Wall Street Zen Lowers Autodesk Rating to Buy Amid Conflicting Upgrade
New York, United States, September 28, 2025 News Summary Wall Street Zen lowered its rating for Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) to Buy, while a separate item in compiled reports simultaneously claimed the firm upgraded the stock to Strong Buy, creating a direct inconsistency. The mixed messaging surfaced amid scrutiny of Autodesk’s recent financial performance, mixed quarterly results and […]
Construction leaders urged to balance speed and risk as digital tools spread
Baltimore, Maryland, September 27, 2025 News Summary Construction leaders are being urged to balance speed and risk when adopting digital tools, emphasizing pilots, clear processes and team training to protect data and embed new systems in daily work. The industry faces rapid technological change—especially from generative AI and large language models—that can streamline proposals and documentation […]
National Roadmap to Standardize BIM for Highways, Bridges and Transit
Washington, D.C., September 27, 2025 News Summary The National Institute of Building Sciences, in collaboration with the Federal Highway Administration and industry partners, released a landmark roadmap to create a Central Building Information Modeling (BIM) Transportation Library. The CBTL framework aims to establish national, interoperable BIM standards for highways, bridges and transit, unifying fragmented digital practices […]
U.S. Construction Equipment Sales Rise as Financing Fuels Demand
United States, September 27, 2025 News Summary Nearly 153,000 financed construction machines were sold, an 11.6% increase over the prior year, driven by strong demand for lower-cost compact equipment and steady financing activity nationwide. Top manufacturers — led by Caterpillar, Kubota, Bobcat and Deere — and states such as Texas and Florida dominated purchases. Compact track […]
Blazek Construction Expands Custom Home Services to Soddy‑Daisy, Red Bank, Signal Mountain, Dunlap and Dayton
Hixson, TN, September 26, 2025 News Summary Blazek Construction, LLC, a Hixson-based design-build firm, has expanded its custom home building services across Greater Chattanooga to include Soddy‑Daisy, Red Bank, Signal Mountain, Dunlap and Dayton. The expansion responds to rising demand for personalized, energy-conscious homes and leverages Blazek’s single-source design-build approach. The company emphasizes pre-permit planning, clear […]
AI won’t fix construction delays until jobsites fix data
Clay, New York, September 26, 2025 News Summary Artificial intelligence cannot meaningfully reduce construction delays or budget overruns until jobsites collect structured, centralized data. The industry still relies on fragmented updates — messaging apps, paper checklists and scattered cloud folders — leaving analytics and AI models starved for reliable inputs. The piece compares construction to agriculture’s […]
Construction AI startup raises $6M as Colorado grocery strike ends
Denver, Colorado, September 25, 2025 News Summary Denver-based LightTable closed a $6 million seed round to scale its AI-driven plan review platform that ingests PDFs of drawings and specifications and returns prioritized issue lists in 10–45 minutes. The startup doubled its team, plans further hiring, and reports its software currently catches 60–65% of errors with a […]
Missouri State Opens Construction Education Success Center at Kemper Hall
Kemper Hall, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, September 24, 2025 News Summary Missouri State University will open a new Construction Education Success Center at Kemper Hall, a 10,000-square-foot addition and renovation for the School of Construction, Design and Project Management. Funded by the MoExcels Workforce Initiative and private gifts, the $9.6 million center expands hands-on construction […]
Aurigo integrates Primus Plan with Autodesk Construction Cloud
Austin, Texas, September 24, 2025 News Summary Aurigo has launched a fully integrated connection between Aurigo Primus Plan and Autodesk Construction Cloud to link long-range capital planning with downstream project execution. The integration syncs projects, budgets, commitments, change orders, and expenses so approved plans and budgets can be published into execution workflows while field commitments and […]
Bias busting for construction project excellence
InEight (online), September 24, 2025 News Summary Construction projects often start ‘awash in optimism,’ but unchecked optimism bias can undermine budgets and schedules. The article recommends treating optimism as a managed risk by validating assumptions with detailed, real-time data, reference-class forecasting, benchmarking and performance metrics like earned value. Accurate quantity management and linking estimates, budgets and […]