Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) will be hosting a webinar on Tuesday 17th December 2024 (2:00pm - 4:00pm)

Webinar info:

The construction industry is notoriously poor at both adopting and benefiting from new technology and this is routinely cited as a key factor in low productivity growth.

 

Yet at a time of increasing skills shortages (CITB says that there is a need for an extra 251,500 extra construction workers by 2028), the industry is going to have to embrace technology to drive productivity – as human workers will simply not be available.

 

What are the causes of low productivity and waste and which types of technology are best able to tackle them?  

 

This webinar will cover both. Ed McCann will introduce the session setting out the nature of the challenge and opportunity that we see.  

 

John Priestland will then set out work that he and the C-Tech Club have been doing to help address construction technology market disfunctions and will provide an overview of the range of existing and emerging technology options available, including the 31 categories of construction technology set out in the C-Tech Club’s ‘catalogue’.

 

He will also explain the importance of getting individual technology tools to work together.

 

After a brief Q&A we will then open out the discussion for participants to contribute.