Using technology to fix construction's productivity crisis: 11 talking points

By Debika Ray2019-09-19T05:00:00

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Industry experts met recently to debate the problems that technology can solve – and the headaches that will have to be cured first

This summer, a clutch of industry experts came together at the Digital Futures and Managing Risks event, held by Building Live in association with Fenwick Elliott, to discuss digitalisation across construction. The speakers suggested that greater use of technology – from modular offsite construction and robotics to tablets on site – could form part of the solution to the industry’s problems of low productivity and slim margins, as well helping to attract a new generation of recruits.

But if these benefits are to be realised, they said, the industry needs to think through a range of legal and practical issues that keep cropping up as barriers to success. Here are the 11 most important messages that emerged from the conference.

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