Job management software, AI for plumbers and electricians, and whether any of it earns its keep on the tools.
Almost everything written about technology for trades is written by somebody selling it, which is why the figures never quite match. The same case study is a 25% saving in one article and zero errors in another, and the call handling numbers everybody quotes have no sample size behind them.
So this is the other version. Job management software for tradesmen, AI that answers the phone for a plumber or drafts the quote for an electrician, smart glasses, digital certificates. What each one costs once the licences and the training are in rather than the price on the box, what the independent evidence shows, and the part of the job it leaves exactly as it was.
The Trade Remedies Authority has put provisional anti-dumping duties on boom lifts imported from China. If you buy a Chinese machine, the duty lands on your import bill. If you hire from a UK yard, nothing so far shows your rate has moved.
The reported ICOM update runs from initial water analysis to ongoing maintenance on commercial hot water work. HPM says it is free to download, but does not say what changed.
Smith & Nephew took over unloading from Nippon Express to cut numbers on site during COVID-19. A delivery worker suffered life-changing injuries. HSE found the lift was not properly assessed, planned or supervised.
AI can turn a house scan into a heat pump design and help code sewer footage. Further down the trades, the offering gets thin. The price often tells you less than the allowance beside it.
You can buy glasses with a built-in camera. Whether they can replace your existing PPE is a separate question, and some manufacturers' own pages leave it open.
The maximum fine gets quoted in every article about cameras at work, and it is not going to happen to you. Staff complaints, an order to stop recording and an unpaid ICO fee are the nearer concerns.
When your people work on someone else's site, the principal contractor gets a say before the supplier does. The useful jobs are specific, and permission comes before the kit.
Everyone selling smart glasses shows you the catalogue. Nobody shows you the bill. What a pair actually costs a business with vans on the road, what they fix on the tools, and what they leave exactly as it was.
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