Approximately 50 percent of the current positions in the construction sector, according to The Economist, could be automated. That’s a good thing, too. With disruptive changes to business models expected to have a profound impact on the employment landscape in the coming years, the push toward using more automation and assistive technologies could quite possibly be the light at the end of every engineering and construction firm’s tunnel right now.
Across many business segments, from warehousing to retail to distribution, we are seeing an uptick in the amount of automation, robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning,…