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  • Reshaping the Food Supply Chain
    by Peggy Smedley on 24/03/2026

    What’s happening in the food industry? Food-service growth is expected to continue at a modest but steady pace in 2026, with real growth projected at 1.1%, slightly higher than 0.9% in 2025. The challenge is there is ongoing pressure related to costs and consumer expectations. Also, the food […]

  • AI in Construction Step 1: Identify Opportunities and Risk
    by Laura Black on 23/03/2026

    As most know, AI (artificial intelligence) is rapidly moving from experimentation to implementation. For construction—an industry often challenged by tight margins, schedule pressures, labor shortages, and safety concerns—AI represents an opportunity to improve productivity. Here’s the […]

  • Outdoor Automated Shades Are Sprouting Up Everywhere
    by Connected World on 23/03/2026

    The warmer weather is here, and so are opportunities for smart home dealers to sell devices and technology that put backyards front and center, including automated outdoor shades. In greater numbers, homeowners are turning to automated shades to make maximum use of their outdoor spaces and turn […]

  • Construction Safety Strategies with AI
    by Peggy Smedley on 23/03/2026

    Work zone fatalities have gone up in the United States, according to the most recent numbers from OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Admin.) with more than 898 deaths and 40,000 injuries estimated in 2023. This represents a 50% increase in work zone fatalities reported between 2013 and 2023. This […]

  • Success Stories: Agriculture Advances with New App
    by Connected World on 22/03/2026

    As technology advances, so too does the opportunities for farmers and the agriculture space to leverage data to make decisions about water, fertilizer, and harvest. Now, a new app aims to provide insight into crop health, weather forecasts, soil conditions, and climate patterns. Researchers at […]

  • Fact of the Week – 3/23/2026
    by Connected World on 22/03/2026

    #Factoftheweek 5.2 billion users globally. That is the anticipated use for over-the-top messaging apps by 2026, which is a 16% increase from 2025, according to Juniper Research. What does this mean? Businesses messaging strategies will evolve, as they look to connect these channels to their […]

  • Meet Your Next AI Analyst
    by Peggy Smedley on 17/03/2026

    An announcement recently crossed my desk about an upgraded, purpose-built AI (artificial intelligence) analyst and I have so many questions and thoughts. I am guessing at first blush so do you. Let’s take a closer look at this announcement and what this could potentially mean for the analyst […]

  • Brands: On Purpose with Intelligence
    by Peggy Smedley on 16/03/2026

    If you caught my podcast of The Peggy Smedley Show last week, then you know I talked about why trusted brands matter more than ever in the construction industry. The numbers I found through that research were interesting, with roughly 89% of customers saying they expect to end their relationship […]

  • Building the Infrastructure of our Data-Driven World
    by Laura Black on 16/03/2026

    Data, data, data. We are entering a new era of work, where data is the new currency, and we have the technologies readily available to leverage this data—but do we have the infrastructure? From energy to data centers, infrastructure across the country needs to be finetuned in order to meet the […]

  • Fact of the Week – 3/16/2026
    by Connected World on 15/03/2026

    #Factoftheweek: 6.6% Construction is a good career for many. In fact, in January, workers in construction and mining saw the biggest pay bump when switching employers—something to the tune of 6.6% pay premium over the job stayers, according to ADP Research. Compare this to the next […]