoria University (VU) Tower, the tallest university building in the southern hemisphere, comprises of around 43,300sqm floor area over 32 levels. With strong support from contractors and subcontractors, Ynomia was able to push the envelope and add immense value through a highly-automated and sensor-based application, tracking concrete structure, facade panels and other parts of the project to connect Supply Chain and Site like never before.

Victoria University Tower

Why?
Construction has always suffered from major Data Quality and Visibility Problems caused by manual workflows and fragmented data and tools, making it near impossible to maintain an accurate picture of progress and make informed decisions, especially in the management of complex supply chains with various off-site activities and stakeholders. 

What?
Ynomia tracks and reports on the progress of all building components, predominantly high-value off-site fabricated elements, including Precast Concrete, Modular Assemblies, Cladding/Glazing, M&E, Pods and more. We record progress and decisions as they happen and deliver actionable and real-time insights over the duration of the project as we build up a data-rich digital record of each building component across Design, Manufacture, Logistics, Construction and Handover. 

How?
We create best and densest possible set of data and insights, and bring it all together in our Real-Time Digital Twin Dashboard by combining Integrations with existing systems and tools, Automation via our own QR & Bluetooth Tag & Track, and our Low-touch Mobile App - the simplest and most user-friendly in the industry. 

Ynomia

The Brigade Group, a leading property developer in India, wanted to reduce the turnaround time for commercial testfits significantly. To do this, they realised that the client-facing sales team had to be empowered to make minor design changes without the intervention of the design team to speed up decision-making. 

The Client
The Brigade Group is one of the largest property developers in India, with well over 70 million sqft of developed space across the country. Their portfolio boasts developments across diverse property segments, including commercial, residential, retail and hospitality. They recently launched their own co-working brand 'BuzzWorks' with a portfolio of over 5 million sqft.



Commercial Testfits Created Rapidly with Snaptrude

BoQ of a Commercial Interior Project Auto-Generated on Snaptrude

Commercial Testfits Delivered in 90mins 

To increase project success, DPR embraces construction innovations that come from outside the organization. A recent example of this is known as Canvas.

Canvas is a worker-controlled robotic machine that helps increase safety, save time, decrease costs and increase overall quality. Canvas automates the mudding and sanding portions of the drywall finishing process, which, according to Canvas, captures 99.9% of the dust produced by sanding, improving air quality—and reducing worker exposure to silica—and minimizing cleanup. It also helps make the work safer by both cutting out the heavy lifting of machine sanding, stress injuries from repetitive motion and by reducing the chance of falls by allowing workers to take on elevated work from ground level.

“DPR has been working with us for several years to refine our drywall finishing machine and make it more useful for self-perform drywall crews. As an early adopter, DPR has embraced the technology for its ability to improve safety and quality metrics, with an eye toward increased productivity,” said Canvas’ Jill Lonergan.

“We invest heavily in our thousands of craft workers. We’re excited to partner with Canvas to create a safer work environment for our tradespeople while providing them with a valuable new technology skill,” said DPR’s Jack Poindexter.

A team of DPR craft team members recently completed training and certification on the Canvas system, which they are set to deploy on an upcoming project. One of these craftsmen, Cande Talavera, shared his experience with the process: “I was excited to try the Canvas machine and put my hands on it. It was easy to learn and will limit the hard work tapers have to do.”

Source: https://www.dpr.com/media/blog/working-smarter-innovations-from-the-field

Canvas is a worker-controlled robotic machine that helps increase safety, save time, decrease costs and increase overall quality

Cleaning up the drywall finishing process

Canvas automates the mudding and sanding portions of the drywall finishing process

CANVAS IS A CONSTRUCTION ROBOTICS COMPANY.

We deliver unrivaled quality, speed, and predictability by putting robots in the hands of skilled workers. Through our novel approach, we have reinvented drywall finishing to give your projects better outcomes.

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS DESERVE BETTER EQUIPMENT

We’ve seen firsthand the unparalleled skill and expertise that a union drywall finisher leverages to make gorgeous interiors. We believe in creating tools that amplify those skills, and we exist to make them more successful.

Canvas

Swapp is an AI-driven architecture firm that collaborates with real estate developers and planners to apply intelligent, advanced algorithms that deliver detailed building designs and cost estimates faster than ever before possible.

SWAPP generates code-compliant construction documents (CDs) from your Test fit plan.

Detailed CD sheets are generated according to the client's specifications and customized standards - including floor plans, elevations, sections, elevator and staircase layouts, finishes, door and window schedules, and materials details.

SWAPP's AI Produced Construction Documents

SWAPP

Architectural Technology to Simplify and Fasten the Planning Process

Genda automates construction workflow management by generating and analyzing real-time project data. We generate valuable field data, integrate to the relevant data sources, and provide game-changing insights to construction managers. Construction managers can receive real-time, location-based notifications on punch lists, inspection logs, suggestions, hazards and unscheduled work. Genda automates daily reports and integrates project information with time spent for reliable production rates. Real-time location-based alerts notify workers of on-site safety hazards.

Genda

Project email and file management software for architects, engineers, contractors and owners. Newforma Project Center enables project teams and firms to be more effective as they organize project data, collaborate with team members and manage construction projects from inception to delivery. Use Project Center to reduce risk inherent in any project through simplifying the organization, distribution and access of critical project information (e.g. emails, RFIs and submittals, etc.) while maintaining a full audit trail.

Newforma

Lumion is a powerful, easy, fun-to-use, effective architectural visualization tool that allows anyone to build a 3D environment and then create beautiful images, impressive video presentations, and live walkthroughs. It is the fastest way to pick up your 3D model and create a scene in a matter of minutes.

Lumion

With Enscape, BIM modeling and visualization are finally united. Unlike other renderers, you don’t have to stop design to create high-quality visuals. Quickly iterate and present concept studies to find the design strategy which responds best to the unique challenges of the project. 

Accessible rendering that requires no prior specialized knowledge to use. Simply click “start” to see and experience your designs like never before.

The two-way asset placement feature enables you to pick and place single or multiple assets into designs via the rendering window.

The new navigation mode enables you to explore panoramas further with markers that allow you to jump to various panorama views.

Enscape 3.2 - Dynamic Design. Vivid Visualization.

Enscape

Enscape™ is a real-time rendering and VR plugin that empowers design workflows by turning building models into immersive 3D experiences.

Unity Reflect is a design review and coordination solution that connects all project members on one immersive, collaborative, real-time platform regardless of device, model size, or geographic-location

Unity Reflect

Rhinoceros 3D is a 3D computer graphics and computer-aided design application software developed by the American company Robert McNeel & Associates. Utilizing NURBS mathematical modeling to produce precise representations of free-form, curving surfaces, Rhino is used in industries such as architecture, industrial design, automotive design, product design, and multimedia and graphic design.

Rhino 3D

Autodesk Revit is a building information modeling (BIM) software used by architects, landscape architects, structural engineers, NEP engineers, designers, and contractors. 

Revit

3D architecture solution that assists designing and architectural firms with data modeling, attribute management, graphics overriding & more.

ArchiCAD

The structural analysis program RFEM is the basis of a modular software system. The main program RFEM is used to define structures, materials, and loads for planar and spatial structural systems consisting of plates, walls, shells and members. The program also allows you to create combined structures as well as model solid and contact elements.

RFEM provides deformations, internal forces, stresses, support forces, and soil contact stresses. The corresponding add-on modules facilitate data input by automatic generation of structures and connections or can be used to perform further analyses and designs according to various standards.

RFEM by Dlubal Software

Reducing concrete and steel structure costs by up to 20% and reducing carbon emission of the building.

Reducing Concrete & Steel Structure Cost Using AI

Structure Plus

A design-first BIM solution. Experience design freedom to sculpt your mass-model concept. Leverage the power of A.I. automation tools classify your model and gradually increase LOD and generate accurate construction documentation in record time. BricsCAD® BIM works on the DWG file format and is IFC compatable. 

Begin capturing your designs in CAD-accurate solids, without the limitations of “family” based systems. Then, leverage the power of A.I. and machine learning to classify your BIM’s elements automatically.

This same AI power lets you build the Level of Development of your BIM in a continuous, consistent fashion. And, you can create associative construction documentation, automatically, at any point in the BricsCAD® BIM workflow

BricsCAD BIM

The Wild is an immersive collaboration platform that uses virtual and augmented reality to help architecture, design, and enterprise teams save time and make better decisions by experiencing their work together, remotely in a shared virtual space. With its acquisition of IrisVR, The Wild has solidified its position as the global leader in immersive collaboration for the AEC Industry. The two products are now used worldwide by leaders including Interior Architects, Perkins & Will, KPF, Leo A Daly, Mortenson, Gilbane, and Verizon. The Wild is shaping the way teams collaborate by connecting people and their ideas across distance into a shared, remote experience. For more information, visit thewild.com.

The Wild

Augmented Reality, AR app, Iphone, Ipad, Client Presentations

Geopogo

Delve is a generative design product that uses machine learning to help real estate teams design better and faster with less risk. Delve identifies the best neighborhood design for a project based on the development team’s priority outcomes. 

By revealing the optimal design option, Delve helps developers meet or exceed a project’s economic goals while improving quality-of-life outcomes for residents and businesses.

To learn more about Delve and request a demo please reach out to delve@sidewalklabs.com

Delve by Sidewalk Labs

Giraffe allows you to draw, automate parts of your design, analyze your design outcomes and accelerate your processes.  

Giraffe Technology

Reconstruct

We help construction companies to improve safety measures, quantify labor productivity, and automate workforce logistics.

WakeCap comprises an innovative harness that works seamlessly with a construction hardhat without compromising the structural integrity of the helmet, non-GPS network that connects your worksite securely and scale up with your project, dashboard monitoring system that easily integrates into your existing applications and project management software.

ARES Touch

The ARES Trinity of CAD software by Graebert

ARES Kudo

ARES Commander

Snaptrude

TestFit

Hadrian X® by FBR

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