Utilising technology to keep up with the modern economy is one of the most vital things you need to do if you want to take your business to the next level in 2024. When you embrace modern technology, you can find that your company gains access to more projects and more work. It can allow your workers to take their work to newer heights, and even start doing different construction tasks more quickly. That doesn’t mean you have to spend a lot of money – however, your construction company could be using technology to transform and change your prospects. Here are 4 key pieces of technology your construction business should be investing in today. 

Smartphones

Ensuring that your staff have mobile smart phones on them is one of the best things that you can do as a construction business. This can facilitate communication between your staff on large building sites, helping you get the job done quicker. You can also prevent unexplained absences as your staff are better able to get in contact with you throughout the day, and can also make you aware of anything that goes wrong on site. Providing your staff with smartphones is a surefire way to facilitate better communication and make everything run a bit smoother when you’re completing a contract. 

Tablets 

Having a few tablets in your business’ possession might be one of the best things to do if you train and upskill a large portion of your staff regularly. If a lot of your staff take construction NVQs, health and safety training and more, having a few tablets can help them with their learning and help them take better pictures for their construction portfolio. When you invest in the education and training of your staff, you end up with a better qualified staff who can do more for your business. 

Drones

This might be one of the most ‘out-there’ suggestions on your list, but now that many construction businesses are investing in their digital marketing, using drone footage for your promotional material may make a huge difference. When you use drone footage after completing a project, it gives potential clients a 360 view of your work – and makes you look far more professional. Having a fantastic digital portfolio of your company’s work can allow you to win more contracts and take your business to the next level – so whether you buy or hire one, drones can really improve your company’s promotional material. 

Insulation Technology 

One of the most popular types of work that will be available to construction businesses over the next couple of years has to be insulation retrofit work, such as robots who can carry out under-floor insulation work. Hundreds of thousands of homes need to have retrofit work conducted, to make them energy-efficient and help countries reach their net zero goals. This will be a huge part of construction over the next couple of years, because of the Paris Climate Agreement. Construction companies can get this work through investing in insulation technology, as well as investing in retrofit qualifications for their staff.