Top Latest Trends in Construction Industry

The advanced building technologies, construction trends, innovative construction methods and better decision-making systems are making transition and development in construction industry very rapidly. Now the contractors are using up-to-dated and latest construction techniques and tools to save time and cost and give rise to construction industry. Here are some latest and advanced construction trends and techniques causing drastic, innovative and revolutionary changes in construction.

Prefab/offsite Construction Methods

Most of the construction companies are getting benefit from Offsite and modular construction method with cost savings, reduced construction time and less waste. The use of prefab methods is growing very rapidly in all sectors of economy especially in healthcare and construction sector. The traditional building process is transforming into offsite construction methods. This construction method and strategy would be more efficient and profitable if you invest a certain amount of volume for this. 

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Construction Technology

Building information modeling construction technology has become the necessity for contractors. It is the growing and tangible profitable construction technology for the largest firms as well as for small firms. According to contractors BIM provide more accurate, more consistent, and time saving project document generation and develop coordination and collaboration among the different parties of project.

Green building in residential and commercial sectors

Green building construction trend in residential and commercial sectors is growing in response to consumers’ demand and due to friendly and environmentally attractive structures, life-cycle cost savings, and high quality results. In the coming years green building construction would be most preferable for all sectors along with residential and commercial sectors.

Laser scanning technology

Laser scanning is an emerging construction technology along with Building information modeling (BIM) dominating construction technology. 3-D laser scanners create a digital reproduction of the positions and dimensions and turn that information into a point cloud image. It is a best tool for accurate measurement and putting millions of data points into a building information model to get information about conditions.

Energy-saving and smart building systems

Construction firms, builders, architects and designers are analyzing and introducing energy-efficiency building systems into the early design and construction process. The owners can get most value from their project with the use of Life Cycle Cost Analyses and Sustainable Return on Investment (SROI) reports. Smart building technique which is connected with remote access and data monitoring system is an emerging construction technology to deliver significant energy savings to owners.

Robotic Automation

Robots and automated technology are emerging in construction sector to handle repetitive manual labor tasks. Construction robots are used in the handling and manipulation of heavy blocks, bricks and concrete block laying. Robot system perform task with more efficiency and accuracy as compare to human labor. The use of robots in traditional manufacturing areas, such as the manufacture of consumer goods and automobile manufacture is rapidly increasing as compare to nontraditional areas. The I-beams or insulation robotic system is advanced and popular in the manufacture of construction goods.

3D Printing in construction

3D Printing is an advanced emerging technology in construction industry. A 3D printer is a machine connected with a computer interface to process 3D designs. The extruder filled with a hot, liquid material prints the 3D design layer by layer. The construction firms print houses using giant 3D printers with cement and glass materials. The benefits of using 3D printing in construction include the use of recyclable materials, reduction of waste and reduction of health and safety risks.

Mobile Technology and information on jobsites

Mobiles and tablets are commonly used by construction team to file reports, share information and improve the reliability of reports and documentation on jobsites. The custom applications on mobile devices made it easy for the project team to answers the questions instantly instead of delaying the project with trips to jobsite trailers for plan evaluations.