Construction companies say digital technology key to addressing labour shortages

Mary Van Buren, president of the Canadian Construction Association, attributed those lags to Canada’s harsh climate and reliance on public procurement processes, which prioritize low-cost bids.

“Unless we move to different models, whether it’s best value, or we use more collaborative models where there’s sharing of the risk and the benefits among those who are buying construction and those who are doing the construction, then it’s going to be tougher to see much greater adoption of technology.”

But Rothfischer said increased use of digital tools such as robots and drones can help companies save time and money, reduce waste and improve worker safety. Jordan Thomson, senior manager of infrastructure advisory at KPMG in Canada, pointed to technologies used in the manufacturing sector such as 3D printing, which has been adapted for the construction industry to lay concrete and build complex steel shapes, along with drone-based surveying, which can help contractors accurately lay out work and monitor progress.Article content“You can imagine you’re working over your head a lot, your arms and shoulders get fatigued.

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