One of the industries being dramatically reinvented by China is the construction sector as the nation’s demand on labor and materials puts stresses on the economy.
An answer local developers and builders have found to these constraints has been to turn to prefabricated construction.
While prefab building isn’t new, Chinese builders are pushing the techniques of designing, manufacturing and assembling the structures.
In Changsha, the capital of southern China’s Hunan Province, local construction company Broad Group built a 57-story building using 1200 in 19 days.
Coupled with large scale 3D printing and computerised design tools, the Chinese builders are redefining the construction industry with methods that are far more efficient and less labor intensive.
For companies, and countries, that depend upon the construction industry for employment and profit these techniques could be another disruption.
Again we’re seeing there are few industries immune from major disruption as technology changes business.