Adopting Technology
July 1, 2015
News & Media
Being early adopters of technology including machine control and GPS-based survey systems is a good way to overcome the contracting industry’s inherent skill shortage says Patrick Peoples, Managing Director of Schick Construction and Cartage of Te Rapa.
While fewer people might be employed on a project nowadays, technology can help bridge the gap in available resource and increase the accuracy of the
inished product.
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