Construction is still known for hard hats more than hardware, but Matt Sharp of RLB is changing that perception. In this episode he shares how he broke his IT department out as a revenue-generating subsidiary and what it takes to digitally transform one of the world's most traditional industries.
Technology still plays second fiddle to steel and scaffolding in many people’s view of construction, but that image belies the truth behind the industry's impressive digital progress.
In this episode of Ctrl Alt Lead Matt Sharp, CDO at RLB, talks about how he launched his IT team as a separate digital consultancy to serve clients beyond construction, how it became revenue generating in the first year, and why construction’s digital transformation is now accelerating - and what still holds it back.
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