Technology
Is Construction Technology Ready for Launch?
With technology, there is the potential for transparency, and with that, higher customization and productivity. Construction is an interconnected industry with a bright future and room for growth.
By Matthew Carli
October 12, 2020
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by Matthew Carli
Matthew Carli oversees global efforts to scout, incubate and integrate emerging construction tech. Focus technologies include automation activities with construction robotics, like 3D printing and other area like IoT, digital solutions, new materials and jobsite logistics, the challenges of getting a conservative industry to adopt developing technologies is a daily reality. Matthew has been with Laticrete, a global construction materials company, since 2013, starting in a holistic development program as a management trainee, then becoming strategic business development manager. Prior to Laticrete, Matthew was based in Dongguan, China, working as a marketing and sales liaison for an industrial cleaning equipment company.
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