A pair of software companies have come together in hopes of revolutionizing the construction industry.
Splash Modular, a North Carolina-based software designer, has been acquired by Slate Technologies, a developer of an artificial-intelligence software platform for the construction industry.
The two companies share a concept of delivering data to stakeholders efficiently to help streamline the overall construction project process from design to completion.
“One thing that really pushed me along here to join these guys is, I think the impact of this technology is far beyond what any of us actually can comprehend,” said Joel Hutchines, former Splash Modular CEO and current Slate Technologies vice president and head of industrialized construction.
He recently spoke to Equipment World about the acquisition and the anticipated future.
According to Hutchines, Splash software connects design teams in the industrialized construction process with the manufacturing, assembly and supply-chain stakeholders, bringing all data into a parametric design file. This helps general contractors identify, integrate and manage industrial construction (IC) solutions and suppliers all while reducing the cost and risk of projects, decreasing building time and improving quality, he says.
“It was an idea that as we developed it, everybody started to realize that there was a different way, and we could drive a lot of efficiency,” he said.
