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3 Steps to Improve Field Reporting Efficiency

Jan 15, 2020

The need for construction project productivity improvements is a common theme that we have heard many times. According to a report issued by the McKinsey Global Institute, the construction industry […]

Olsson Finds Configuration ‘Sweet Spot’ with MetaField

Dec 05, 2019

Long-time Agile Frameworks’ customer, Olsson, has taken a thoughtful approach to leveraging and refining the use the technology solution they use for their construction materials testing portion of their business. […]

How to Measure Productivity & Why It's Important

May 23, 2019

The discussion of a two trillion-dollar infrastructure bill has been making headlines. At the same time, there is still talk of a slowdown in the economy related to the impact […]

Quality and Consistency Key for Building and Structure Sciences Practice

May 07, 2019

Evaluating and resolving problems related to building design, construction, operation, and maintenance is a key focus for Braun Intertec’s Building and Structure Sciences group. To accomplish this, the Building and […]

What are the costs of your project inefficiencies?

Feb 19, 2019

A common project execution workflow starts with the corporate or regional office scheduling and dispatching its field staff. The field staff execute on field tests, project specifications, observations and/or inspections […]

MetaField Configurability is a Differentiator for Strata, Inc.

Dec 28, 2018

When Strata, Inc. wanted to build more efficiency and consistency across their offices into their field reporting processes, they had a good idea of what they were looking to achieve. […]

ATC Group Services Uses MetaField to Drive Efficiency

Oct 16, 2018

ATC Group Services is a nationwide, full service environmental and geotechnical materials testing consulting firm. VP, Director-Geotechnical and CMT Services Scott Vinsant, learned about MetaField® from a competitor, and started […]

Five Ways to Tackle Productivity Challenges

Sep 04, 2018

In our last post, “Technology Disruption: Turn Challenges into Opportunities,” we established that staffing shortages, low productivity and low profitability are challenges for the construction industry that embody both threats […]

Technology Disruption: Turn Challenges into Opportunities

Aug 22, 2018

Technology disruption combined with talent shortages on top of chronically low productivity and profitability in the construction and engineering industry poses a serious question: Can organizations maintain their status quo […]

CMT: A Day in the Life of a Field Tech

Aug 09, 2018

Imagine this scenario: It’s Friday. You’re a field technician for a construction materials testing (CMT) firm. Your job for the day involves going to a construction site to test concrete […]

LIMS: The Importance of Field and Lab Integration

May 16, 2018

Many multi-disciplinary consulting engineering firms that collect field data and send it to a lab for analysis are faced with increasing data volumes and sample throughput as well as frequent […]

Staffing Shortages: Reverse the Negative Cycle

May 02, 2018

Disruptive forces are converging in the AEC industry and this current situation is quickly becoming a high risk business model. A number of issues are contributing to the disruption, but […]