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Wavelogix is a company that specializes in developing an Internet of Things (IoT) sensing and data analytics platform aimed at enhancing infrastructure testing and monitoring. With a primary focus on public infrastructure, vertical and commercial construction, and the precast concrete sectors, Wavelogix provides a system that delivers real-time, in-place concrete strength measurements. This innovative approach eliminates the reliance on pre-established maturity curves or indices, thereby facilitating access to precise data. The platform simplifies workflows for construction engineers, enabling them to make informed decisions regarding material selection, construction timelines, budgets, and the allocation of essential resources.

Virtual Apprentice offers virtual reality workplace and occupational training. They also utilize VR to help with recruitment, upskilling, and employment retention. Their training content enhances productivity in healthcare, construction, communications, technology, transportation, manufacturing, hospitality, and education.

Ecoclosure, founded in 2019 and based in Charlotte, North Carolina, specializes in regenerable building enclosures designed for commercial, industrial, and residential applications. The company focuses on developing technology that aims to improve indoor air quality while reducing energy consumption in buildings. Its innovative enclosures are equipped with monitoring and automation features, allowing for customized solutions tailored to various building programs, climate zones, and orientations. By prioritizing the creation of healthy indoor environments, Ecoclosure enhances occupant well-being and revitalizes indoor air quality.

Liatris specializes in the development and manufacturing of innovative insulation products aimed at enhancing energy efficiency for both businesses and individuals. Their offerings are made from naturally occurring materials such as asbestos, cork, cotton, and wool, ensuring that they are environmentally safe, non-flammable, and non-toxic. Liatris’ products are designed to meet the growing demand for fire-resistant insulation while providing significant energy savings compared to traditional materials. These performance improvements not only contribute to cost reductions in the construction sector but also facilitate easier installation, making them a practical choice for engineers and builders seeking to optimize thermal energy management.

Ocean is a social enterprise that aims to provide low-income households in India with safe and affordable roofing. The company was founded in 2017 by Alexa Bednar and is based in Seattle, Washington.

OpalAi offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that enables users to generate floor plans instantly using just their smartphones. This technology is applicable to both commercial and residential spaces, allowing users to create detailed floor plans in various formats, including AutoCAD, Revit, and BIM. The software simplifies the process by automatically decluttering fully furnished areas and can deliver highly accurate floor plans within minutes. With no need for special hardware beyond a smartphone, OpalAi empowers individuals to efficiently carry out design and reconstruction tasks, making the generation of digital floor plans accessible to a wide range of clients.

VIATechnik is a prominent provider of digital transformation services for the built environment, focusing on virtual design and construction. The company specializes in engineering design services that transition traditional design and construction processes into a digital platform. Its offerings include computational building information modeling, virtual reality, augmented reality, scheduling, and digital fabrication. By leveraging these advanced technologies, VIATechnik aims to enhance efficiency in design and promote industrialized construction methods, thereby providing clients with innovative solutions in the real estate sector.

Inzio is a novel technology that both automates the concrete and material forming processes and digitizes the building information modeling to support the fabrication process, resulting in a complete, end-to-end design or construction workflow. Their automated forming technology converts an industry excavator into an autonomous concrete forming platform.

Generate provides for the sustainable development of cities and specializes in streamlining the design and delivery of mass timber through our pre-vetted building solutions and generative systems.

Sperra is focused on advancing renewable energy through innovative energy storage and construction technologies. The company has developed a long-duration energy storage solution known as M-PHES, which utilizes large hollow concrete spheres placed on the seafloor to store mechanical energy as pressure. This system retains the advantages of conventional pumped hydro storage while expanding deployment possibilities, reducing development timelines, and enhancing modularity. Additionally, Sperra is pioneering three-dimensional concrete printing technology to create custom infrastructure for offshore wind, floating solar, and wave energy projects. By employing automated design and construction methods, the company minimizes material waste and carbon emissions while utilizing local resources, thereby contributing to more resilient and cost-effective solutions for the renewable energy sector.

Endeavos is a product development, research, and engineering services firm that develops structural and machine designs. The company was established in 2014 in Clifton Park, New York.

Marley Environmental offers consulting, engineering, and technical services for industrial, commercial, and government projects. The company specializes in ASTM property site assessments and field investigations, catering to the needs of property owners and developers. By providing high-quality engineering consultancy, Marley Environmental supports the development of communities while ensuring compliance with international standards.

Sustainable Road Engineering provides services including roads, parking lots, and driveways. They are actively involved in pavement management, construction, engineering, and providing training to professionals in these fields. They offer engineering and consultation services, pavement evaluation, construction inspection, material testing.

ThruWave produces millimeter wave imaging technology designed for markets including robotics, construction, and quality control. The company's low-cost sensors for commercial and industrial applications use patent-pending radar signal processing innovations and GPU accelerated image reconstruction techniques. Its technology lowers risk by imaging the internal structure of walls, ceilings, and floors that enable construction professionals to work faster. ThruWave was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Kinetic, Inc. is a company that develops and manufactures wearable devices aimed at reducing workplace injuries for industrial workers. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, Kinetic offers a product known as Reflex, which attaches to a worker's belt and monitors activities that may pose a risk of injury, such as unsafe postures, jumping off vehicles, and slips and falls. The device utilizes analytics to provide reminders and notifications to workers when high-risk motions are detected, thereby promoting safety in environments like construction sites, warehouses, and factories. Additionally, Reflex can function as a sensor for detecting COVID-19 exposure, enhancing workplace health measures. Kinetic combines its wearable technology with cloud-based software to effectively address injury prevention in the industrial workforce.

Ecoclosure, founded in 2019 and based in Charlotte, North Carolina, specializes in regenerable building enclosures designed for commercial, industrial, and residential applications. The company focuses on developing technology that aims to improve indoor air quality while reducing energy consumption in buildings. Its innovative enclosures are equipped with monitoring and automation features, allowing for customized solutions tailored to various building programs, climate zones, and orientations. By prioritizing the creation of healthy indoor environments, Ecoclosure enhances occupant well-being and revitalizes indoor air quality.

Liatris specializes in the development and manufacturing of innovative insulation products aimed at enhancing energy efficiency for both businesses and individuals. Their offerings are made from naturally occurring materials such as asbestos, cork, cotton, and wool, ensuring that they are environmentally safe, non-flammable, and non-toxic. Liatris’ products are designed to meet the growing demand for fire-resistant insulation while providing significant energy savings compared to traditional materials. These performance improvements not only contribute to cost reductions in the construction sector but also facilitate easier installation, making them a practical choice for engineers and builders seeking to optimize thermal energy management.

SkyMul is an Atlanta-based robotics company that specializes in developing industrial manipulation drones aimed at transforming the construction industry. The company focuses on automating physically demanding tasks traditionally performed manually on concrete construction sites, significantly enhancing efficiency and productivity. Its flagship product, SkyTy, consists of a swarm of modular drones capable of autonomously flying over rebar installations to tie intersections. This innovative technology is designed to handle flat rebar configurations such as slabs, bridge decks, and continuously reinforced pavements, and is scalable to meet varying project demands. By utilizing advanced computer vision capabilities, SkyMul's drones can quickly identify rebar intersections without the need for CAD files or manual programming, allowing construction companies to operate in parallel and increase overall throughput.

Generate provides for the sustainable development of cities and specializes in streamlining the design and delivery of mass timber through our pre-vetted building solutions and generative systems.

FideliumTech develops an educational gaming platform that integrates gameplay with real-world utility and learning. Its flagship platform, Slackrz, employs blockchain technology and smart contracts to create a unique gaming experience that connects players with the construction and manufacturing industries. By engaging in gameplay, users can assist clients in designing construction plans while simultaneously earning money. The platform fosters creative virtual learning environments that promote collaboration among users, educational institutions, and industry professionals. Through this innovative approach, FideliumTech aims to prepare individuals for future work opportunities, blending entertainment with practical skills development.

Ocean is a social enterprise that aims to provide low-income households in India with safe and affordable roofing. The company was founded in 2017 by Alexa Bednar and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Atheraxon focuses on improving safety, efficiency, and automation across industrial, logistics, and construction sites by providing enhanced spatial visibility for managers and operators. The company leverages its advanced Theia mm-wave radar technology to achieve real-time, precise, and cost-effective localization of personnel, assets, and equipment. Additionally, Atheraxon employs fifth-generation radio-frequency identification technology, which eliminates the need for cumbersome battery changes and enhances accuracy to within five centimeters. The company’s innovative tracking platform features sticker-like tags that can be easily applied to various items, allowing clients to maintain smaller infrastructure, reduce downtime, and lower liability risks. Through these solutions, Atheraxon aims to streamline workflows, facilitate prompt exception notifications, and deliver comprehensive analytics for improved operational management.

A significantly high volume of non-recyclable waste is being generated every day, either during the cleaning process, or due to ever damaging infrastructure. For example, the amounts of chlorinated pesticides being used for cleaning surfaces is causing serious corrosion damages or the amount deicing fluid being used to keep the airplanes flying during freezing conditions. Now imagine having a bottle filled with transparent liquid that we can spray on surfaces and that transforms into a smart, solid, glass. This invisible coated surface won’t corrode, restores, can’t be scratched, won’t get dirty, remains germs free and can be seen with black light. Remember, 80% germs spreads through touching the infected surface and we can provide 99.9% protection. We are global experts in advanced coatings development and manufacturing. We offer a globally patented, non-toxic, ready to use coating that is registered as medical device with FDA. Coating is offered as easy to use product, tested and validated by independent agencies. Single application of this thin coating could protect surfaces for more than six months. We are targeting $25 billion protective coatings market. Products have been sold to more than 100 major companies operating in aerospace, automotive, healthcare, and public sectors.

Reconstruct, Inc. specializes in predictive computer vision data analytics software tailored for construction projects. Its visual production management platform facilitates data collection through drones, fixed cameras, or mobile devices, enabling effective progress analysis and documentation. By visualizing images and 3D points aligned with Building Information Modeling (BIM), the platform enhances coordination and transparency among project stakeholders. It identifies locations at risk of delays, allowing for proactive weekly work planning, and integrates schedules with BIM animations to illustrate any changes in plans. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with an additional office in Champaign, Illinois, Reconstruct aims to improve construction management by fostering better communication and visibility, thereby mitigating risks and ensuring project returns on investment.

Louisiana Multi-Functional-Materials Group manufactures sealants for sealing transportation infrastructure joints and cracks. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Smart Walls produces deployable walls for flood protection of critical infrastructure such as hospitals, utilities, and airports. They fit within the existing landscape and do not obstruct the existing views or significantly impede the use of the surrounding area. They provide structural walls with telescopic technology to reduce excavation needs.

ThruWave produces millimeter wave imaging technology designed for markets including robotics, construction, and quality control. The company's low-cost sensors for commercial and industrial applications use patent-pending radar signal processing innovations and GPU accelerated image reconstruction techniques. Its technology lowers risk by imaging the internal structure of walls, ceilings, and floors that enable construction professionals to work faster. ThruWave was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

A significantly high volume of non-recyclable waste is being generated every day, either during the cleaning process, or due to ever damaging infrastructure. For example, the amounts of chlorinated pesticides being used for cleaning surfaces is causing serious corrosion damages or the amount deicing fluid being used to keep the airplanes flying during freezing conditions. Now imagine having a bottle filled with transparent liquid that we can spray on surfaces and that transforms into a smart, solid, glass. This invisible coated surface won’t corrode, restores, can’t be scratched, won’t get dirty, remains germs free and can be seen with black light. Remember, 80% germs spreads through touching the infected surface and we can provide 99.9% protection. We are global experts in advanced coatings development and manufacturing. We offer a globally patented, non-toxic, ready to use coating that is registered as medical device with FDA. Coating is offered as easy to use product, tested and validated by independent agencies. Single application of this thin coating could protect surfaces for more than six months. We are targeting $25 billion protective coatings market. Products have been sold to more than 100 major companies operating in aerospace, automotive, healthcare, and public sectors.

Kinetic, Inc. is a company that develops and manufactures wearable devices aimed at reducing workplace injuries for industrial workers. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, Kinetic offers a product known as Reflex, which attaches to a worker's belt and monitors activities that may pose a risk of injury, such as unsafe postures, jumping off vehicles, and slips and falls. The device utilizes analytics to provide reminders and notifications to workers when high-risk motions are detected, thereby promoting safety in environments like construction sites, warehouses, and factories. Additionally, Reflex can function as a sensor for detecting COVID-19 exposure, enhancing workplace health measures. Kinetic combines its wearable technology with cloud-based software to effectively address injury prevention in the industrial workforce.

Integrated Construction Enterprises provides construction services in the public and private sectors. They offer a complete range of construction-related services including such as design-build with in-house design services construction management, historic preservation and renovation, general construction in all aspects of new and renovation work, and energy conservation and retro-commissioning.

Pacific Advanced Civil Engineering operates as a civil engineering company that provides advanced water resource services. They offer a range of engineering services related to water, wastewater, stormwater management, water resource permitting, and regulatory compliance to ensure projects are both economically viable and environmentally sustainable.

Louisiana Multi-Functional-Materials Group manufactures sealants for sealing transportation infrastructure joints and cracks. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Pointivo offers technology that enables users to use any camera to capture the dimensions of a structure and model the structure in 3D. The company creates cutting-edge technologies that empower a deeper understanding of the physical world. By combining machine learning, computer vision, and advanced analytics, the Pointivo Spatial IQ platform analyzes images from common capture methods from manned aerial to drones and mobile devices to automatically extract location, measurement, and understanding about physical assets and structures, with the highest-level accuracy. Pointivo was launched by Habib Fathi, Blake Patton, and Dan Ciprari in June 2014 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

SP3 enables engineers to quickly put advanced design and evaluation methods into practice. Engineers will be able to design more resilient projects and communities if they are given the tools to comprehensively assess building performance. They are compatible with both new designs and advanced building-specific risk assessments.

C-Crete Technologies is an invention and technology development company building and commercializing technological paradigm shifts of the future in energy, environment, materials, construction, industrial and infrastructure. C-Crete works at the intersection of materials science, nanotechnology, multiscale computations, predictive analytics, software, hardware and manufacturing to drive next generation of innovations for a low carbon and energy efficient world.

Bio-Adhesive Alliance is a research and development team consists of scientists and industry practitioners who have come together to change the bio-mass and live stock waste management, a problem in agriculture industry to a solution for construction industry.

Kinetic, Inc. is a company that develops and manufactures wearable devices aimed at reducing workplace injuries for industrial workers. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, Kinetic offers a product known as Reflex, which attaches to a worker's belt and monitors activities that may pose a risk of injury, such as unsafe postures, jumping off vehicles, and slips and falls. The device utilizes analytics to provide reminders and notifications to workers when high-risk motions are detected, thereby promoting safety in environments like construction sites, warehouses, and factories. Additionally, Reflex can function as a sensor for detecting COVID-19 exposure, enhancing workplace health measures. Kinetic combines its wearable technology with cloud-based software to effectively address injury prevention in the industrial workforce.

CleanFiber, LLC specializes in producing high-performance cellulose insulation materials made from recycled corrugated cardboard for residential and commercial construction. Founded in 2013 and based in Blasdell, New York, with an additional office in Buffalo, CleanFiber transitioned from its previous name, UltraCell Insulation, in September 2018. The company focuses on providing sustainable, carbon-negative insulation solutions that can be applied in attics, walls, and floors, catering to both new construction and retrofit projects. CleanFiber's products not only enhance fire resistance in buildings but also offer a cost-competitive alternative for construction companies, supporting environmentally friendly building practices. The company is currently expanding its production capabilities to meet growing demand.

Biomason is a company focused on developing biological cement-based building materials that offer a sustainable alternative to traditional clay and concrete. By utilizing natural microorganisms and innovative chemical processes, Biomason produces biocement at ambient temperatures, significantly reducing the energy consumption typically associated with conventional manufacturing methods. This technology not only provides builders with carbon-free building materials but also aims to eliminate 25% of the concrete industry's global carbon emissions by 2030. Since its inception in 2012, Biomason has successfully implemented its biocement in various projects across the United States and Europe, with its bioLITH precast tile products currently available for commercial use.

Pointivo offers technology that enables users to use any camera to capture the dimensions of a structure and model the structure in 3D. The company creates cutting-edge technologies that empower a deeper understanding of the physical world. By combining machine learning, computer vision, and advanced analytics, the Pointivo Spatial IQ platform analyzes images from common capture methods from manned aerial to drones and mobile devices to automatically extract location, measurement, and understanding about physical assets and structures, with the highest-level accuracy. Pointivo was launched by Habib Fathi, Blake Patton, and Dan Ciprari in June 2014 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

SP3 enables engineers to quickly put advanced design and evaluation methods into practice. Engineers will be able to design more resilient projects and communities if they are given the tools to comprehensively assess building performance. They are compatible with both new designs and advanced building-specific risk assessments.

Watershed Materials develops technology to produce masonry with less cement using recycled materials.

Sunthru develops aerogel-based day-lighting windows to provide alternative window glass for buildings. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Scotia, New York.

Purdue Research Foundation is dedicated to enhancing Purdue University's mission of excellence in discovery, learning, and engagement through the effective management of its assets. Established in 1930 and based in West Lafayette, Indiana, the Foundation plays a pivotal role in supporting the university's strategic initiatives by providing resources for technology transfer, intellectual property management, and real estate development. It oversees the Purdue Research Park, which fosters business incubation and offers networking opportunities and various services to its tenants. Additionally, the Foundation is actively involved in acquiring real estate to support the university's growth across its main campus and regional centers, thereby contributing to broader economic development efforts in the region.

SulfCrete™ is an innovative, New York-based company that utilizes recycled materials from the oil and coal industries to produce its keystone product: a high-strength, ultra-impermeable, corrosion-resistant, low-CO2 emission, waterless, sulfur-polymer concrete. We have transformed a previously unworkable product developed in the 1980s by the U.S. Bureau of Mines into one with both commercial viability and enormous market potential. For the past 30 years, years, sulfur-polymer concrete has required the use of a high-cost additive that has made it commercially infeasible. SulfCrete's patented innovations, emerging out of the Environmental and Climate Sciences Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory, have changed this-- making use of alternative, organic additives, over 100x less expensive, to manufacture an all-around superior product.

Biomason is a company focused on developing biological cement-based building materials that offer a sustainable alternative to traditional clay and concrete. By utilizing natural microorganisms and innovative chemical processes, Biomason produces biocement at ambient temperatures, significantly reducing the energy consumption typically associated with conventional manufacturing methods. This technology not only provides builders with carbon-free building materials but also aims to eliminate 25% of the concrete industry's global carbon emissions by 2030. Since its inception in 2012, Biomason has successfully implemented its biocement in various projects across the United States and Europe, with its bioLITH precast tile products currently available for commercial use.

Bio-Adhesive Alliance is a research and development team consists of scientists and industry practitioners who have come together to change the bio-mass and live stock waste management, a problem in agriculture industry to a solution for construction industry.

C-Crete Technologies is an invention and technology development company building and commercializing technological paradigm shifts of the future in energy, environment, materials, construction, industrial and infrastructure. C-Crete works at the intersection of materials science, nanotechnology, multiscale computations, predictive analytics, software, hardware and manufacturing to drive next generation of innovations for a low carbon and energy efficient world.

Construction Robotics is focused on advancing construction through the use of new technology and the same manufacturing principles used for decades in other industries. By leveraging new technology CR believes there can be significant improvements to the way the construction industry operates.

Watershed Materials develops technology to produce masonry with less cement using recycled materials.

QuakeWrap provides fiber-reinforced polymer products for construction technologies utilizing FRP. Their patented FRP products include the innovative PileMedic and PipeMedic repair systems. These innovative, proven products can be used in both new structure designs and as economical retrofit solutions

The scientists at ClearEdge 3D have developed groundbreaking algorithms that can identify and extract pipes, walls, structures and other complex building and plant features from point clouds. Our Automated Feature Extraction algorithms can reduce your modeling time by up to ninety percent.

Construction Robotics is focused on advancing construction through the use of new technology and the same manufacturing principles used for decades in other industries. By leveraging new technology CR believes there can be significant improvements to the way the construction industry operates.