Best AiAEC Article Roundup: Upskill or Be Left Behind

Robotics Signals A New Reality For Construction: Upskill or be left behind

In the last decade, the wider field of robotics has witnessed a significant uptake of robot technology in construction, whether in the form of automation of controls on construction machinery, the deployment of quadruped robots like Boston Dynamics’ Spot, or the use of pre-programmed robotic layout solutions. The market for construction robotics was valued at $2,450.7 million in 2019 and is expected to reach $7,880.3 million by 2027.

The Land & Construction Industries Are Overdue For A Digital Transformation

Given the current economic situation, now is the time for contractors to invest in efficient, time and cost saving solutions, writes Anders Jacobson, founder of Next One Technology

Digitised working methods support your business and make you sleep better at night. The land and construction contractor, with multiple machines and personnel out in the field, can particularly benefit from daily reporting and accurate documentation.

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now.

This old Chinese proverb can illustrate how to think about digitised workflows and processes today.

ChatGPT and other conversational ais can help construction

On any given day, project managers at construction sites must make decisions and answer questions. Although such demands often require a time-consuming review of documents and computer files, they may also necessitate rapid responses because of urgency and time sensitivity.

While working as a construction manager immediately after leaving college, I experienced this problem firsthand. I was told that my daily tasks were mainly to communicate, coordinate, and collaborate with various project stakeholders on- and off-site while ensuring that the project was on time and on schedule. In reality, however, I was constantly being bombarded with questions that required immediate answers such as “20 workers called in sick and did not show up; what should we do?”, “How much delay do you anticipate by the end of the month?”, and “What is our cash flow projection for the end of the quarter?”

To answer some of the many questions, I had to find information in an archive of disorganized files and isolated documents or request information and wait for it.