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Depending on what news sources you follow, you’re likely to have read several trend predictions for 2020. Here is a Top-10 style list, linked back to the original articles.

Prediction 1: In 2020, renewable/sustainable energy will attract 85 percent of all new investment but demand for oil and gas remains high. The first and most obvious change in the market is that renewable fuel consumption is going to increase dramatically. Figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA) suggest that by 2023 renewables will …

The construction industry notoriously lags in productivity improvements and technology adoption. Its sluggish pace results in trillions of dollars in lost value – approximately $1.6 trillion a year. One underlying cause of this lagging performance is the way the industry develops complex physical assets, a process that has essentially remained unchanged in the face …