ENR’s 2020 Top 20 Under 40 includes several thought leaders and innovators in the use and broader application of the latest design and construction technology—everything from automating building processes to designing better power distribution systems. The tech-savvy rising stars stressed how the pandemic is impacting both the development of new technologies and speed of adoption of existing ones.
Several of those cited this year—including Aaron Yohnke, vice president and district manager at PCL Construction; Menzer Pehlivan, geotechnical earthquake engineer at Jacobs; and digital technology manager Chitwan Saluja, also at that firm—mentioned their use of Microsoft HoloLens to visit jobsites virtually and hold meetings. Wearable technology that is recording project data is another tech development many of the Top 20 said was changing processes.