As we pass one year of living in the “new normal” of a global pandemic, the construction industry—and the specialty trade sector in particular—has navigated the unprecedented year and resulting economic impacts with an unmatched level of resiliency. We saw offices moving to the home, projects delayed and cancelled, new government working regulations and so much more. But one undeniable result of the pandemic has been a drastic increase in implementation of new technology and new practices in our industry—something that’s been sorely needed for some time now.
As many around the world quickly turned to working in new ways with Zoom, turning our living rooms into movie theaters with Netflix and even took our chess games to a whole new level, the construction industry has been rapidly adopting new ways of working—most revolving around technology. And the biggest step being made on that front? Moving to the cloud.