Smart Phones and Construction Apps

Construction technology is growing in leaps and bounds.  With the advent of smartphones, the cloud, and the plethora of apps available, the construction reference manuals, charts, etc., that were once so indispensible are rapidly becoming dust-covered relics of the past. 

About half of adults in the U.S. now own smartphones, and they rely on them for just about everything.  There are apps for nearly any topic imaginable, and among them are a myriad of construction industry-related apps that make information that once resided in heavy tomes available at one’s fingertips.  Smartphone apps – many of them free – can be readily found and are regularly used in the field.

These include:

·    Conversion tables
·    Building codes
·    Calculators
·    Catalogs
·    Industry periodicals
·    Instructional apps
·    Equipment selection

Smartphones can also used in the field to find O&M manuals, local vendors and suppliers, and local subcontractors. 
There are still some smartphone holdouts in the construction industry (and, frankly, everywhere else), especially of an older generation, who resist change, are intimidated by advanced technology, or feel they’ve done just fine without them in the past.  But smartphones are here to stay, and they give a clear edge to those who use them in the field over those who don’t. 

About R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services

R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) in business since 1935, is a premier specialized contractor operating in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, with over one hundred employees and an exemplary safety record (we have been directly involved in four sites that received VPP OSHA Safety Awards). R. Baker & Son is financially strong, with bonding capabilities over $10 million. Capabilities include industrial and commercial demolition, rigging, machinery- and plant-moving, dismantling, decommissioning, plant and equipment relocation, interior demolition, selective demolition, warehousing, wrecking and razing, millwright, plant reconfigurations, heavy rigging, salvage, environmental services, remediation, decontamination, abatement, and investment and asset recovery..

Demolition, wrecking and razing, rigging, millwright, plant reconfigurations, heavy rigging, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business / SDVOSB, salvage, dismantling, decommissioning, plant and machinery moving, building demolition, riggers, environmental services, remediation, decontamination, abatement, interior demolition, investment and asset recovery.

R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services
1 Globe Street
Red Bank, NJ 07701
Phone: 732-222-3553
Fax: 732-450-0311
Web: http://www.rbaker.com