Laura Black

2 days ago | connectedworld.com | Laura Black

Last night, I was in a heated debate with some friends from my women’s club about none other than ChatGPT, and I think it is applicable for any construction professional who is currently or who is planning to use ChatGPT to write emails, briefs, or other documentation for either work or personal purposes. We were reading applications for our scholarship committee and tried to spot when an applicant used ChatGPT.

2 weeks ago | connectedworld.com | Laura Black

Infrastructure has been a hot topic in the past couple of weeks, as ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) has released its Infrastructure Report Card—something Peggy Smedley has reported on here on the blog and on The Peggy Smedley Show in depth. There has been much progress made, and yet there is still much work to be done. Let’s review the foundation, the facts, and the future of infrastructure. The FoundationInfrastructure is the foundation and the lifeblood of communities.

3 weeks ago | connectedworld.com | Laura Black

If we want to rebuild our infrastructure, we must consider a few key factors, chiefly innovation, which is something I explored in-depth last week. However, another key factor we must consider as we are rebuilding infrastructure and cities is resilience. The statistics are telling. We know of the 10 years with the most natural disasters, nine were in the last decade.

1 month ago | connectedworld.com | Laura Black

Today, the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) announced the launch of its 2025 Infrastructure Report Card, and it has me thinking about innovation in infrastructure and what that means for the construction industry in the years to come. For those who follow the report card, it is released every four years, and 2021 was the first time we saw the overall GPA out of the D range. Achieving a C- in 2021 was progress, and now in 2025, the overall GPA is a C.

1 month ago | connectedworld.com | Laura Black

Here at Constructech, we have written a number of times about shakeups in the construction-technology space including M&As (mergers and acquisitions), companies closing, companies going bankrupt, partnerships, and more. M&As in particular seem to come in waves, some waves faster and larger than others. Now, we see the next steps one company is taking to spin-off one of its divisions. Earlier in March, Hexagon AB announced how it is preparing to spin-off one division.