{"id":3817,"date":"2019-01-10T14:36:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T19:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/resources_pages\/wearing-tech-jobsite\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T03:18:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:18:19","slug":"wearing-tech-jobsite","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/blog\/wearing-tech-jobsite\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Construction: Construction Exoskeleton and Other Safety Technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Norah Dick on January 11, 2019<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glassmagazine.com\/glassblog\/wearing-tech-jobsite-1918689\">Glass Magazine.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palladyneai.com\/\">Sarcos Robotics<\/a>, a global technology firm that designs robotic systems, announced in November 2018 that the company developed a &#8220;full-body, powered industrial exoskeleton robotic system,&#8221; the Guardian XO Max, according to a company release. This new construction exoskeleton, which is a new type of construction safety technology and the product of a nearly two-decade R&amp;D process, allows the user to lift up to 200 pounds and is slated to be available in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe potential for full-body, powered exoskeleton technology is immense\u2014from giving our workers super-human strength without putting added strain on their bodies, to improving productivity and efficiency,\u201d says John Santagate, research director, IDC, a market intelligence firm.<\/p>\n<p>Sarcos Robotics&#8217; construction exoskeleton innovation, designed for the industrial market, has clear implications for all construction and building industries, and specifically for workers on the job site. And survey responses from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uschamber.com\/economy\/usg-us-chamber-of-commerce-commercial-construction-index-2018-q4\">Commercial Construction Index<\/a>, compiled by the USG Corp. and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uschamber.com\/\">U.S. Chamber of Commerce,<\/a> suggest that construction contractors are ready to invest in these new technologies. The Q4 2018 report of the CCI, released in December 2018, showed that 74 percent of construction contractors surveyed expect to adopt new construction safety technology, including wearable technology, over the next three years. The future of construction is coming, and it will have immediate effects on both construction site safety and productivity.<\/p>\n<p>Current wearable technologies include a range of some automated equipment and robotics, but also wearable sensors connected to the BIM model that may denote what training and permissions employees have, says Donna Laquidara-Carr, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Data &amp; Analytics. \u201cThese kinds of tags are designed to make workers\u2019 abilities and movements transparent to a supervisor,\u201d she says. \u201cFor example, workers moving into a section of a worksite that is beyond their training level might be flagged as a danger to prevent injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the CCI, most contractors\u201483 percent\u2014see wearable technology as a way to improve worker safety. Improved workforce management and productivity were other perceived advantages.<\/p>\n<p>Increased affordability is also a likely variable in the adoption of these technologies. \u201cCost is always a major factor,\u201d says Laquidara-Carr. \u201cCosts for those technologies are coming down, contributing to contractors&#8217; interest in using them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another factor in the future of construction and the anticipated adoption of these technologies is the growing tech literacy of workers. While the construction industry can be slow to change, says Laquidara-Carr, most workers at construction companies have become familiar with different forms of tech through regular use. \u201cWorkers no longer have this huge barrier to learn fancy new tech,\u201d she says. \u201cNormal consumers, including people in construction, have gotten much more tech savvy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3819,"template":"","class_list":["post-3817","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Future of Construction: Construction Exoskeleton and Other Safety Technologies | Dodge Construction Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how wearable technology is enhancing safety and efficiency on the construction jobsite, from smart helmets to GPS tracking.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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