In a new quarterly column for Construction Executive, Triax CEO Chad Hollingsworth shares his thoughts on preparing for the connected jobsite of the future. Read the full piece here and check out his past article on using technology to bridge construction’s labor gap here.
Contractors are seeing the demystification of big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning. In reality, project sites have been collecting “data” – contracts, change orders, certifications, time and attendance – for hundreds of years, albeit inefficiently and unreliably. IoT-enabled solutions are automating, aggregating and organizing this data so that it can be shared, analyzed and implemented across architects, owners, contractors, trades and insurers.