From the course: Construction Management: Technology on the Jobsite

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Benefits of using technology

Benefits of using technology

From the course: Construction Management: Technology on the Jobsite

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Benefits of using technology

- Safety in any construction process is pinnacle. It's what we look for first. Construction technology being able to model conditions, being able to build these buildings before we put a shovel in the ground through building information modeling, through visual aides. What we are able to show in a virtual world. We can look at constructability. We can look at conditions that may create unsafe conditions for the installation of any piece of equipment. We use a lot of visual tools to communicate with our guys on a daily basis, changing conditions on a site. We can show them without putting them in harm's way and ahead of time before walking out onto a job site areas where you are clear to be, areas where you're not clear to be, where we're going to be picking things with a crane, where your no fly zones are. There's a lot that we can communicate visually to guys without putting them in harm's way to try to keep them safe. - If you think about it, all of our superintendents are taking…

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