Each week I publish an email that offers stories about the precast industry or personal anecdotes that relate to my passion for continual improvement. This week's subject line was: Precast, John Deere & The Family Farm. It recounted my very positive impressions of both Deere and a nationally ...

I was touring a precast plant about a month ago and my host pointed over to a clump of trees in the distance. "Do you know what that is?", he asked. "We call it Area 51 because we can't explain the inventory that is located there." A year or so ago, I had a similar conversation with another ...

Seems like everyone is talking about the need for innovation in construction. How the supply chain needs to work together to become more efficient. How the industry needs to move from the age-old model of working in silos to a more collaborative approach. How records need to be centralized so that ...

Transcript: Hi. Welcome back to the Idencia Innovation Vlog Series. I’m Jillian. And this week we’re going to be talking about different types of innovation.

Hi I’m Jillian, I am the solution specialist here at Idencia. And what do you think of when you hear the word innovation?

Since Facebook changed its company name to Meta, there has been a lot written lately about the metaverse. As a combination of augmented reality and video that people can experience virtually, it creates a lot of consumer excitement for the potential that it can offer by bridging the virtual and ...

There has been a lot of talk about 3D modeling and BIM in recent years. Both have experienced acceptance and application in commercial construction.... but very little in the civil construction market. However, it seems that the FHWA's push for e-Construction practices over the past 5-6 years is ...

Stubbe's Precast, based in Harley, Ontario, is a big precast producer with a great reputation. They serve eastern Canada with two state-of-the-art manufacturing plants specializing in structural and architectural precast. Speak to any precaster in Canada or in the northeast United States and they ...

Since early in Q2 of 2020, we have seen a dramatic growth in inquiries from large precast manufacturers who want to ‘go digital’ in their plants. They all have their own specific needs, of course, but the acceleration of interest suggests that there is something bigger at work. Something that ...