AT GROUND LEVEL techniques also raising concerns about potential injuries , as flagged by nearly three quarters of UK respondents ( 71 %).
How automation can help
HP recently launched an autonomous robotic solution designed to bring layout into the modern era . SitePrint prints complex construction site layouts with pinpoint accuracy , empowering construction pros with as much as ten times the productivity of manual techniques .
This is just one example of how readily available technology can very quickly be harnessed and deployed on-site to radically improve the productivity levels of key construction disciplines – reducing errors , improving margins , and overcoming skills and labour shortages .
Lots of construction and development projects are already reaping the benefits of this type of technology . Multi-national Skanska employed it for its re-development of Penn Station in New York . Meanwhile , California-based contractor , L5 Drywall Inc , has been automating its layout processes across multiple projects , with L5 COO , Gerado Rivera , explaining that it ‘ laid out seven or eight rooms in the time it took the manual team to do two or three .’
Considering the many technological solutions that could benefit the sector that already exists , it is down to investment , as well as skills training , to implement them in an agile way .
The time is now
The construction industry is embracing technology , but as evidenced in HP ’ s State of Construction Productivity survey findings , it needs to pick up the pace . Considering the many technological solutions that could benefit the sector that already exists , it is down to investment , as well as skills training , to implement them in an agile way . If the industry can do that , and raise its productivity levels in the process , the data suggests it will be able to overcome various longstanding issues , including reducing housing shortages ( 64 %), alleviating project delays ( 67 %), and attracting the next generation of talent ( 66 %). It ’ s time to put an end to construction ’ s productivity problem . �
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