Insurance Business, 5/28/2020
The North America construction business of AXA XL will launch a new integrated digital platform for the company’s contractor clients.
The new “Construction Ecosystem” platform leverages technologies to help contractors monitor and aggregate data, providing them with insights and benchmarks to allow contractors to better manage risks on their jobsites and across their organizations.
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AXA XL, 5/27/2020
AXA XL’s North America Construction insurance business will launch the first-of-its-kind Construction Ecosystem, an integrated digital platform, employing innovative construction technologies to monitor and aggregate data that provides AXA XL’s contractor clients with unique insights and benchmarks to help manage risks on their jobsites and across their organizations.
Starting in June, a number of current customers will have exclusive access to the Construction Ecosystem and have signed on to utilize and provide initial feedback on the platform. Wider access is planned for later in 2020.
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AXA XL, 5/22/2020
Construction projects range widely in size, but they all have a major common problem: managing an increasing amount of data from jobsites and deriving insights to predict the future.
The amount of digital information on construction sites around the world is increasing. The challenge is, how can risk professionals and insurers use that data to improve safety, reduce risks and enhance productivity at the project, company and industry level?
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ENR, 5/20/2020
Integrating the data science of predictive analytics into the workflows of construction is a daunting task, but the potential benefits for safety and efficiency could be significant, according to a new white paper from an industry technology group.
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Built in Chicago, 5/21/2020
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Oracle was already focused on how to build buildings remotely. But as the coronavirus has spread, the tools on hand at the Chicago-area company have helped global businesses outside of construction and inside coronavirus hotspots keep safe.
Topics: News Coverage, COVID-19
Construction Executive, 5/6/2020
A recent survey published by EY found that only 28% of construction and engineering companies have a successful digital strategy. This does not come as a surprise as the construction industry has historically been slow to adopt new technologies. COVID-19 has changed that.
The carpet has been pulled out from under many as the standard mode of operations is no longer feasible. It has been said that necessity is the mother of invention and as COVID-19 continues to disrupt construction, companies have continued to prove their resiliency through onsite and offsite innovation and quick adaptation to change.
Topics: News Coverage, COVID-19
Shawmut, 5/5/2020
Shawmut has developed a robust COVID-19 safety plan, created in partnership with trade unions, industry peer groups, and other leading firms, to minimize coronavirus exposure and risk across all jobsites. The firm has rolled out safety protocols, new job-site innovation, and an exhaustive COVID-19 risk assessment and response plan to all project sites across the country, ensuring the safety of all employees and team members.
Topics: News Coverage, COVID-19
WIRED, 4/30/2020
The cubicle is making a comeback.
As thousands of companies contemplate restarting operations, executives are weighing how best to reconfigure workspaces that have, by and large, been designed to minimize cost and foster the face-to-face interactions that can spread the deadly coronavirus.
Topics: News Coverage, COVID-19
ASCE News, 4/29/2020
Keeping construction personnel safe on-site during the COVID-19 pandemic is serious business. From safety guidelines to make transmission of the virus less likely to technology that enables heightened remote monitoring and site review, companies are working to ensure that construction sites remain safe as work continues or shuts down.
Topics: News Coverage, COVID-19
Business Insurance, 4/29/2020
As parts of the country re-open after closing up for nearly six weeks because of coronavirus, construction is also ramping up. But for workers, daily life on the job site will look significantly different for the foreseeable future, experts say.
Topics: News Coverage, COVID-19
