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CEO @ Genda | Builder

This graph ain't pretty ,but is super important IMHO. 🥧 As John Andres and I were working on our Procore Technologies #Groundbreak presentation, I was looking for some data on the numbers of stakeholders on a jobsite. It is clear that workers are the highest number, but I didn't think that 84% of the individuals on a jobsite are workers. They are out there, they are in charge of all progress, they have the highest risks and yet none of the solutions out there are built for them. We are missing out! Just imagine the potential of getting them onboard. 🤯

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Nick H.

Read my “about” section | Structural Engineer

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Erez Dror isn’t this just business in general? If you look at most companies, aren’t the majority of the workforce just straight up labor/individual contributors with no decision making power? Most don’t build solutions for workers because most are focused on the decision makers/people who cut checks…never met a SaaS salesperson who actually talks about or cares about the end user of the product they sell. Once the decision makers is satisfied and the commission check is cashed, does it really matter if the product does anything worthwhile for the end user?

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Henning Roedel

Space | Data | Innovation | Making

1mo

Matt Spergel more data!

Prakash Senghani

Digital Construction thought leader | Startup Founder | Early Stage Investor | Board Advisor | Co-Founder & CEO at Navatech

1mo

Mukund H. here the stat you've always been looking for!! Erez I TOTALLY concur with this. Frontline workers make up the largest demographic of people in our industry and most Contech solutions are focused on making the lives of those who manage and supervise easier. We think we've got a way to get them engaged by going to where they already are!

Christoph Betz

🏗️ Innovation & Venture in Construction | Ex-Hochtief

1mo

Erez Dror, from your perspective, are the the workers in your example also going to pay for all the contech solutions? not sure if this population will have the budgets you aim for. do you see a potential tech budget limitation at the bottom of the industry pyramid (as it is structured today)?

I’ve been involved in this perspective from the design side mostly. I often describe concentric circles with the designer at the center but larger and larger groups of workers as you move away from the center, that need the information he is generating. The farther they are from being designers, the less astute they are about design but in no less need of access and understanding. This is the very basis of the Tagisphere concept of using AR to hyperlink the world of infrastructure with links to that information.

Ryan Posnikoff

Capital Project Technology Leader | VP Product @ Contruent | Project Performance, Capital Projects

1mo

This is the space that many of the contech space are missing. It is evident at all the conferences and the GTM of many vendors, the focus is on those that have an office on/off site. Not those that only go inside for lunch. The critical mass is at the field level and where gains on productivity can be found!

John Andres

Director of Technology at ANDRES Construction Services

1mo

Imagine the potential...with us at our GBK presentation!

Forest Olaf Peterson, Ph.D.

Engineer | Public Infrastructure | Labor Standards

1mo

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Robin Patra

Zero to One ➤ Data Evangelist ➤ Data Monetization➤ Everything “Craft” of Data , Analytics , AI , Product Engineering , Digital Transformation ,Building data-driven organizations➤ Bridging gap between Tech , Biz & Data

1mo

Pretty interesting observation Erez Dror , curious to know what is the segmentation of those 84% why they are there ? What’s their need and how tech can help them , may be they already have tech what they want to do their job. Any thoughts?

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Adam Fazzani

ConTech Founder | GoTradie 🔨 | Techstars '23

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Great data point Erez Dror. This is why product adoption is the largest barrier facing construction firms if the tech solution doesn’t directly benefit the ‘worker’. Most solutions are focused on office based teams, the biggest opportunity for productivity improvements related to field based teams. #gotradie

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