How Tech Solutions Make Home Building Easier

Tech solutions for businesses in almost every industry are streamlining processes and making companies more efficient. In the construction industry, these tech solutions can help track hours and billing, integrate safety features into commonly used tools, and even automate parts of building in eco-friendly ways. Adding these solutions to your construction company as they hit the market can make your employees safer and more invested in projects as well as provide cost cutting benefits without sacrificing the quality of your work.

Tracking Apps

One of the most time-consuming tasks you are likely to run into with your construction business is tracking everything from hours worked to supply shipments. Luckily, there are apps for that. You can find construction time sheet tracking apps that allow you to clock each team member and tradesman in or out on your mobile device, reducing the number of items you have to take with you to the site. These apps can also save you time because you will not have to manually write down each time punch on-site or travel to and from your time clock at the office.

Construction AR

Augmented reality, AR, solutions allow you to see the world differently through a camera lens. In mobile game apps, this can translate into seeing game elements and characters pop up throughout your neighborhood; on construction sites, AR can show you which surfaces are electrified by reading the temperatures and send an alert to your mobile device. Designers and builders can also use augmented reality to show clients what their home or office building will look like on a vacant lot, how furniture or cabinets can look in a room and even give homeowners a guided tour of their home during renovation by superimposing design elements on images of the real world.

Smart Homes

More clients are asking for smart building elements to be added during the construction of new homes and commercial projects. This can be a headache for some contractors, but it can give you added benefits that you may not realize. For instance, you can set these smart features to alert you to any storm damage, electrical outages or malfunctioning systems on your construction site when they come online. At the minimum, advising your clients of the smart building options available at the beginning of the project will save you the time and frustration of having to add them to the scope of work later on, especially if you already have the walls up and the homeowner wants to run a Wi-Fi cable to the TV.

Drones and Robots

When most people think of the use of drones and robots on construction sites, they picture hard-working construction laborers put out of a job. This is rarely the case, however, as both tech solutions can make your job easier and safer when used correctly. For instance, drones can be used to inspect storm damage or deliver supplies to rooftops and robots can lift and hold steel I-beam trusses for your crew to secure in place. Assisting your teams with this equipment can reduce the number of accidents and injuries to your crew while speeding up the building process safely.

Eco-Friendly Prefabrication

Some tech innovations in the field of building construction focus on making the process more eco-friendly through the materials and power sources used. There have been whole buildings 3D printed on site, a robot printing panels for crews to secure in place and prefabricated buildings with interlocking parts put up in days. As more architects work with modular designed buildings, you can even bulk purchase the panels and connections you need for a variety of buildings to save money while being able to expand the number of designs offered to clients.

Tech innovations and solutions for construction companies are often designed to make the process faster, safer and cheaper for all involved. These include timecard mobile apps, prefabricated modular buildings and robots for heavy lifting. Adding these solutions to your business model can help you keep up with the changes in the market while streamlining your processes and increasing worker safety.