Five Emerging Construction Technology Trends To Look At In 2020

2. Immersive Technologies Enabling Better Designs
Today with increasing customer expectations, building designs are becoming more complex. Efficient use of the immersive technologies such as AR and VR could help architects better design the building by visualizing the structures in the virtual world to detect errors well in advance. These technologies by enabling interactive building designs through advanced 3-D modelling, help to improve the design quality.

3. Improving Safety with Robotics
Robots in the construction industry are here to stay, leaving an everlasting impact on the construction process. The World Economic Forum in its report termed 2020 as the year of Robots in the construction industry, signifying the role of robots in shaping the future of construction. Adding robots to the workforce could help construction companies decrease construction times and improve quality of buildings. Interestingly, robots are also used to demolish buildings, replacing the human beings for safer and faster operations. This enables business owners to reduce labour costs and improve safety. They are also sometimes used for the maintenance of buildings.

4. Prefabricated Buildings for Faster Construction
Modular and prefabricated construction is gaining traction in the industry in recent times. The modular construction is expected to become USD 157 billion by 2023, growing at a CAGR of 6.9 percent, driven by the lack of skilled labor and affordable and growing material costs, according to a report by Construction Dive. New advancements in terms of technology have enabled manufacturing of large number of components off-site, helping construction companies build much faster.

5. Green Buildings Technology
The whole concept of green building technology which is sometimes also referred to as sustainable building technology is about the subtle usage of technology in the building design and construction process to improve efficiency in terms of energy consumption, maintenance costs, etc. without compromising on the strength and durability of the building. These green buildings with low annual maintenance costs for energy, water, repair, etc. helps residents save a lot of money.