How New, Innovative Technology Can Be Implemented to Combat the Construction Industry Labor Shortage

Authors

• Noah David Jackson, Purdue University

Abstract

This essay addresses the construction industry’s need to compensate for the current and projected labor shortage through innovative technologies. In the first portion of this essay, three technologies that are most feasible for implementation – the Internet of Things (IoT), Drones, and Prefabrication – are detailed. The challenges faced are then discussed before the second major portion in which steps for implementation are outlined. These steps include forming partnerships, learning the process, communicating, training, implementing, and adapting and improving. The essay concludes with a discussion of how the AGC organization, and members within, can aid the industry in meeting this goal.

Recommended Citation

Jackson, Noah David (2021) "How New, Innovative Technology Can Be Implemented to Combat the Construction Industry Labor Shortage," The Professional Constructor: Vol. 46: No. 1, Article 8.
Available at: https://open.clemson.edu/aic-journal/vol46/iss1/8