Labor Is the Biggest Number on Your Job. Why Is It the Last One You See?

Construction has modernized how it manages design documents and jobsite information, eliminating outdated paper-based processes that once delayed decision-making. Labor cost tracking remains stuck in old workflows despite being the largest line item on most construction projects, suggesting the industry has more work to do on operational efficiency.

We spent thirty years teaching the construction industry to stop working from stale information. Nobody builds off a drawing set that is two weeks old anymore. Nobody walks a jobsite with a roll of paper under their arm hoping it matches what the design team issued on Tuesday. We moved documents to…

This story was originally published by Autodesk Construction Cloud Blog.