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Will futuristic robot construction workers rise up to plug the skills gap over the next few decades? James Wilmore investigates Nearly four years ago, Balfour Beatty made a bold forecast. Rubbing its crystal ball, the UK’s biggest construction firm predicted that, by 2050, building sites would be largely devoid of people. In this brave new world, robots would work in teams to build some sections of projects, while other parts would self-assemble, and drones would inspect the work. Humans would be reduced to the role of observers, monitoring multiple projects via 3D and 4D data. At the ti...