The agenda for the 10th Anniversary IT Forum Conference, scheduled for Aug. 15-17, 2018, is now live! Click here to visit the conference site and browse through the live discussion panels, break-out sessions, and Pillar presentations slated to take place at the construction industry's premier source for technological innovation and practical IT management. Highlighted sessions will include: Purpose Driven Innovation in Practice; Innovation - A Core Competency for Construction; Enhance Your Security Posture: Protect, Detect, Respond; Cybersecurity 101 for AEC; What to do when you’ve been Hacked; Epic Failures and Lessons Learned: An Open Mic session; BIM/VDC: Strategy and Software Selection for Better Budgets; and more. Click here for more information or follow us on Twitter @AGCIT for updates as they occur. Group reservation rates at the IT Forum’s Convention Hotel, the Sheraton Grand Chicago, are also available until July 24. Located right off the Chicago River and two blocks from Lake Michigan, the Sheraton Grand Chicago will give attendees access to the best shopping and sightseeing in the heart of the Windy City. Click here to register today!

This year, AGC celebrates 100 years as the leading association for the construction industry. To commemorate this momentous occasion, AGC has created a centennial website where members can learn about the association's rich history, share their own stories, register for upcoming events, and much more.

Telematics is often thought of as a technology for gathering current vehicle and equipment locations, but the benefits go far beyond tracking asset whereabouts for construction businesses. Telematics provides essential tools to help businesses tackle their most significant challenges, like improving driver safety fleetwide. BY JENNY SHINER MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, GPS INSIGHT

AGC has prepared a drone use survey to determine the state the art in drone use on highway, bridge, heavy and civil projects. AGC's Highway and Transportation Division has created a task force to address the use of Unmanned Arial Systems – aka drones – in civil construction operations. The task force is looking at issues such as: how contractors are using drones in day-to-day operations, what impediments to their use exist, what are best practice recommendations, what technical issues need to be addressed, how can AGC work with FHWA and state DOTs in addressing these concerns. Three members of the task force participated in a national roundtable conference with FHWA, AASHTO, state DOTs and industry representatives in February to discuss how the groups can work together to ensure that no unnecessary impediments are preventing the use of this technology in construction operations from developing. This survey will help guide the task force's efforts. Please take the time to have the person in your company who is the expert on drone use complete the survey.

In today’s world of expedited schedules and increased emphasis on quality and safety, Prescient, a turnkey prefabrication option, delivers for contractors. BY DEBRA WOOD