Take-Offs - Winter 2019 - Constructech

Data-driven insights from AI (artificial intelligence) and BI (business intelligence is enabling construction workers to design and execute their skills more precisely, quickly, and accurately on-site. The technologies have replaced old-fashioned measuring tape, best estimates, and after-the-fact readjustments. Indeed, the emerging technologies used will soon be ubiquitous on construction sites, says Vicki Satran, vice president of marketing for Computer Guidance Corp., www.computerguidance.com, The construction industry will start seeing even more robots, AR (augmented reality)--the ability to visualize the real world through a camera lens--BIM (building information modeling), cloud and mobile technology, wearables such as Fitbits and 3D glasses, and increased prefabrication and modularization using prebuilt and off-site components, Satran says. They're less costly, and open the opportunity that the future demands with accessibility to data, information, and collaboration anytime and anywhere.