Research recently conducted by PlanGrid and FMI Corporation determined time spent on non-optimal activities such as fixing mistakes, looking for project data and managing conflict resolution accounts for $177.5 billion in labor costs per year in the U.S. construction industry. The “Construction Disconnected” study also found that rework caused by miscommunication and inaccurate and inaccessible information will cost the U.S. construction industry more than $31 billion this year.
Other key findings include:
- On average, construction workers lose almost two full working days each week dealing with conflict, solving avoidable issues and searching for project information.
- Miscommunication and poor project data account for 48 percent of all rework on U.S construction jobsites.
- More than three-quarters of respondents provide mobile devices to their project managers and field supervisors, but less than one-fifth of companies consistently use apps aside from email, text, and phone calls to access project data and collaborate with project stakeholders.
