The future of global construction could be British

By Jason Millett2019-10-16T05:00:00

The UK can create a role for itself to help countries across the world to improve how they build. If we don’t, that prize will go to someone else

Having largely missed the huge productivity gains seen in other industries in the past 40 years, the global construction sector is now finally waking up the transformative impact of the next generation of construction technology and innovation. One of the reasons why it has been slower than most is the way in which construction adopts new innovations. In some industries, new ideas and techniques can quickly become global. Once you’ve introduced a new type of phone in one market, it’s relatively easy to do so in another.

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