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April Roundup 2025

They say ‘April showers bring May flowers’—but here at 4M, those showers have blossomed into a garden of fresh features, bold launches, and quick‑win improvements to help you plan smarter, move faster and work safer.

Smarter Infrastructure Planning with Utility Intelligence

Kaustabh Page, Senior Product Director at 4M, sat down with me recently for an episode of “Convos with Chris.” We discussed the core principles guiding his product decisions and how those principles shape everything from the user interface to the data validation process of 4M’s Utility AI platform. 

Utility AI Mapping: Better Data and Better Decisions with Amir Hofman

Our Utility AI Platform is a fundamentally new approach to understanding, consuming, and accessing utility data. Traditional utility mapping has relied on fragmented records, outdated as-builts, and manual field investigation. It’s hard to know what’s really out there without exhaustive, inefficient, time-consuming research, and even then there are still unknowns. 

How 4M Enables LAN to Plan Faster and Scope Projects More Accurately

Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) is a full-service civil engineering firm. Founded in 1935 in Houston, they’ve grown from a small local firm to a national leader in the heavy civil infrastructure engineering industry. Among other initiatives, LAN is currently working on infrastructure projects with TXDOT across Texas. 

Webinar Recap: Pursue Smarter, Bid Faster with 4M

The macro forces facing the AEC industry right now are putting project owners and civil engineering teams under immense pressure. Budgets are tight. Timelines are compressed. Projects are increasingly complex. 

The Future of Utility Mapping, AI Innovations, and Winning with 4M

During his military service, 4M Analytics Co-Founder and CEO Itzik Malka was trained to locate and dispose of buried explosives. That experience sparked Malka’s interest in the subsurface, which contains an underground network of man-made infrastructure powering the lives of every American.

2024: 4M Analytics Year in Review

At 4M, this year wasn't just about expanding our team, customer base, state coverage, or releasing industry-changing capabilities and workflows powered by our advanced AI engine and proprietary data—though those were significant milestones. At its core, the focus in 2024 was clear: Continue providing more value to you, our customers.

Halff Streamlines Proposals and QA/QC Workflows with 4M’s Utility AI Platform

‍Halff Associates is a full-service infrastructure consulting firm with a people-centric focus. Consistently named one of America’s Top Workplaces because of its “people first” environment, Halff has been creating smart solutions since 1950 that improve lives and communities by turning ideas into reality. Among a variety of other projects, Halff works with public and private clients to design and build local and federal infrastructure, energy facilities, broadband, and more.

4M's New Video Series: Inside the Minds of Infrastructure Experts

The reality is clear: civil engineers, project managers, and utility coordinators face significant obstacles in gathering and utilizing utility data during the early stages of infrastructure projects. Outdated and fragmented utility data has long been the invisible roadblock to successful project outcomes.