The construction industry has come a long way in the last five years, technologically speaking according to Paul Brady, executive director of Connecticut Engineers in Private Practice and Connecticut Building Congress.

"Five years ago, only about half of design was being done on computers, but today that number is more than 90 percent," Brady said. "Now almost all work is being done on some sort of computer. Technology is definitely where people's initiatives are going, but the industry is still a little bit behind," said Tricia Johnson, MIS director for Fusco Corp. in New Haven and president of the Construction Institute's technology committee. "Construction tends to be a conservative industry