7 trends that will shape commercial construction in 2019

7 trends that will shape commercial construction in 2019 Is a trend really a trend if it is repeated year after year? That is a valid concern in the world of commercial construction. For a competitive and fragmented industry that resists the rapid evolution observed in others, participants and observers continually see that some of the movements of glaciers occupy a central place.

Construction of modular heights in increase.

The modular construction market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6.9%, from $ 112.4 billion today to $ 157 billion by 2023. And buildings constructed through sites, modular prefabricated units are stacked increasingly.

Prescient, for example, exceeded its buildings by five floors until 2015. The continuous refinement of its technology, however, allows the company to build buildings of up to 18 floors. The average square footage of their projects has exploded similarly, trebled from 60,000 square feet in 2015 to 200,000 square feet today.

Satyen Patel, CEO of Prescient, told Construction Dive that smaller buildings in the early stages of the company's life demonstrated their capabilities, increased visibility in the market, and helped bolster customer confidence to search for more buildings. big.

Technology that complements, does not replace, human workers.

Instead of fearing automation, Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost encouraged attendees at Autodesk University 2017 to think where automation can lead the industry. Last November, he followed up on his opening speech, noting that automation will give professionals the opportunity to create a better and more meaningful job by eliminating redundant and repetitive tasks.

The popularity of design-construction is growing.

"Design-build is no longer an 'alternative' delivery method," Preston Haskell, founder of Haskell Construction and co-founder of the Design-Build Institute of America, told attendees at the association's 25th anniversary event this year.

The method of hiring a single entity to design and build a project was a disruptive trend not so long ago, but now, the "master builder" approach accounts for almost half of all US non-residential expenditures.

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Construction of lean cut waste in all its forms.

The United States economy is still recovering from the Great Recession and is likely to approach another, smaller recession in 2019 or 2020, according to some analysts' estimates. According to a report

by McKinsey & Co., the most important thing for the construction industry is to reduce inefficiency and improve productivity levels.

Gen Z growing Millennials will be between 23 and 38 years old in 2019, which means that companies are coming to the end of the road with strategies to attract this cohort to careers in construction.

The new approach for market researchers, recruiters and forecasters is Generation Z, born between 1995 and 2010 and aged between 9 and 22 years. They graduate from high school by the millions every year, and are fortunate for companies that lack skilled workers to see baby boomers retire - the construction industry can attract them on many levels.