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  1. NECA members discuss innovation, safety, and efficiency Electrical trade professional at a jobsite

    NECA members discuss innovation, safety, and efficiency

    As a sponsor of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), OpenSpace is committed to providing valuable insights and resources to our customers and industry peers. Recently, we had the privilege of hosting a series of fireside chats with distinguished NECA members TCE and Cleveland Electric. These engaging conversations touched upon various aspects of our industry…

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  2. Win more bids and grow your brand with Timelapse Videos from OpenSpace Image showing timelapse feature in OpenSpace Capture

    Win more bids and grow your brand with Timelapse Videos from OpenSpace

    When you invest a ton of energy into your work and are proud of what you got done at the end of the day, it’s only natural to want to share it with your friends and family. The only trouble is, how do you share a construction project in a way that others can understand…

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  3. How OpenSpace helps mitigate risk and improve loss ratios Hurricane Ian damage documented with OpenSpace

    How OpenSpace helps mitigate risk and improve loss ratios

    Reality capture is propelling construction risk management into an exciting new era, and as the global leader in reality capture and AI-powered analytics, OpenSpace is increasingly recognized by the insurance industry. In fact, OpenSpace just won the PropTech Breakthrough Award for Rental Insurance Product of the Year. Moreover, carriers like AxaXL, Travelers, and Shepherd reward…

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  4. Crafting an intentional workplace culture to grow your construction business Photo of DCI team

    Crafting an intentional workplace culture to grow your construction business

    In this guest post, Jason Colline, Vice President at DiPasquale Construction, Inc. (DCI), shares the role of culture in sustaining a high-performance construction business. DCI provides quality, innovative construction services throughout the western New York region in virtually every sector, specializing in the construction of institutional structures, education facilities, and commercial/retail buildings.   The construction…

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  5. Unlocking the Golden Thread: Your top 10 questions answered Top 10 questions & answers on implementing the Golden Thread

    Unlocking the Golden Thread: Your top 10 questions answered

    Following the Grenfell fire in 2017, the UK government appointed Dame Judith Hackitt to lead an independent review of building regulations and fire safety. In her report, “Building a safer future,“ published in 2018, she recommended a Golden Thread of high-quality information—a complete record of a building’s design, construction, and maintenance information to ensure the…

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  6. How 360° Reality Capture Empowers Lean Construction Teams Building featuring grass and trees in its design

    How 360° Reality Capture Empowers Lean Construction Teams

    The recent innovation in construction technology has powered the rise of 360° reality capture, an exciting, AI-based solution that is helping builders of all sizes to create more efficient workflows, improve collaboration, and unlock new opportunities to reduce waste and build more sustainably. In honor of Earth Day, we wanted to share ways that builders…

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  7. All the Feels of Hurricane Ian: A Resilience Story and Resources Hurricane damage to Fort Myers beachfront

    All the Feels of Hurricane Ian: A Resilience Story and Resources

    As a native SW Floridian, the word “hurricane” never really fazed me. We locals usually associate the term with a few days off from work, a conversation for the first time with your neighbor that moved in four years ago, and the one thing that Floridians fear more than anything, no AC during the summer…

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  8. [Infographic] The Top Ten Reasons to Buy OpenSpace Top 10 Reasons to Buy OpenSpace

    [Infographic] The Top Ten Reasons to Buy OpenSpace

    If you’ve been considering a reality capture solution but need help understanding how your organization could actually benefit from it, this infographic is for you! We know it can be overwhelming to evaluate multiple solutions in search of the one that best meets your requirements and will make people’s jobs easier. To help explain the…

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  9. United Kingdom, Are You Building Safety Act Ready? London skyline with construction projects

    United Kingdom, Are You Building Safety Act Ready?

    Following the catastrophic fire at Grenfell Tower in 2017, a regulatory framework was set out for creating and maintaining safer buildings in the United Kingdom. New legislation requires a so-called golden thread of information—a digital audit trail describing the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of higher-risk residential buildings (HRRBs). The Building Safety Act is designed…

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