Construction is in the middle of a digital shift, and it has been steadily increasing in the last few years. BIM models are ...

Three of the four construction sectors measured showed new gains. Photo Courtesy of iStock. February 1, 2018 After decades of reports about stagnant or slipping construction productivity, a new U.S.

This week, the Productivity Commission released its much-awaited report into productivity growth in Australia's housing construction sector. It wasn't a glowing appraisal. The commission found ...

We've talked about the productivity problem in construction for years, but what about the impact it has on the ground? Increasingly more craftspeople are leaving the industry, but where are they going ...

High inflation and labor shortages are a major challenge for many industries, and no more so than in the construction and engineering (C&E) sector, where productivity has historically always been low.

The global construction industry is undergoing a significant digital transformation, but technology alone will not solve the ...

Despite the many industrial advancements that have happened over the last half century, construction productivity has actually fallen. A recent report by the New York Times correctly pointed out that ...

Construction is a labor-intensive business. Despite tremendous advances in design, coordination, and management technologies, the physical installation of work in the field remains reliant on people.

We document a Kuznets curve for construction productivity in 20th-century America. Homes built per construction worker remained stagnant between 1900 and 1940, boomed after World War II, and then ...

There are worse economic trends than slowing productivity. How about declining productivity for one? That’s the nasty trick pulled by the US construction sector. It’s been running in reverse for a ...

Explore how construction robots are transforming the industry, the challenges of adoption, and the exciting future of ...