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The next chapter is devoted to software, from the ground up. You might know some of the concepts, but probably not the frameworks introduced. How software gets made will make you a better consumer of software, as well as a better selector and, it is my hope, a co‐creator of software products.

Chapter 3 discusses the more modern aspects of software: networking and systems of software. This includes the cloud, APIs, and other terms that are essential to understanding how the software you use, from email to Procore to Revit, connect to each other and operate.

Chapter 4 goes out into the field, with a deep discussion of construction management software and a wide range of other field software products.

Chapter 5 looks at industrialized construction, which is made up of automation, prefab, and manufacturing. Automation specifically is a boogeyman for many field workers, as there is a concern that robots either in the field, or at an offsite manufacturing facility will erode wages or take jobs altogether. We'll explore this from a technology as well as an economics standpoint.

Chapter 6 looks at the ultimate technology boogeyman, artificial intelligence. As the most hyped technology in many years, AI has suffered from too many stories about what it might do, and not enough practical discussion about what it currently can do. There are hard limits to what current approaches to AI can handle, and a huge gulf between those approaches and any of the nightmare scenarios that have so obsessed some in the media.

We extend those ideas into Chapter 7, with a review of applications of AI, things you can actually pick up and use right now and in the near future.

In Chapter 8 we'll get into some of the sexier technologies that are making their way into construction, including virtual reality, augmented reality, the Internet of Things (IoT), and more. These technologies promise to completely change how projects are imagined, planned, and built.

Chapter 9 explores technology innovation and its adoption by companies and users alike. Well over 100 years of experience and research into how technologies spread and more recent work on how companies can most effectively manage technology adoption as part of a digital transformation strategy give us a strong foundation for charting a profitable path forward.

Finally, Chapter 10 will summarize the book's core themes of mindset changes and attempt to predict what construction might look like in 2035. Such a prediction will be wrong in the details, as they always are. But we know enough to make some bets that can help you decide on what to do, and learn next.