The construction industry, both onsite and offsite, is being bombarded with new technology to speed up design, build and manage projects. Some work as promised and those are quickly finding their way into everyday use in many aspects of contractors’ business.
Associated Builders and Contractors released its inaugural Tech Report, a study of the innovative technology and tools that ABC contractor members are using on jobsites to be safer, more profitable and primed to win more work. The report was sourced from a survey conducted from March through May 2021.
It details opportunities for construction contractors to improve their operations in project coordination, planning, estimating, production and scheduling.
Among the findings, the 2021 Tech Report reveals:
- Seventy percent of respondents listed an operational issue as one of their top three challenges that technology can help solve.
- More than half of respondents rely on project management software, with 68% using it for office management and 59% using it in the field.
- Nearly all respondents rely on specialized accounting and billing software.
- Seventy-eight percent of respondents have implemented new technology in the past two years, with software platforms for project management and accounting as the prime focus of implementation teams.
- According to data collected from ABC 2020 Excellence in Construction® Awards honorees, 93% of these best-in-class construction projects were built using technology management.
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