However, in other cases, where assets need to respond to site constraints and/or business needs, then the ability to adapt a Reference Design is critical to its usefulness.
Just as Bryden Wood’s focus lies in our Design to Value approach to construction, for asBuilt, adding value is also a key priority.As such, onsite IoT technology is a key area of interest for the company.
Lamont feels we need to slow down to go faster here, deploying simple, smart construction technology solutions to unlock sites.Afterall, construction sites are temporary in nature, and contain vast amounts of data which isn’t currently being tracked, but easily could be with existing tech.In reality, there’s no need for 5G technology in order to obtain the data we’re looking to gather onsite, Lamont says.
Still, that’s primarily what we’re hearing about these days.In actual fact, what we really need are low-power devices to gather information about simple things.
We need to know where a particular machine is located, whether it’s vibrating, how noisy it is, and what the light and temperature readings are.. All of this information can be done on devices that are already in plentiful supply.
All that’s needed is something like a LoRaWAN network to connect to.As all of the departments had their own nomenclature for the base types, it was an arduous task.
And yet, once all of the cross-departmental pipelines were put into Uniclass, a great deal of cross-department commonality was revealed.This has delivered a huge body of evidence in terms of how platform design (P-DfMA) can unlock industrialised construction..
Improving diversity and attracting young workers into construction.Understanding how we can attract more people into the sector is vitally important when we consider shaping the future of the construction industry.
(Editor: Ultra Shelves)