{"id":7484,"date":"2025-04-28T11:40:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T01:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=7484"},"modified":"2025-04-28T11:40:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T01:40:16","slug":"how-robots-are-making-prefab-construction-safer-and-cleaner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/how-robots-are-making-prefab-construction-safer-and-cleaner\/","title":{"rendered":"How Robots Are Making Prefab Construction Safer and Cleaner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Why are walls always straight? Why does it cost so much to build them? Why do construction projects often run late? And why are there so many accidents on building sites?<\/a> Construction has always been a conservative industry \u2026doing things as they have always done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, a new wave of innovation is coming that will change how buildings look, how they are made, and who wins in the new era of construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today (April 28) marks the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, which this year focuses on the role of digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI) in changing workplaces: “Too often, artificial intelligence is being deployed not as a tool for progress but as a weapon against workers,” according to the International Trade Union Confederation General Secretary Luc Triangle<\/em>. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom warehouses to hospitals, delivery bikes to data labs, workers are under pressure like never before. The deployment of new technologies must respect the norms of any other changes in the workplace: workers have a right to be consulted and included. This basic, democratic, workplace right will ensure the use of AI is designed with safety, fairness and dignity at its core. Workers and their unions must have a seat at the table for the benefit of all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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