Technological innovations and creativity have been booming all over the world. These innovations change to introduce a path-breaking paradigm in the lives of humans, and it leads a long way once it has been introduced in our lives.
Construction facilities and its technologies are also constantly evolving in terms of machinery or robotics where construction duties are being done quickly, faster, and even in creative ways, which were not possible before.
This article will focus on some of the top 3 construction tech trends to watch forward to in the year 2020 and even beyond.
Adoption of Green Technologies
The adoption of green technologies to reduce the carbon footprint on the planet and also to practice sustainable ways to conduct business or any other activities, like that of construction activities, has become widely famous and even a trend to look forward to in the year.
Green technologies are defined as the technological innovations of the future that would define the future of the earth as well as its inhabitants. Construction activities involve several unsustainable ways to conduct their business or daily activities, but there are certain ways it is changing.
Since construction activities are widely taken up all over the world, it is necessary to adopt different technological features to reduce the pressure on natural resources and to accept new changes that would involve green technologies.
This change would also lead to the cutting of extra expenses that occur through the traditional or conventional means of doing construction activities. For example, – green technological changes have been adopted in management, planning, maintenance, demolition, and even recycling.
Some instances include using of plastic bottles for the construction of roads, use of cigarette butts for making bricks, recycling waste building or construction materials before dumping, use of robots or highly efficient green machinery for construction activities, use of biodegradable material for making traffic cones, barricades, fences, and much more.
Equipment for Safety
Safety kits, tool kits, or equipment are some of the essential elements or tools within an area of ongoing construction activities, and with the change in technological machinery or models of planning, the safety kits also have to evolve with time.
Today, it is not necessary that safety kits would only involve stuff like helmets, goggles, gloves, boots, safety jackets, but must evolve from those products to include something innovative which keep humans completely away from dangerous jobs which were not completely possible earlier. Below are some of the new tech trends which can be used as a safety tool.
- Orion flares – Though the use of Orion flares as a safety tool kit is not completely new, today, it is being used in several ways for signaling purposes. Apart from signaling about the location of some workers or its use as a source of light within the construction area, its long duration can be used as a signal for people to show them they are not authorized to enter a particular area.
- Automatic signaling traffic cones – The use of traffic cones is basically to show the way for the vehicles or pedestrians or to block their way from entering within a particular area. Today, automatic signaling traffic cones use led lights, which can be turned on during the night hours, along with attached sensors to signal in case someone touches it or reaches a danger spot.
Software for Management and Planning Purposes
If there is one place there technological innovation has been booming at an increasing rate is the software department where new software innovation leads to effective and efficient construction planning as well as management.
While earlier management and planning were expected to be done manually, today, it can be done automatically with the use of specific software tools that makes the construction procedure, management, planning, and even architecture easy. Some of these innovations include –
- Real-time virtual management and supervision of the construction site without always being on the site, unless needed.
- Bluetooth, WiFi, Camera, or GPS are attached to the safety gears of the construction workers to manage their real-time process and also ensuring their safety measures by keeping track of their location.
- Use of software for making unique architectural designs and knowing in advance which appropriate tools to use for particular areas of construction.
Conclusion
Technological trends in construction seem to be evolving at a much faster rate than before, and despite the above-mentioned listed innovations, there would be thousands of other change that is making its way into being the conventional tools and techniques.
