MEPI, a research organization focused on infrastructure and construction issues in Midwestern states, reports that jobs traditionally done by skilled laborers are being completed more quickly via automation, with multiple robotic brick layers, for example, capable of placing thousands of bricks a day, compared to a manual laborer, who averages about 500 bricks a day. The organization found that the number of workers displaced by 2057 could reach 96,000 in Illinois and 55,000 in Minnesota.
