STUDY: Automation Could Displace 2.7 Million Construction Workers by 2057

STUDY: Automation Could Displace 2.7 Million Construction Workers by 2057

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.

Read an Executive Summary Here .

“Advancements in technology have already dramatically re-shaped American manufacturing and eliminated millions of […]

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