The future of wearable technology for the construction industry conjures up images of workers covered in clunky machinery—hydraulically powered exosuits multiplying the wearers’ strength, while gleaming visors with information-dense heads-up displays block their vision.
Many firms and startups are trying to apply the techniques of 3D printing to building construction, including upscaling the tech to 3D-print entire structures from the ground up.
The value of new construction starts in September dropped 5% from the previous month but show an annual gain of 12%, according to Dodge Data & Analytics.
Link-Belt showed off its new truck-mounted crane, the HTC-86110 (above), and the TCC-1400 telecrawler (below) at its annual exposition in Lexington, Ky., in October.