Equiprise uses IoT connected sensors and edge devices to monitor heavy machinery on a construction site.  This enables performance monitoring and machine control in real time and generates data for analytics.  It also permits remote monitoring.  Beyond the operational and cost efficiencies, however, the overriding mission of Equiprise is to prevent downtime, injury and death from accidents involving site obstacles and people in proximity.The company is pioneering tower crane high-tensile bolts tension monitoring to build an intelligent and connected ecosystem in the crane industry.Founder Cindy Chen is based in Melbourne and works to foster Australia-China cooperation.https://www.equiprise.com/

“Policymakers are trying to get Sydney’s office towers filled to restore its damaged economy...”What would make it appealing

The Proptech Association Australia is holding Australia's first and only dedicated national awards for proptech.Entries will close on Friday, 19 March.There are awards for:1. Admin & Efficiency2. Design & Development3. Sales & Marketing4. Property & Facilities Management5. Smart Buildings & Cities6. Financing, Ownership & AffordabilityThe awards are open to established vendors, scale-ups and start-ups with use cases and clients in property. Entries close Friday, 19 March.https://proptechassociation.com.au/proptech-awards/

Supply chain insolvency in construction has major domino effects and can bring large projects to a grinding halt.  Anility is a subscription platform that is sold to large scale construction firms to protect their projects from sub-contractor credit risk.  Sub-contractors connect their real time accounting data and Anility's proprietary risk model turns it into a dashboard with scores out of 100.  The raw data is never shared.  Builders can use the platform both as a due diligence tool prior to awarding contracts and also as an ongoing governance tool to get an early warning sign of financial distress. 

Conexie is a property communication platform and native app that harnesses data from sensors and equipment in the built environment, and supplements it with observations from humans, to generate insights for action.  The team has recently launched a turnkey solar energy solution so every building owner can have a smart building with efficient, renewable and non-wasteful energy consumption.  Harnessing the data around us and making it universally understandable is one thing.  Partnering this pivotal information with a suite of communication capabilities that results in users being notified, informed and able to make decisions in real time, that changes the game!

Could this accommodation be re-purposed for social housing?This gives governments immediate access to accommodation while they build new stock to which those needing social housing can be re-located. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/occupancy-has-hit-the-cliff-thousands-of-student-apartments-mothballed-20210210-p5718x.html