6 Ways To Improve Productivity In Construction Using Technology
- Improving Productivity, TECHNOLOGY
- November 28, 2023
By Michael Metz-Topodas, Saul Ewing LLP Hundreds of thousands of unfilled positions, an aging field worker population, and competition from other industries—all these factors significantly contribute to the construction industry’s workforce development problem and its struggle to attract and retain young workers to the profession. Anecdotally, industry insiders have blamed such low involvement on the
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READ MOREBy Michelle Turner, Procore In today’s age of digital transformation, skills that formerly differentiated job candidates are now baseline requirements to kickstart a career. The construction industry is no exception. That’s why educational institutions are working to get technology in the hands of the next generation and introducing students to a diverse and highly valued
READ MOREOriginally published in Construction Climate Challenge on March 26, 2020 It is becoming easier to track the carbon footprint of building materials through a range of new initiatives. This includes a new cloud-based tool backed by a group of high-profile companies and NGO’s, which is making that information free and available to everyone. Research funded
READ MOREBy Jack Rubinger, freelance writer Construction is the livelihood for many Americans, but with wildfires in Washington, Oregon and California, and fierce and frequent storms in Florida and the Eastern U.S., dramatically changing climate (and other conditions) are impacting construction decisions in a major way. In some cases, entire supply chains and economies are shifted, and
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