The factors driving the development and transformation of construction can be grouped into three broad categories of regulation, digitisation and decarbonisation. These are demanding greatly improved performance by industry and there are new policies, targets and standards that reflect them. This Substack discusses the effects of these factors on suppliers, contractors, clients, regulators and policy makers rather than individual projects.
Solutions to many of the issues and problems challenging construction and related built environment industries will come through innovation and the application of fourth industrial revolution technologies. There are very large benefits potentially available from improved design and documentation, from AI assisted pre-construction and project management, from increased productivity through linking manufacture and assembly, increased use of automation and robotics, and from better quality buildings and structures with lower delivery, operation and management costs.
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