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Implementing new technologies to maximise and increase productivity in the construction industry is among the primary concern of respondents to a new survey.
The Construction Industry Innovation &amp; Productivity Report 2016, released by fintech startup Progressclaim.com surveyed over 200 construction workers and found less than half or 37 percent believe their industry is an early adopter of new tech-focussed solutions. 
Lincoln Easton, Progressclaim.com founder said 82 percent of respondents felt it’s important to work in a progressive and innovative organisation.
"A staggering number of respondents felt their workplace was not at all, or only slightly, advanced in their uptake of different technology types, with standout areas of concern including: drone technology (78 percent), 3D printing (77 percent) and BIM technology (54 percent)," he said.
"Even in areas such as IoT (the Internet of Things), desktop software and cloud technology, where respondents showed the most trust in their workplace’s abilities, the results were still low, with barely half indicating their workplace was somewhat advanced – 51 percent, 46 percent and 45 percent, respectively. 
“Increased productivity (90 percent), less time wastage (83 percent) and increased competitiveness (75 percent) ranked as the top three benefits of new technologies – but, as an industry, we are lacking long term vision, resources and expertise to roll out new solutions. 
“A project-focussed approach, rather than long term thinking, is breeding a stagnant culture that’s stifling progression at pace or scale.
"The findings uncovered key hurdles to be: a lack of expertise and resources that can be dedicated to manage the implementation (50 percent), a lack of standardisation across the industry (50 percent) and a reluctance to change current processes (39 percent)."
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Digitisation disconnect in construction industry - report

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The future of real estate purchasing has long been forecast as digital.
But conducting home purchase transactions over the internet rather than face to face is still a rare occurrence.
We know over 95% of people use the internet and apps to do their property research but the emergence of online auctions has never been widely embraced.
There are several online platforms these days where buyers can bid on properties rather than turn up to an auction or estate agent's office to sign up the deal. These listings tend to be properties that were likely more suited to private treaty, so they get a fillip via their online auction.
Being less frenetic, the bush also seems to have taken to online price per acre auctions of small farms.
<div>Sydney's desired for a showy sale means there have been only the occasional online auction offerings.</div>
Back in 2000 Di Jones Real Estate used pioneering technology to allow the viewing of its auctions live on the internet, but it was without the capacity to accept bidding, in part because of inbuilt time delays.
Within a decade inroom auctions were periodically being run by the industry in parallel with an online auction, opening up to people who could watch and make online bids.
Around five years ago we saw pure online-only property auctions - envisaged as eBay-like portals.
Dubbed as the logical transformative step, it was suggested it all was inevitable part of the online transition in the 21st Century.
Online auctions had been a proven success in other sectors – such as clothes, cars and travel. 
But it seems we are happy with the routine, structure and transparency of traditional property sales that have been relatively unchanged since the 18th Century.
Despite regulatory advancement, real estate agents - and the buying public - have been reluctant to adopt the innovative technology-enabled solution, preferring the face to face contact.
In 2015 a Lilyfield listing with $1.3 million plus hopes was auctioned online. The three bedroom terrace secured 22 bids over a three day period from three bidders.
The winning bidder paid $1,618,000, well above the reserve price. The vendor was also the founder of an auction online website.
The estate agency has since kept its preference for auctions on a Saturday morning.
There is good reason why Sydney's residential heartland loves their onsite 20 minute, pressure-cooker auctions.
Last month a three-bedroom home on Ocean Road Manly was sold by Clarke and Humel Property for $3.45 million.
There were the nine registered bidders until a dramatic pause when a 10th bidder stepped forward for registration having only inspected the offering minutes before. He was the buyer.
And two weeks earlier - also on Ocean Road - a jogger happened across an auction and successfully bid for the home.
Despite all the technological advancement, and our familiarity with it, I'd suggest the onsite ritual is irreplaceable.
This article first appeared in the Daily Telegraph.
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Why suburban onsite house auctions trump online auctions

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Australian property industry practitioners stand to benefit from substantial financial gains the faster the industry transitions to e-Conveyancing, according to a new Deloitte Access Economics report.
The independent analysis estimates the Australian conveyancing industry could receive benefit of $89 million per annum if a digitised lodgement and settlement process achieves 100 per cent uptake in 2021-22.
The report also analysed the experience of practitioners currently and found that the estimated benefit to practitioners in the 2016-17 financial year was $3 million, with 2 per cent of practitioner lodgements completed on the PEXA platform.
Costs are predicted to fall substantially as practitioner uptake increases and achieves e-conveyancing’s ‘network effect’.
According to the study, a major contributor to practitioners’ costs was duplication of work across paper and electronic processes. This occurs when one side of the transaction does not use the electronic system, meaning all parties must revert to paper processing.
John O’Mahony, Partner, Deloitte Access Economics, said the new report highlights the potential benefits to the property industry of embracing digital disruption:
“The report finds e-conveyancing has favourable outcomes for the conveyancing industry. However, it is clear that practitioners are currently unable to realise the full efficiencies of digital settlement under the dual paper and electronic process. Once all practitioners are using the system, the industry will be able to better capture the efficiency gains and resulting benefits.”
The report also revealed e-conveyancing has reduced the frequency of delayed settlements, easing a major source of stress for Australian consumers.
PEXA CEO Marcus Price said it’s good to finally see the financial benefits of e-Conveyancing flowing through.
“Consumers have had access to a fast, safe and efficient settlement process through PEXA for sometime now so it’s good to see the final phase – the financial benefits – begin to flow through,” Price said.
“Some of the benefits accessible today include near real-time access to the proceeds of sale for the vendor, or interest recognised on title immediately for the purchaser – a process that often takes weeks in the manual world.
"Importantly, consumers have greater certainty that their settlement will proceed as scheduled – a vast improvement on error-prone manual processes. The flow on financial benefits represent the next phase in the evolution of digital property settlements.”
PEXA is now doing close to 25 per cent of all practitioner land lodgement nationally - a sizable lift on the 2 per cent reported, indicating the speed at which the industry is transforming.
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