SESSION OVERVIEW

Construction is facing rising labor costs, shrinking skilled trade availability, longer schedules, and tighter margins. The answer isn’t working harder — it’s working differently.
 
 This session explores how construction automation is transforming residential and commercial building. From robotic layout and automated masonry to additive concrete systems, modular construction, panelization, and AI-driven scheduling, this class breaks down what’s real, what’s hype, and what builders can implement today.

 WHAT ATTENDEES WILL LEARN

• The core categories of construction automation

• Which technologies are scalable right now

• Where automation actually saves money (and where it doesn’t)

• How to evaluate ROI before investing

• What the next 5–10 years of jobsite evolution will look like