{"id":13422,"date":"2023-02-22T12:12:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T20:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/productivity-esg-headline-agc-innovation-awards\/"},"modified":"2023-02-22T12:12:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T20:12:50","slug":"productivity-esg-headline-agc-innovation-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/productivity-esg-headline-agc-innovation-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Productivity, ESG headline AGC Innovation Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Associated General Contractors of America has selected the three finalists for its 2023 Construction Innovation Awards, which recognize forward-thinking and creative ways to address pain points in construction.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The three finalists for this year\u2019s awards are:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><strong><span><span><span><span>Coastal Construction\/Togal<\/span><\/span>: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Miami-based Coastal Construction uses Togal.AI to save time during the estimating process, a long, costly part of commercial construction. Togal uses proprietary AI algorithms to automatically and accurately detect, label, and measure project spaces, walls and objects within seconds. Additionally, Togal compares drawing versions and provides an instant quantitative analysis of all changes or modifications, according to the entry. The company claims Coastal estimators are only spending 10% of their time completing quantity survey takeoffs, a direct savings of 10,000 hours of work a year.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><strong><span><span><span><span>Green Badger<\/span><\/span>: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Savannah, Georgia-based Green Badger provides a software-as-a-service platform to automate and easily report LEED compliance and ESG metrics, according to the award entry.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><strong><span><span><span><span>PCL Construction Services\/Job Site Access<\/span><\/span>: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Edmonton, Alberta-based PCL is using Job Site Access, a software program developed by the company\u2019s business technology department, to help with security and efficiency on the jobsite. Using the program, managers can monitor physical access to project sites and tailor entry to certain applications and tech usage, such as QR code badges, facial recognition or industrial turnstiles.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The added tech and emphasis on advancement illustrate a reality in the industry that construction has a technology problem \u2014 it\u2019s one of the least-digitized industries in the world, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/industries\/technology-media-and-telecommunications\/our-insights\/digital-america-a-tale-of-the-haves-and-have-mores\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>according to a McKinsey report<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Another McKinsey report cites <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/capabilities\/operations\/our-insights\/reinventing-construction-through-a-productivity-revolution\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>construction labor-productivity growth<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> of only 1% per year, compared with growth of 2.8% for the total world economy and 3.6% in the case of manufacturing. It\u2019s a challenge the industry faces that <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/05\/opinion\/economy-construction-productivity-mystery.html?unlocked_article_code=q0xoZeNSz-V6_eXNgbyHzUBji3ge-rcOnVXWmHsOYPufryDlyzCt79h3fQPMmQACk5y7__-KkxUxSRoyX7Z7_0pCiL6sKTMSUu-5-9yfki2UyxP7SJIt4dCu-KX4MHTTariIgPRVegolG0iRCWCQkCZDhuqSVqrQgAuuY6MuUcRDavyCq6VQTqRVtCWj1wD6WTPZvy02ASlrwA645qwwhzMl4RkC4sH11PFulbLewxGeXEI_2wBb5ohUHtMY7q9ZvpTnrNQrKXTE_HJhuJDdfpBY8oa73k2ZbxJQoHch8IH3tARoO1rWp4zfxOm7foAwjJFtMQ85CPL2Y2Kca8u7fBEuwWX6hDzyRGxnYIBMeT77K6c&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>has no easy answer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The AGC\u2019s Innovation Awards, started in 2018, emphasizes forward-looking solutions to construction\u2019s most pressing problems, including:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Workforce shortage and lack of diversity.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Technology advancements.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Jobsite safety.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Sustainability.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Project complexity.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Ten to 25 competitors apply for the awards each year, said Sarah Gallegos, building division director at AGC and head of the awards program. This year, seven applied.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Innovation Awards are also the only program in the association\u2019s portfolio with cash prizes \u2014 the grand prize winner will take home $7,000, with second and third place garnering $3,500 and $1,500, respectively.\u00a0Winners will be announced during the opening session of the AGC Annual Convention, slated for March 13-16 in Las Vegas.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Solutions don\u2019t need to have a hard tech focus, Gallegos said. Anything that can help the industry advance is fair game.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cWe didn&#8217;t just want this to be technology based. The idea was \u2018forward thinking,\u2019 so anything that you think that your company is doing to provide innovations to the construction industry in some capacity,\u201d Gallegos told Construction Dive.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>For example <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Lti2N0y5iY4\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>last year\u2019s first place winner<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, the AGC Washington Education Foundation\u2019s Core Plus program, helps high school students choose construction as a career, but isn\u2019t wholly tech-focused.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/productivity-esg-headline-agc-innovation-awards\/643304\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Associated General Contractors of America has selected the three finalists for its 2023 Construction Innovation Awards, which recognize forward-thinking &#8230; <a title=\"Productivity, ESG headline AGC Innovation Awards\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/productivity-esg-headline-agc-innovation-awards\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Productivity, ESG headline AGC Innovation Awards\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[457],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-dive","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}