The 58th Annual ECC PerspECCtives Conference runs September 9 to 11, 2026, at the JW Marriott in downtown Austin. Hosted by the Engineering and Construction Contracting (ECC) Association, the event draws more than 1,000 owners, EPC contractors and capital-projects suppliers each year to talk through what it actually takes to deliver a major project.

Our CEO Artem Kuchukov will represent KEWAZO at this year's edition, joined by Simon Espinosa (BDM) and Heitor Gartner (NA President).

Why this matters for KEWAZO

This year's theme, 'Forging Our Future', covers innovation, project execution and resilience across capital programs, with forum sessions on AI on the job site, project execution fundamentals and how adjacent industries structure partnerships and workforce. Several confirmed panelists also come from Fluor, Chevron, Dow, Kiewit and ExxonMobil, companies that already run LIFTBOT on their own sites and turnaround projects.

What KEWAZO brings to the conversation

LIFTBOT, KEWAZO's material handling robot, is already deployed on capital projects like these. At Chevron Phillips Chemical's Orange, Texas plant, Kiewit used two LIFTBOT units in place of a crane to build a 215-foot C2 splitter tower, cutting the project schedule by 22 percent. Kiewit's fleet has since grown to four units company-wide. 

Every LIFTBOT deployment also feeds Onsite, KEWAZO's field analytics platform, logging cycle time and utilization automatically. That gives capital-project teams a measured record to plan crew size and schedule for future work.

Meet the KEWAZO team at the conference

If you are managing schedule, crew or safety performance on a capital project and want to see what LIFTBOT could do for your program, reach out through the contact page to schedule a meeting with us at the event. If you are not in Austin but the question still applies to your site, the same page is the way to reach us.