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ENR's writers constantly spotlight innovative uses of technology to improve equipment, tools, materials and processes for design and construction. Through our coverage, inventors and vendors share their insights and visions, while "first adopters" explain what they learn from their real experiences trying to put those ideas to work.

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07/21/10	Cloud Computing Makes the Grade By Tom Sawyer in Charlotte, N.C. The business of delivering software as a service over the Internet and sending heavy processing and collaboration tasks to high-speed computers in remote data centers is finding a home in construction.
06/24/10	A Laser With a Twist Captures Lateral Distortion By Angelle Bergeron Before barging and lifting two halves of a 2,650-ton truss assembly for the superstructure of the $1.2 billion Huey P. Long Bridge widening, the contractor wanted to have a way to monitor how the steel was reacting to all of the jostling.
06/23/10	Planning To Punish Structures With Rain, Hail, Wind and Fire By Tom Sawyer A hurricane is rising in the farmland of northwestern South Carolina, and it is going to stay there for the foreseeable future, ripping off roofs, driving rain through walls, shattering windows and shredding buildings.

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