The Logistics Expert

Hoyst was first launched in 2017 to fulfill the ever-growing need for increased efficiency while cutting down average wait times around the modes of vertical transportation within the construction industry. As a result of this constant need to improve the efficiency and utilization of buck hoists and service elevators, Hoyst has devised a system that marries automated requests organization with the manual operation of the hoists themselves. 

Cranetime was established in 2013 by founder and CEO Tom Fraser to fulfill the ever-growing need of an all-in-one crane-management solution within the construction industry. With the sector already being a slow adopter of new technologies, Fraser and his team set out to reinvent the age-old white board with a modern and cohesive tool to manage workflows and bookings across sites.

How the Vancouver Convention Centre expanded its use of Voyage Control from event coordination to navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.

We’re really excited to announce that we’ve entered into a strategic partnership with Cemex Ventures and Taronga Ventures, two of the world’s leading Construction and Real Estate (CRE) tech investors.

While it may be a little on the nose to say that the road to success is always under construction, the UK’s “Best Practice Hub” recognizes a sector that is in pursuit of the best construction practices around.

Several years ago, our CEO James Swanston started meeting with members of the Procore team up in Carpinteria, CA. They realized immediately that there was potential for a mutually beneficial product integration and instantly sought to define what that would be. The result wound up being our current integrations into Procore’s Daily Log and also Submittals.

Construction sites are very busy environments. With all the work going on, there is a constant movement of people, machinery, and materials. This makes construction sites prone to insecurity. The equipment used during construction is also very expensive making it a target for crime.

Real-time data can be a very valuable way of improving productivity, and subsequently, reducing the cost of a project.

Inventory control is one of the most important parts of the construction industry that you need to work on via scheduling material deliveries. Voyage Control contributes to ease of implementation, visibility, accountability and reporting on actionable data for every client to help achieve better efficiency in your inventory.

Ever since the devastation of 9/11, the modern age has been collectivised under the banner of the “age of terror”. The need for security – individual, national, and event-based – has never been greater.

Settling into the new normal that is COVID isn’t an easy road and is one that the construction industry is currently navigating. With construction sites at risk of becoming hubs for the transmission of COVID, and people eager to get back to work, how can General Contractors (GC) ensure that their people are working in a COVID safe environment?