Research Progress into Automated Piping Construction

In its report, Construction Technology Needs and Priorities, the Business Roundtable identified piping as the most inefficient of major construction tasks and one of the three areas having the highest potential for technical advancement. [2] On average, piping work comprises 24% of heavy industrial projects, 16% of power plants, and 12% of light industrial projects. Even moderate technological advances in piping work should deliver sizable returns on investment. The economic results of automation in piping work could be very significant.