Construction Tech News

One of the world's oldest industries is finally digitizing. This section tracks construction technology, covering project management platforms, robotics and automation on job sites, modular and 3D-printed building methods, and the startups and investors betting on the sector.

Expect stories about software that coordinates crews and materials, drones and cameras monitoring site progress, robots taking on repetitive or dangerous tasks, and prefabrication ventures promising faster, cheaper building. Funding rounds and pilot project results feature regularly.

Construction represents a massive share of global GDP yet has long trailed other industries in productivity growth, so successful technology here has outsized economic impact. Contractors, developers, engineers, and investors in the built environment follow this space for early signs of what works.