JBKnowledge, Inc., the privately-held company that created and developed SmartBid and produces the ConTechCrew podcast, recently released its 2018 Construction Technology Report. The report has been created annually since 2012 in partnership with the National Electrical Contractors Association, the Mechanical Contractors Association of America, the Construction Financial Management Association, the Construction Science Department at Texas A&M University and others. It surveyed 2,825 contractors, subcontractors and professionals involved with the construction process about their information technology usage, expectations and needs.

Some of the new questions in the 2018 survey provided answers that reveal detailed information about the role of both women and millennials in construction, how use of drone technology has taken off in the last two years and what construction IT professionals expect from their leaders. One thing that stands out, though, is what hasn't changed from previous editions of the report.