Busy Work or Empowerment? Something Has to Change About Tech in the Field

Ever noticed this peculiar dynamic going on at a construction site? Some construction technologies are mandated to use on a project, be it BIM, CAD, scheduling software — what have you — but the people on-site (project managers, construction managers, superintendents, etc.) do the absolute minimum to keep those systems current.

Which in practice means they are not up to date at all. The relevance of those digital tools plummets as soon as building gets underway. What good is a monthly schedule update if that schedule is obsolete within the time it takes to update it? How helpful is a BIM model if it does not reflect real-world conditions?