NEW YORK CITY- New constructiontechnology has sprung online after a slow jump for the industry toget on board with its deployment. Nowadays, developers andhomeowners view technology as a necessity in building their dreamprojects, and in a perfect world as easy as downloading anapplication. With the current rush to technology adoption, theindustry is asking will it eliminate human labor,Julian Anderson, president of RiderLevett Bucknall North America, a cost and project management andadvisory services, tells Globest.com.

According to Anderson,The fear is that technologyapplications will replace professionals in the constructionindustry, however, from his perspective he sees that as highlyunlikely because most construction today includes redevelopment andbuild-outs.  "A great amount of work in the constructionindustry is not new construction. It is renovations and placingspaces within existing spaces, which will need somebody to have aneyeball for it and come up with a concept for that space," hesaid. 

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Mariah Brown

Mariah Brown is the New York Bureau Chief and Real Estate Reporter for GlobeSt.com, covering the New York Metro area, Northeast region and national real estate trends. She is responsible for producing multi-media content, including articles, podcasts and video. Before joining the GlobeSt team, she served as a New York Times fellow, reported for the Associated Press in New York and Philadelphia and several other New York City-based outlets.