Iron, Data, and Dust: The Real Future of Automation and the Workforce
This keynote panel examines how automation and workforce change are moving construction away from manual methods toward predictive, data-driven operations. Speakers from a robotics company, a general contractor and an equipment rental firm explain what they are seeing on real projects.
Programme
- The projected retirement of 53% of the construction workforce by 2036 and its effect on know-how
- Fitting autonomous technology to existing machines instead of replacing entire fleets
- Going beyond digitised paperwork toward connected operations that feed a central system
- United Rentals telematics linked to Procore for a single view of owned and rented equipment
- How automation is creating new construction roles rather than removing them
Speakers
- Sasha Reed, Senior Director of Industry Transformation, Procore (moderator)
- Laurent Hautefeuille, COO, Bedrock Robotics
- Gene Hodge, VP of Innovation, Mortenson
- John Mongan, VP of Advanced Solutions, United Rentals
Details
- Organiser: Procore
- First broadcast: 5 March 2026, CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026 (Ground Breakers Stage), Las Vegas
- Length: 45 minutes
- Language: English
- Format: keynote panel recorded live, available on demand
