The impact of the industry structure on realising an effective utilisation rate for automated equipment in the Australian construcion industry

The ill-structured, dusty, noisy, and often hazardous work environment associated with building, the small number of truly repetitive tasks, the need for equipment mobility, and the constantly changing job site, have led to the use of robots in the construction industry lagging well behind their use in manufacturing (Skibniewski, 1988). However, the use of robots on certain construction sites, such as those involving the preparation or processing of large surfaces as on high-rise or large estate housing projects, is, in some contexts, both technically and economically feasible.