Smart Wearables in Construction – Hype, Hope and Reality
30 Sept 2026
Digitalisation & AI Stage
Digitalisation & AI Stage
Laing O'Rourke has been quietly gathering data that challenges some long-held assumptions about how we understand productivity, wellbeing and performance on site. Drawing on original research into smart wearable technology, Rob Claridge will share what the data actually reveals - where wearables are delivering measurable value, where the promise outpaces the reality, and what responsible deployment looks like when real workers are involved.
This session moves beyond the product pitch to ask harder questions: what does "good work" look like when it's quantified? Who owns the data a worker generates? And can wearable technology become a genuine tool for workforce improvement rather than just surveillance by another name?
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