GBM Konect has released Konect 2, a complete rebuild of its 15‑year‑old Australian field data capture and mobile mapping platform used on infrastructure sites and remote corridors with poor connectivity. The new version is designed to synchronise geospatial and asset data from tablets and phones to central systems once coverage is restored, reducing manual re‑entry and gaps between as‑built field records and office GIS/asset databases. For civil and road projects, this targets more reliable inspection, defect logging and construction QA data directly from the workfront.

Construction projects are losing productivity not from lack of BIM, drones or field apps, but from fragmented information spread across client CDEs, ERPs, email, shared folders and specialist platforms. Procore/Dodge data show UK and Irish professionals spend about 18% of project time – over eight working weeks a year – just searching for information, while 74% of US professionals move AI-generated work between applications at least three times a day. The emerging focus is on permission-aware integration so tools like Autodesk, Dropbox Sign and AI search (e.g. ChatGPT connected to Dropbox) can surface authoritative, up-to-date records without forcing all parties onto a single system.

Trackunit has launched the battery-powered Spot S300 tracker to bring frequently moved unpowered assets – such as trailers, containers, portable heaters, welders and message boards – into the connected fleet without any wiring. The LTE Cat 1 bis device, operating on standard 4G networks, reports location typically four times per day, with adjustable frequency via Trackunit’s apps, and activates simply by peeling a sticker for near-instant reporting. Data from Spot S300 feeds directly into Trackunit Manager and the IrisX platform, allowing mixed powered/unpowered fleet dashboards and utilisation reporting.