Like manufacturing, the U.S. construction industry is becoming more reliant on capital and technology Increasing automation in the construction industry could displace or replace as much as 49% of America’s blue-collar construction workforce (2.7 million workers) and eliminate nearly 500,000 non-construction jobs by 2057, according to "The Potential Consequences of a Highly Automated Construction Industry" , a new study by the Midwest Economic Policy Institute (MEPI) and the Project for Middle Class Renewal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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“Advancements in technology have already dramatically re-shaped American manufacturing and eliminated millions of […]
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