Construction Magazine May 2018 | Page 92

HYPOWER INC
bringing value not just to us , but to them as well ,” observes Emerson .
“ This will become the new norm in how buildings are constructed ,” observes Vice President of Purchasing , Barry Olson . “ People in their 20s and 30s are coming into the industry with their own ideas and paradigms of how much easier computer modelling makes things , for example .
“ We ’ re in a time where we ’ ve got a lot of senior managers that are also saying , ‘ we ’ ve never done it this way , we ’ ve always done it the other way ’, and you now have enough new information and people in the industry asking the question , ‘ well why can ’ t we do it this way ?’
“ Whilst there ’ s a blending of the two , at some point this whole platform of how buildings are put together is going to be the generally accepted practice ,” he adds pensively . “ I think we ’ re ahead of the curve in what we ’ re planning , because we are looking down the road as to where this will lead .”
Nonetheless , Paul-Hus explains that the technology has presented a number of new challenges , particularly within
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“ Sooner or later things will slow down , but we now have enough foresight , vision and data to anticipate these challenges , and to weave our way through what the world throws at us ”

– President and CEO of Hypower Inc , Bernard Paul-Hus
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