Picking from 2K+ con-tech startups like ‘a kid in a candy shop’

AUTHOR Kathleen Brown

Finding reliable products in the booming construction technology marketplace has contractors stretched thin, but the right partnerships could boost efficiency and offset the hassle.

Christian Burger, president at Burger Consulting Group, jokes that an IT leader faced with a wealth of construction software choices is “the kid in the candy store [who] used to have a choice between five or 10 pieces of candy and now he’s got 50 or 100 and his mind starts to get overwhelmed.”

To onlookers, the flood of choices seems to present an opportunity for the industry to improve its efficiency by catching up to the digitization strides other sectors have made. But to construction executives who understand just how much legwork and money go into choosing and successfully implementing tech solutions, it looks like a considerable risk.

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