The construction market has a new standard for measuring job productivity. The American Society of Testing and Materials International (ASTM) recently adopted a new standard for measuring construction ...

Professional construction companies, whether they are small-town contractors or multinational conglomerates, operate with a similar profit/productivity equation. Ideally, the business must pay its ...

Vertical AI helps construction teams work faster, safer and smarter. Specialized AI tools are boosting efficiency, safety and compliance on jobsites worldwide.

A new report by the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga highlights the importance of productivity growth in reducing construction costs and addressing workforce demands. The report, ...

For too long, the construction industry has remained a laggard in adopting and embracing new tools, processes, and best practices for enhancing productivity. The $800-billion sector only allocates ...

General contractors can partner with humanoid robotics firms and build a road map to prepare, according to global consulting ...

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 ...

Those of us in the construction industry, whether we want to admit it or not, are faced with an unpleasant truth: we haven’t increased our productivity in more than 50 years. According to a research ...

The process of designing and constructing a building is markedly different from that of manufacturing a product. But adapting lean production-management concepts from manufacturing for use in ...

Construction is a $10 trillion global industry. It’s also mired by waste, severe worker shortages and weak productivity growth — all of which mean the business of building is ripe for a robotic ...

THE focus on productivity is not likely to go away any time soon, following the Government's announcement of the economic restructuring programme in 2010 that aims to achieve an annual productivity ...