Jason Feld and Dominic Donato | Kahana Feld As we begin 2024, it is informative to evaluate what transpired in 2023 in the construction industry, and especially the use of construction technology. 2023 ushered in a variety of newly implemented construction technologies including 3D printed entire houses, improved wearables that detect all aspects of the… Continue reading Evaluating Construction Trends From 2023 and Forecasting For 2024
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Robots on Construction Sites Are Raising Legal Questions
Peter Sheridan | Construction Executive Mark Twain said that “good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions.” Aesop warns “be careful what you wish for….” But is there a good decision to be made now to employ robots on your next project? There is not a lot of experience to help us… Continue reading Robots on Construction Sites Are Raising Legal Questions
Technology: Construction’s Next Frontier
Romy Maunz | Construction Executive While construction remains the largest industry in the global economy, accounting for 13% of the world’s GDP, the annual productivity growth has been relatively flat. The profitability is low, with around a 3-5% EBIT margin, with 98% of all megaprojects running over budget and over schedule. The building construction sector is rarely… Continue reading Technology: Construction’s Next Frontier
The Future Has Arrived: New Technologies in Construction
Sarah Biser | ConsensusDocs The construction industry has traditionally been slow to adapt to new technologies, but things are changing. Construction companies are keen to control costs (including increased costs due to supply chain issues), improve efficiency, maintain productivity while dealing with labor shortages, and enhance safety, and protect data bases from cyberattacks. New technologies,… Continue reading The Future Has Arrived: New Technologies in Construction
How the Pandemic Pushed the Construction Industry Five Years Into the Future
Alexandra McManus and Hussein Cholkamy | Construction Executive On any given day, there are a multitude of variables playing out on construction jobsites, from maintaining daily logs to track hundreds of workers to creating daily schedules to keep projects on track. What made an industry that’s arguably about 20 years in the past get a… Continue reading How the Pandemic Pushed the Construction Industry Five Years Into the Future