Perhaps no industry has been hit as hard by the labor shortage as the construction industry, so it should come as no surprise that contractors would look to automation to fill the gap. The Midwestern Economic Policy Institute, along with the Project for Middle Class Renewal, dove into the issue and concluded that as many as 2.7 million construction jobs could be automated by 2057.
That level of displacement represents 49% of the America’s blue-collar construction workforce, the report says, adding that automation would also eliminate nearly 500,000 non-construction jobs in the next 37 years as well.
“Advancements in technology have […]
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