Having developed expertise across the Construction sector and Digital function, our experience tells us that the Construction industry is not only short on innovation, but also lacks the ability to challenge and change this.
From a digital perspective, the Construction industry seems to be falling way short of other similar industrialised sectors, such as Oil & Gas, Utilities, and Basic Goods manufacturing. These seem to be ‘holding their own’ against the heavily digitised sectors of ICT, Media, and Professional services. As most Construction firms are low margin businesses, and with many facing numerous challenges, even the largest firms are unable to innovate within the sector. Project planning, for example, remains uncoordinated between the office and the field, and a lack of innovation and ability to change sees many firms still running paper-based systems to manage processes and deliverables.