The Technologies That Are Revolutionizing The Construction Industry
Date Posted: April 5, 2019
Posted In: Ideas,
From Dakota Safety: Technology is changing the world. Almost every single thing we touch on a daily basis has been influenced by technology. Our cell phones, the tiny computers we keep in our pockets, have 100,000 times the speed of an early personal computer.
Our homes are “smart.” If someone rings our doorbell, we can see and talk to them from our desk at work. We can tell Alexa or Google Home to play music without lifting a finger, and we’ll have access to millions of songs.
We’re getting to the point where soon we won’t even have to drive our cars anymore. Driverless cars aren’t a matter of “if” anymore, but a matter of “when.” We’re already started to phase out the need for gasoline, with countries and companies alike pledging to commit to electric vehicles, phasing out the demand for fossil fuels.
Machines are predicted to take 800 million jobs by 2030. What people will do after machines have those jobs is another story for another article.
There is one industry in particular that’s known for its hard work, sweat, and manual labor. Working from sun up to sun down, getting dirty, getting tired, but getting the job done. When you picture the construction industry, I bet you don’t imagine a computer or any type of technology. I bet the first thing that pops into your head is a rugged construction worker wearing a construction hat, holding a hammer, covered in dust and dirt with a 5 o’clock shadow. There’s nothing technological about that.
But cutting edge technology has indeed been used in the construction industry for many years, particularly in the design phase (using models prior to construction for locating conflicts is an industry standard)
Now the construction industry is embracing new, revolutionary technologies in the building side of things as well. Considered as the “final frontier” for technological breakthroughs, construction companies are joining the rest of the world in the new age of technology. And as an industry that added 282,000 new jobs just last year, there will be plenty of people to use the technology.
In this article, we’ll break down how technology is shaping construction, and what we can expect moving forward.