Innovative technologies, such as AI, smart collapsible cones, VR, 3D printing, smart wearables, and the like aren’t just useful for consumer-facing products and services. They’re also known for the remarkable impact they have on traditional processes.
One of which is being able to improve safety, decrease costs, speed up project timelines, and ensure that the vision of the project manager is correctly aligned with the goals they want to achieve.
Here are the three ways the construction industry is going to be disrupted by technology.
Efficiency Is Undeniable
Most construction experts would tell you how time-consuming and costly it can be to work on larger projects. It can take seven years or more to finish a tower, and it gets longer depending on the complexity of structure.
If you thought about it, the next question would be how companies manage to achieve these goals despite the issues they often face along the way. The answer is quite simple– with the help of the latest technological advancements available in the market.
Basically, what they do is they combine multiple emerging technologies that allow them to automate the process, gather data, build structure, improve safety, and many more. With this kind of technology, even investors have the privilege of seeing how they can significantly benefit from these projects and how much ROI they are going to get.
Automation Made Possible
In the construction industry, inspection is essential, and this should never be neglected. Basically, before a single piece of foundation is created, it goes through a series of reviews for it to better understand and resolve various problems.
Included in this would be multiple data points regarding drainage, vegetation, soil, surface space, and many more. This would ensure worker safety, quality, compliance, and overall efficiency. With the traditional method, this can take days and often lead to project delays.
Drones can be beneficial in terms of site inspections. They can quickly look around the area– no matter how big it is, in just a short amount of time.
Not only that, the latest ones are equipped with highly advanced lenses capable of capturing detailed, close up images and transfer real-time data into computer systems, and even on intelligent machines which can be analyzed by project managers.
Due to the fact that the use of drones has a plethora of advantages, more and more construction companies are starting to use them. It allows builders to carry out pre-construction simulations which will enable them to test hypotheses and even the designs. Future problems can be avoided by this method.
Then, there’s also 3D printing and additive manufacturing. This positively transforms the way complex structures are made as concrete structures are printed at high speed. Furthermore, with 3D printing, it’s also possible to construct infrastructures in just a short amount of time.
Even complex structures can also be printed with a 3D printer. This is way better than creating complex structures by hand as it can be really time-consuming. With the help of a 3D printer, everything becomes more efficient than ever.
Even automated robots are being utilized to lay bricks, construct beams, paint, drill, dig, and many more. What’s really promising is the ability of these robots to work effortlessly even with large and complex projects. All of these can be done even without human intervention.
Training
As technology continues to disrupt the construction industry, it’s essential for those who are involved in having the proper training. Thankfully, there are a lot which offers this, and once the whole team gets familiar with to expect, you wouldn’t have to worry about further issues. This can easily be spotted and resolved right away.
Even digital collaboration can also be of great help. For those who are not aware, there’s a significant volume of paper related to the construction industry. This can be in the form of invoices, meeting notes, drawings, contracts, and many more.
With the help of technology in the way of digital collaboration tools, the amount of work necessary dramatically decreases. Furthermore, aside from eliminating the amount of paperwork related to it, everyone will be able to access the documents they need right when they need it. That means the whole team would be on the same page.
This could have a positive impact on safety, efficiency, and best of all, productivity.
