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Construction: Top Five Trends for 2019 and Beyond

Construction: Top Five Trends for 2019 and Beyond

Summary

The construction industry is experiencing change. Prefabrication, new technology, robotics, green buildings and consolidation are trends leading companies must stay ahead of in the near future to be prosperous.

Having been accused of being reticent to change, construction is now ripe for development. Leading companies will increasingly use technology to improve the efficiency of operations, enabling them to create more with the same resources.

Construction firms will also have to adapt to changing government policies which are geared towards sustainability. Trends are changing the shape of the industry and companies must adapt to keep up.

Key Highlights

- The advantages of modular construction have been known about for a long time. Now the business case for widespread use of the building method is nearing the point at which prefabricated buildings have a bright future.
- Printing concrete on building sites is not a new idea, but it is one that is now moving towards becoming a commercial reality, potentially transforming modern day construction sites.
- Margins for construction firms are experiencing financial trouble because of price escalation for essential materials, exerting pressure on construction companies to find better means of controlling costs and making savings where possible

Scope

- Examines changes in modular construction
- Assesses the future of 3D printing
- Looks at the impact of rising costs
- Looks at the future of Building Information Modelling
- Assesses environmental challenges in the industry

Reasons to buy

- Will modular housing be a commercial success?
- Can 3D printing be a viable construction technique?
- What is the impact of rising costs?
- What will the effect of BIM be on construction?
- How will the industry react to environmental challenges?