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Category Archives: Technology

Technology in Real Estate

Technology in Real Estate
Since the 1990s, it's been absolutely inevitable that technology, specifically the internet and other wireless networks, would change reality as we knew it. From communication to commerce to transportation, the world we live in today would be barely recognizable by someone who time-traveled to 2017 from 1987. Of course, the real estate industry wasn't immune…
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The Problem With Sustainability in Real Estate

The Problem With Sustainability in Real Estate
When it comes to the fight for a sustainable future, commercial real estate is front and center. Commercial real estate accounts for 40% carbon dioxide emissions and 88% of potable water consumption, according to a 2015 report by the US Department of Energy. It’s readily apparent that, for a sustainable future to work, real estate…
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Utilizing Management Software in Construction

Utilizing Management Software in Construction
[mp_row] [mp_span col="12"] The construction industry has recently seen something of a technological renaissance. New technologies and applications are being implemented in almost every stage of the industry’s processes. Drones are being used to analyze and assess the construction of properties, 3D printers have now become smart and powerful enough to construct buildings, and big…
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How Procore is Bringing the Cloud to Construction

How Procore is Bringing the Cloud to Construction
This excellent article from CIO.com expertly describes the impact that Procore Technologies' software has had on the construction industry. Here is an excerpt: "The company that has gone the farthest in bringing construction into the cloud is Procore Technologies, based in Carpenteria, Calif. Founded in 2002, it has built what is effectively the only cloud platform…
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