Innovation in Construction Industry

Innovation is an essential element to improve the business growth and to increase productivity. Construction companies are using latest construction technologies to work more efficiently and safely. The construction companies are putting their efforts to construct attractive and unique construction designs using new material, energy, different design approaches, and amazing construction technologies. The advancement in big data and digital technology are the major elements of innovation in construction industry. There are a variety of apps, gadgets and technologies causing improvement and innovation in construction industry.

Apps are as follows:

• Tool Tracking
• Wearable Smart Sensors
• Tablets and Wi-Fi
• Drones
• Mobile Apps 

Tool Tracking: The construction companies have to bear lots of hand tools and power tools cost. Now the construction companies are outfitting their hand and power tools and machinery with barcodes to track their equipment and to reduce cost of construction.

Wearable Smart Sensors: Wearable smart sensors are the latest technology in construction field. These wearable sensors are used to track the condition of workers on the job site and fix these smart sensors in worker’s wristwatches, boots, hard hats, and other safety gear such as rooftop harnesses.

Tablets and Wi-Fi: Now construction companies are using mobile phones, tablets and Wi-Fi connection on their jobsite instead of carrying around jobsite paperwork and rolls of blueprints. A massive amount of data can be stored in tablets and Wi-Fi is helpful to download and share documents .

Drones:Construction companies are hiring drone pilots to survey heavily congested construction sites and remote locations. This is the latest technology to monitor worker’s jobsite activities and to survey the progress and improvement in construction activities in the workplace.

Mobile Apps: There are numerous mobile apps and gadgets related to construction market. The construction related applications include CAD apps that help to make blueprint changes in the moment, calculating apps that help construction managers in calculating supplies, including roofing materials, concrete volumes, and hardware amounts etc.

The techniques used in construction companies other than above mentioned apps include Self Healing Concrete, Photovoltaic Glazing, 3D Modeling, Asset Mapping, Thermal bridging, Predictive software, Modular construction, Smart Highways, Solar Roads, Tiny House Movement, BIM Everywhere, and Visualization etc.