Show HN: ShapeMeasure. Automating measuring and cutting on construction sites

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Hey, HN. Ben here, founder of ShapeMeasure.

I grew up on construction sites -- my dad was a general contractor. After publishing research in quantum information theory and robotics, I decided to get back to the family business by founding a company to modernize construction. Happy to answer any question around construction, running a hardware startup, or anything else!

Across every industry I do or have worked around, there's an abundance of mediocre work done to save time. Whether it's saving time for skilled workers to get more work, or helping elevate mediocre jobs to exceptional jobs, this kind of innovation is crucial!

I think this is an important innovation to drastically improve the efficiency for construction

Yeah that + consistency/quality. Depending on the market you’re in, there can be such a variation in finding good trade talent. Installing stairs is pretty specialized so if you can lower the bar + increase quality, seems like a win-win to me.

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