The growth of IT in Construction

The use of IT will continue to grown at an ever-increasing rate.  This will bring benefits but will also increase demand on the companies IT infrastructure and IT support departments.  Issues like the need for increased communication both internal and external will put a strain on existing networks.  At the same time care will have to be taken to ensure that security is not put at risk.  It is the companies that can balance these requirements and keep pace and demands, rather than having progress restricted by their IT capability that will gain.

The mobile phone is fast developing into a hand held computer.  Mobile phones are already the default method of communication on and off site as they function from day one a green field site (usually!) right until hand-over.    Web based applications will gradually appear that allow access via mobile phone browsers or applets.