As we head into the summer of 2016, it appears that construction is back and in some areas even booming. During the leaner times of the past 10 years, the contractors that made it through learned how to survive by taking efficiency to a whole new level. However, most of that efficiency has come as a result of improvements of transferring information through software and electronics.
In 2006, building information modeling (aka BIM) was rarely used by contractors but in 2016 it is almost a requirement for most large projects. In 2006, cell phones were primarily used to make phone calls, yet today they can be used as personal computers and can hold all the documents, photos and correspondence for your entire project. While management tools are great for a foreman or project manager, what innovations or improvements to efficiency have been developed for the benefit of the mechanic that labors in the field?