Current events have caused many companies to cancel all non-essential travel and implement work-at-home plans for non-essential employees. Many of our clients are including online training as a component of work-at-home plans to ensure that employees continue to enhance their skills (or learn new ones) and maintain productive, trackable time while working at home.

We have posted many P6, ViewpointOne Spectrum and Kahua how-to videos, including:

We are sharing the communication below that was sent to all CDP employees this morning that outlines recommended best practices at this time. We are encouraging our staff and clients to work remotely when possible.

Article posted on ConstructionExec.com

Article written by Rob Preston and appears on Forbes.com

Speed. Security. Agility. Innovation. Automation. Insight. These are the words leading CIOs keep coming back to when explaining their technology, business, and organizational priorities.

Article written by Steven H. Miller and appears on Constructor Magazine.com.

There is an old adage concerning timely action about the uselessness of locking the stable after the horse is gone. It is, unfortunately, the story of many construction companies confronting the issue of cybersecurity. They never considered themselves a target until it was too late.

Many are surprised by how fast the future has arrived, but it is here now. From payroll and tool-tracking to 3D building models and as-built laser scans, a construction company’s network is the conduit for increasing portions of its activities and is hosting an increasing number of outsiders and their devices. That is an attractive target for thieves, especially since the number of vulnerabilities in the network is growing. If the ‘stable’ in the old adage is your computer network with 250 doors instead of one and strangers going in and out, locking it up is not a simple task. To avoid becoming a victim, cybersecurity must be considered a top issue.