The digitalization of the construction industry is unstoppable
The construction industry is experiencing remarkable growth and is leaving a successful 2019 behind: The previously forecasted growth of around nine percent is more than confirmed, digitalization is advancing in leaps and bounds, and awareness of sustainable construction is increasingly taking hold in people's minds. The outlook for 2020 trends is less surprising, but all the more important: BIM (Building Information Modelling), PPP (Public Private Partnership) and green building are increasingly coming into focus for all construction industry stakeholders. We explain what these points entail and why they remain highly relevant in 2020.
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The introduction of digital methods for construction and planning in 2020
Digitalization also presents new possibilities for the construction industry. But precisely where new opportunities await, expectations and understandably fears are also high. It is therefore no surprise that the group of pro-digitalization construction advocates is still very small.
BIM is set to become standard in 2020
The introduced roadmap for BIM is finally supposed to be completed in Germany in 2020 – a major step for building owners, architects and suppliers. BIM is not only intended to digitalize the entire building planning process, but also to provide transparency and seamless, simple communication between stakeholders while saving time and costs – to name just a few advantages.
The entire value chain of construction is to be packaged into data that should make planning significantly more efficient – accordingly, the use of tools and software is at the center of focus in 2020.
Green building continues to penetrate the minds of all construction industry stakeholders
The topic of "sustainable construction" seems to be increasingly taking hold in the industry, which is why we no longer want to call it a trend here. From paperless construction sites to the use of sustainable raw materials, in 2020 resource-efficient construction planning, ecological materials and social acceptance will be prioritized – because only in this way can "green building" be successful in quality terms.
Public Private Partnership gains even more attention
The topic of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) also plays an important role in the construction industry, especially in building construction. In this case, the private contractor handles everything from a single source, and the public client hands over their project to private hands. What they hope to achieve: Faster realization and implementation of the project, lower costs and better optimized processes. Why does this topic become even more relevant in 2020? PPPs enable private contractors to realize exciting construction projects that they could otherwise never win. The appeal of these construction projects is enormous.
Even though the private contractor bears full responsibility, PPP projects typically run more cost-effectively: Financing, planning and construction come from a single source and can thus be calculated optimally, so that the project can ultimately be transferred debt-free to the public sector.
What the construction industry can expect from digitalization in 2020
The word digitalization is certainly no longer unfamiliar in the construction industry, yet it still causes many participants to heave an uneasy sigh. However, global networking offers enormous opportunities – for building owners, suppliers and not least for online construction machinery rental platforms: Time savings, efficiency, transparency and simplicity are just a few attributes that describe the future of digital rental processes.
And we are right at the forefront in 2020: klarx offers the klarxMANAGER, a digital dispatcher, that manages your construction projects from start to finish and makes everything as simple as possible. We also focus on sustainability and deliberately forgo postal invoice shipping, so that not only the ecological footprint benefits, but also your personal workload.
The deployment of digital technologies will take the construction industry to a new, even more efficient level in 2020 and continue to replace those uneasy sighs with delighted cheers.
