First, the good news: construction employment has remained steady in 2019—despite recession fears and stock market jitters.

When JBKnowledge conducted its 2018 Construction Technology Report, more than 60 percent of the nearly 3,000 construction pros reported still relying on spreadsheets as part of their estimating process.

Technology seems to be simultaneously disrupting and driving change in today’s preconstruction industry.

For many walls and ceilings contractors, the days of estimators working with full-size plans and a single digitizer are a thing of the past.