Technology in India's construction industry is important

The construction industry has abundant potential, and the companies must look forward towards implementing digitalization, innovative technologies, and new construction techniques to escalate productivity and efficiency. The construction industry is a significant indicator of the state of the economy in India, as it is one of the largest generators of employment in the country. In the upcoming years, India will undergo rapid social and economic changes. This will breed a substantial increase in the country's population and size of the cities, catering to a huge demand for the construction industry. India will shortly have one of the largest shares of the world’s building stock, comprising mainly of new developments.

Construction is one of the prominent sectors in the country, yet it has battled to get fine and simple technology on site. But now it is expected that there will be wider use of technology in construction and construction management in the future as companies realize the long-term efficiency and cost savings of such techniques. This is where the importance of latest software becomes paramount to drive quality and productivity all through the industry.

So what’s the best practice when initiating new technology, and where can technology really make an impact. Some of the trends that we anticipate playing a pivotal role are as follows:

Transforming product development through offsite construction

Projects that include repetitive floor plans or layouts in their design such as that of apartment buildings, hotels, hospitals, dormitories, prisons, and schools, typically make use of offsite construction. Offsite is mounted in a headed environment and it works as an auto manufacturing plant. Workers of each station have all the tools and materials to constantly perform their task, whether the task demands constructing a wall frame or installing electrical wiring. This assembly plant method of construction minimizes waste and permits workers to be more productive.

Compiling data

Compiling and disseminating data has always been a burdensome process for construction professionals. With the use of simple technology, this can be rationalized. Project teams gain from precise data on past and current projects to help provide an accurate idea of costs, equipment, and staff requirements, allowing you to enhance productivity.

Keep your project on time

With the utilization of managed, digital processes can sustain your project on time by allowing access to everyone to all the updated plans and documents. Planning delays can have a veil effect on the arranged trades and forces back the timeline for projects to be finished.

Secure data

Technology can assist in propelling the construction industry to be more efficacious and collaborative. For instance, cloud technology helps to keep all your data secure and accessible, and it also creates a best practice approach to any construction project. Technology will help you upgrade productivity, coherence, and can improve the data you collect on all the projects. This can provide you with an insight into areas that need optimization.

Reduced cost

It is anticipated that there will be increased use of technology in construction and construction management in the future as companies recognize the long-lasting proficiency and cost savings of such approaches. The latest technologies in the construction space have coexisted with a rising demand for faster construction and superior quality.

Significant changes can be assisted if companies adapt to technologies such as aluminum formwork, tunnel formwork, prefabricated buildings, building information modeling (BIM), among others. BIM can help the developers to incorporate digital representations of buildings in 3D models to accelerate greater collaboration among all stakeholders in a project. This gives way to the better designing and construction of buildings. Steel fabricated form to cast beam, walls and columns in one go is used in the Tunnel framework. One can repetitively make use of steel formwork as it reduces labor costs and saves time as the finishing work is not required on the walls and slabs, therefore improving construction efficiency. Moreover, by executing prefabricated technologies, developers can employ benefits consisting of site safety, waste reduction, improved air quality, and quality management.

Conclusion

As digitization is rapidly paving ways in the construction industry, companies over the spectrum will have to facilitate concentrated efforts to brush up their skills. They should focus on implementing digital change, innovative technologies, and new construction techniques to stay afloat in the competitive market.

By Prabh Paul, Co-founder and COO, Tracecost