As the construction industry is warned to modernise or die, we look at some upcoming construction innovations that’ll make 2017 very interesting indeed.

2016, as years go, hasn’t been brilliant.

David Bowie, Prince, Lemmy from Motorhead – it feels like we’re losing people who rock us every week. And it’s hardly been plain sailing for the construction industry either, with a disconcertingly-named government report – Modernise or Die – threatening “inexorable decline” unless we start to use fresh ideas and innovations.

Next year then, had better rock us straight away. It’s bad enough losing so many pop culture icons without losing an entire industry too. We’ve had a look into our crystal ball and luckily it looks like 2017 will be offering 5 construction innovations to rock your business.

It’ll take a while to save up for that robot bricklayer, but here’s an action you can take to modernise today. Download: The Construction Payment Blueprint – 5 Ways to Innovate from Paper to Profit