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Productivity
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Three seemingly unrelated factors are having a big impact on the construction industry. They are IT consolidation, the rise of AI, and the resurgence of prefab. While these may seem like separate topics, there is a ripple effect underway.
The need for IT consolidation
Essentially, digital transformations led to an abundance of technology on the jobsite and in the office. As a result, workers are becoming less productive due to having a variety of disconnected apps, tools and platforms. This forces workers to spend on average 11 hours each week just to find the information they need to do their jobs. That time could be better spent on more impactful activities.
In turn, this cuts into a firm’ s ability to successfully introduce new technology, including AI, the perceived productivity booster.
According to a recent Quickbase survey of 400 construction professionals, 88 percent of workers report feeling overwhelmed to some degree by the amount of software solutions now required to do their jobs. One reason for this is because they are unable to easily share real-time updates from the jobsite or see all their data in one place.
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