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• U.S. Manufacturing’s Next Chapter

  The manufacturing industry is standing at a critical inflection point. The rise of automation and AI (artificial intelligence) signals a new era of work, one where innovation, intelligence, and workforce evolution converge. With this also comes the opportunity to bring manufacturing back to the United States, which is something I have been championing for more [...]

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• Big 5: Construction Safety

  If you want to understand where construction safety is headed, then you need to pay attention to what the research shows, as it can provide a blueprint for the future of work. Recently, the American Society of Safety Professionals released a new report highlighting the future of workplace environmental health and safety. The research compiles [...]

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• AI in Construction Step 4: Creating a Roadmap

  Today, we wrap up our blog series on AI (artificial intelligence) in construction. We have already looked at opportunities and risks, how to create a holistic strategy for businesses, and how to best leverage new innovation in the industry. Today, let’s turn our attention to how to create a long-term roadmap for the continuous evolution [...]

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• Fact of the Week – 4/13/2026 

  Advanced technologies in transportation are not new—ITS (intelligent transport systems) can be traced back to the 1960s and 1970s when more basic traffic management systems were first introduced. In the 1980s and 1990s, we began to see more large-scale ITS efforts, integrating GPS, data collection, and more. But, today, ITS is booming around the world. [...]

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• Success Stories: Trustworthy AI

  Is privacy in the age of AI (artificial intelligence) a lost cause? One new research program aims to create greater privacy, aka privacy by design, where the AI platform never sees a face on an image, but the final edited image still looks natural. The research is being done at Purdue University, where a new [...]

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