Back and to
the future
What
will you be doing 20 years from now?
Can't
really say for sure, can you?
What
were you doing 20 years ago?
That's
no doubt easier to recall, and it was probably something far removed
from what you're doing today.
Twenty
years doesn't sound like that long of a time, until the question's
called. Then you realize just how much can change in two decades.
That's
what writers for this issue of Wisconsin Builder did - they
called the questions. They asked a pertinent few in the construction
industry to look back to 1983 to get a glimpse of the past through
their eyes. Then they queried a few others about what 2023 will
look like.
And
as the past 20 years have transformed the industry, expect the
same to happen in the 20 to come, our seers said.
For
instance, writer Mark Kass learns that construction trailers will
by 2023 look more like high-tech corporate centers, where computers
will keep superintendents in constant communications with architects
and designers through e-mail, chat rooms or video conferencing.
And
writer Seth Ansorge takes a look at the skilled-labor shortage
then and now, only to learn that the need for workers will continue
to grow and grow and grow.
How
will individual firms change? Writer Jeremy Harrell talked to
CG Schmidt's Craig Capano for an answer to that question. Check
out that Q&A to learn how what Capano characterizes as one-stop
shopping may transform the way you're doing business.
Join
us in our journey to the past and future; we hope you enjoy the
trip.
