How Technology Is Changing The Construction Industry Here In Australia.

The construction industry in Australia continues to grow year on year and we are seeing bigger stadiums, longer bridges and taller buildings in many towns and cities all across the country. The construction industry is embracing technology and things have moved on considerably over the past number of decades. The days of men digging holes using picks and shovels are long gone and we have massive pieces of machinery and technology that can be used to not only make the work happen more quickly but more efficiently as well.

The unfortunate thing however is that not all construction companies across Australia embrace technology in their daily work and even though there is intranet software for construction currently available to all, many do not take advantage to make their businesses more effective and more efficient. Technology has really changed the construction industry in many positive ways and the following are just some of the ways that it has impacted the building process.

• It helps take away the uncertainty – Technology and particularly software within the construction industry allows project managers to actually create make-believe situations within a building project before building has actually commenced. They can use hypothetical situations to make changes throughout the project to see how things will be affected overall. This allows them to address any problems before they actually are and so the construction is more successful.
• It leads to better build quality – Contractors can use software, high-tech machinery and technology to allow themselves to be more precise when it comes to measuring for things like the foundations, the parameters of the building project and many other things. This all leads to the construction of higher-quality offices, schools and government buildings. They can use this same technology to improve upon older buildings when it comes to making them a lot more energy efficient and more stable.
• It allows for better collaboration – It used to be the case that if changes had to be made in any building project, letters would have to be sent or emails will have to be exchanged. We can now use real time software and communication platforms to see each other face-to-face and to collaborate in real time. It also allows for the storage of important information in the cloud for example so that all of the team members can gain access to relevant data so that they can respond more easily.

Technology helps in many different aspects of the building process and leads to improved design quality, a reduction in building areas so that there are less reworks, costing can be improved upon and building projects are more successful than before. It also leads to better safety on the construction site as well and modern technology has come to the rescue in providing employees with the best protective equipment currently available to us. There is absolutely no doubt that technology has improved the construction industry and actually drives it forward so that more people want to work in a safer environment.