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Building a Better Future – How the Construction Industry Can Attract the Best Talent

Autodesk Construction Cloud

However, current projections indicate a shortage of workers to keep up with infrastructure demands. The growth of construction technology has skyrocketed , with venture capital (VC) activity reaching several billion dollars and outpacing the overall VC funding industry 15-fold in 2019.

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Survey Reveals the Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Contractors

Construction Junkie

More than half of the respondents were involved in building construction, 25% in highway and transportation, and 23% in both federal construction projects and utility infrastructure. 32% the firms surveyed said that they have not seen any change in headcount year over year, while another 27% have actually added employees since 2019.

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Empowering the workforce through digital transformation

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Through the use of Autodesk Construction Cloud, the project team realised significant gains in visibility and efficiency, saving one hour per day that was previously spent searching for information across different places – and that too, while working on Stage 3B of WestConnex, Australia’s largest infrastructure project.

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Autodesk Doubles Down in Helping the Construction Industry Reduce Risk 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

For example, the platform provides Suffolk Construction with reliable data from multiple software systems. Every day, our customers are focused on delivering a high-quality product while mitigating their project and business risk – and they should be rewarded for using our software to do so. .

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

Business Facilities

From the July/August 2019 Issue. 15th Annual Rankings: 2019 Metro Rankings Report. is expanding their Midtown software innovation center for 300 more jobs, and Salesforce expanded its regional headquarters in Atlanta with 600 jobs. By Business Facilities Staff. ATLANTA NO. 1 IN GROWTH POTENTIAL. Honeywell International Inc.

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Key Takeaways from the AGC and Autodesk 2021 Workforce Survey

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Represented firms provide building, highway and transportation, federal construction, and utility infrastructure services. On the other hand, fewer than 40% of firms reported difficulty hiring technology and software/database personnel. . One out of every four firms is leaning on software to help track incoming applications. .

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Why Projects Fail

Job Order Contracting

56% of trade contractors cite poor coordination and communication as negative impact on productivity 68% of trade contractors claim that poor schedule management is the top contributor to low productivity Only 22% of organizations use a PM software. VersionOne ) 77% of high-performing projects use project management software.