After a year of widespread project delays and cancellations, many walls and ceilings contractors will be looking for more certainty in 2021. While there have been many jokes made around the misery of 2020, construction pros can agree on one positive: the value of construction technology is no longer up for debate.
Many estimators, project managers, and contractors found themselves relying more on Zoom and digital tools as they were forced to do more bidding and planning of projects from their home offices. The Associated General Contractors of America survey of contractors last summer found that more than half (52 percent) of large firms and a third (33 percent) of midsized firms had increased learning programs with a strong online or video component, such as Zoom or Microsoft Teams.