Dusty Robotics

Multi-Trade Layout doesn't just change how layout gets done. It changes who's doing what, when, and who has to sign their name to it.

And that's why the failure mode is silence.

Without crystal clear communication about roles and responsibilities, it'll show up later as finger-pointing and "I thought you were doing that." You'll be chasing change orders and trying to catch up.

Part 6 of our Multi-Trade Layout Best Practices series maps accountability across all six phases of the workflow — from estimating and bidding through print day. For each phase: who's on the hook, who contributes, and what the deliverable looks like.

It also introduces the Layout Lead — the single owner of the workflow from pursuit through print day. This role doesn't exist on most org charts yet. On the projects where Multi-Trade Layout delivers, it always does.

Before any phase begins, you need two answers: Who's accountable? Who's signing off? If you can answer those, you're ready. If you can't... well, you should read our article!

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Honolulu Builders just described Dusty better than we ever could.

"It's basically a robotic printer," said Subbu Venkataraman, president of Honolulu Builders. "When you have a slab that's poured, and you have the layout file that you upload into the printer, it drives around and it just prints on the slab where the walls should be."

Before Dusty, the same work took two workers and several weeks with a total station. With FieldPrinter, one operator finishes the layout in days.

According to Pacific Business News, Venkataraman emphasized that this kind of technology is not replacing humans on construction sites, especially as the industry faces a worker shortage crunch.

"You still have people running these tools," he said. "It's just more efficient and saves us time to deliver projects faster, so it's not necessarily replacing. Once the layout is done, you still have to do other things that are still done by our workers."

The Hawaii Carpenters Apprenticeship & Training Fund is already setting up training programs so carpenters can use the technology. "We want to get ahead of this technology... we want to make sure that our members are ready and equipped to use those robotic layouts," said HCATF Executive Director Edmund Aczon.

Full piece by Alexander Lugo at Pacific Business News in the comments — worth a read if you're watching how Hawaii's construction industry is adapting to automated layout.

The answer was DUSTY all along. 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Oh, we meant the answer to yesterday’s .

But yeah... it could help on your jobsite too.

Leading contractors across the country have built out full internal automated layout programs around Dusty. But most haven't — and given everything else competing for their time and resources, many never will. That's who Dusty's Certified Partner Program is built for.

Today we're announcing a network of independent layout and VDC service providers, fully certified in Dusty's platform. Layout service providers allow builders to leverage all the benefits of automated and multi-trade layout for their projects without having to buy Dusty directly or commit internal staff to robot operation.

And our VDC partners provide the BIM and CAD expertise needed to prep digital design files for successful layout in the field to builders who don't have internal VDC teams, or who need to augment those teams' capacity.

Our Certified Partner Program is launching with 10 inaugural partners across the U.S.: Blackboard Studio, Bouma Corporation, ENG, FrameTec, Leviat, NaRDil, New Vision, Oh Snap Layout, RG Construction, T**a 3D

Read the full press release: https://www.constructiondive.com/press-release/20260420-dusty-robotics-launches-certified-partner-program-to-scale-automated-layout/

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If you’re installing equipment in a factory that Bouma Corporation laid out, you’re connected to the design documentation on a whole different level. The information you need, like bolt torques or part numbers, are printed directly on the floor for you. And any other specs or live engineering docs are one scan of a QR code away.

That's because Bouma uses Dusty to embed QR codes in the layout that link directly to source-of-truth documentation. Scan, get the information, get back to installing.

"Think about anything that would help your installer. You want to give the most critical, highest-value information." — Tim Bauer, Manager of Construction Innovation at Bouma.

Bouma has run two dozen industrial layout projects with Dusty, from automotive suppliers, to data centers, and even rack manufacturing. Their process: the factory's engineers prep the file how they want it. "They own the content; we make sure it prints right."

Geometry gets the crew to the right spot. The QR codes tell them what to do when they get there.

We don't normally pick sides.

But when one of them is coached by a guy named Dusty… we gotta weigh in.

Congratulations to Coach Dusty May and the University of Michigan on the 2026 NCAA National Championship — first title since 1989.

Go Blue! 〽️

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