Learn how the new Opportunity Zone tax incentive for investors can be an effective way to raise capital for your business and for the projects and operating businesses of your clients. This session will cover the rules and mechanics of OZ and dive into issues that particularly apply to the construction industry so you leave the session understanding the basics and whether/how OZ could benefit you and your clients.

How technology creates opportunities and challenges in Construction Risk Management - Offsite Fabrication/Modularization - Digital Twinning - Wearable Technology - Advancements in Drone Use.

No matter what 2020 has in store for construction, the competition for great employees remains intense. By building and maintaining competitive pay programs, the goals of retaining and motivating key employees, as well as attracting exceptional employees, need to be met. This session addresses current pay trends, strategies to recruit and retain critical talent, and the planning necessary to maintain a solid compensation program.

Join FMI’s Technology and Innovation practice leader, Jay Snyder, along with a panel of construction companies that are on the path to digital transformation. The panel will kick off with a brief presentation by Jay on the latest trends in the industry influencing technology and innovation. The panel will continue by discussing what digital transformation means in the built environment and how it is of value to the business. We will engage in a robust discussion of lessons learned, assumptions, reality that the panelists have experience as they undergo the change.

It isn’t easy being an employer these days, let alone a construction employer. Amid a hodgepodge of state and local laws and litigation, trends are emerging across the country for construction employers—from construction defects and design liability litigation to wage theft and paid leave laws. Is your business prepared for the ensuing risks? During this session, attendees will hear about several of these trends and ways construction employers can mitigate their risk.

Discover how to rethink construction using Blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data. 

Learning Objectives: 

• Understand how data sprawl has impacted the industry 
• Understand Data Warehousing best Practices 
• Introduction of intelligent process automation 
• Introduction to AI based process and integration engines

It isn’t easy being an employer these days, let alone a construction employer. Amid a hodgepodge of state and local laws and litigation, trends are emerging across the country for construction employers—from construction defects and design liability litigation to wage theft and paid leave laws. Is your business prepared for the ensuing risks? During this session, attendees will hear about several of these trends and ways construction employers can mitigate their risk.

Discover how to rethink construction using Blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data. 

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how data sprawl has impacted the industry 
• Understand Data Warehousing best Practices 
• Introduction of intelligent process automation 
• Introduction to AI based process and integration engines