Is it possible to transform the construction industry?
As the founder of a construction technology start-up, I can say that this issue is definitely not about technology. There is an unnecessary ego, too much reliance on experience and a great resistance to change in the industry.
The hierarchical structure of construction companies and the lack of empowerment for young people stand out as some of the main problems preventing change.
In addition to these, the lack of a collaborative working culture between owner, contractor, and designer causes constant disagreements.
Technology?
You cannot solve these problems with BIM, artificial intelligence, or innovative mobile applications. For the solution, everyone, from the youngest employee to the CEO of the company, has to admit the truth.
As an industry, we are absolutely failing at productivity, and each workflow needs to be overhauled and fundamentally revised.
It is increasingly important for governments, in particular, to put productivity-related quality assessments to the fore in public tenders, to really highlight the building lifecycle, and to force the industry into managerial change.
Managers in the construction sector to secure their positions in the company resist the new technologies. In order to overcome the inertia of the sector, we need young-minded managers that embrace innovation.
Construction companies look like high-risk slot machines with 2%-3% profits and large cash flows. Anyone who understands a little probability theory knows that the risk increases as you keep turning the handle of the machine.
Start to Change Now…
If you are in the construction industry, you should immediately start thinking about how we can transform. If you say we will go the way we know. Please remember that the only place you will reach on that road will be a sad end.
If we come to the technology part of the job, technology will be an important tool for you when you really want change. Then start-ups like Botmore technology will be waiting for you.
Don’t Pretend, Do It!
In summary, we don’t want a sector that can’t really report what’s going on at the construction site, that can’t compare design and production, that breaks records in work accidents, that can’t coordinate, that harms the environment, that writes hundreds of pages of BIM implementation plans without understanding the real spirit of BIM.
