Highfield is also excited by the power of increased collaboration through technology . “ When the construction process gets led down to the construction and the site management and the actual physical building of the structure , we see the collaborative tools getting better and more joined up . We really will see benefits to how buildings are created with construction teams wearing headsets on site so they can visualise what they ’ re achieving . They will be able to pull out issues where there may be something structurally wrong with the site that wasn ’ t picked up before , because they have the plans in front of them . I think that collaboration between architects and construction are making that link tighter and this proves really interesting for the transformation of the industry .”
“ Therefore , we came to the conclusion that we do need the right skills across the organisation . You need the skills at the ground level with people capable of picking the technology up , using the technology and having a play with it . You also need the sponsorship from the executives and the leadership of the organisation to empower the workforce to say , ‘ Yeah , great , go ahead , have a play , and see what impact that makes ’.
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