They are not naive, most already have served time in industry, but they each hold a set of values which I found profound and uplifting..
As soon as we have a design we like, we can instantly generate a data model.This information gives us all the bill of materials quantities we’ll need for the project, and from this data set we can also create the BIM models (ie.
the BIM model is one ‘view’ of the data set, not the other way round).What’s more, as we move further into a construction Platforms space, we will increasingly see the data set of a design able to talk directly to the manufacturing marketplace.This means we’ll be able to access instantly both the cost and availability of a project’s components.
For example, Xometry, a company in the United States, is already being used by major manufacturers.Xometry sends the digital file of the required components out to its distributed network of pre-qualified manufacturers all over the USA.
They then get a price.
Once the customer is happy with that price, they bring the components together.Instead, he says, onsite construction technology solutions should revolve around getting workers who are already using technology like mobile phones, to use that same tech in different ways, aiding and improving onsite construction processes via photographing, scanning, etc.
Moreover, he also advocates incentivising the use of technology in order to boost worker engagement.Having everything pre-logged back at the site-shed could mean that workers no longer need to fill out end-of-day paperwork, enabling them to go home earlier instead.. asBuilt believe it’s these types of changes which will ultimately create the necessary unlock with platforms and technology in construction.
Suddenly, we’ll be using construction digitalisation all the time, and we’ll start to see platforms emerge which aren’t thinking at the level of the consultant, but are addressing some of the more specific and prevalent construction site issues instead.One such issue is illiteracy.
(Editor: Smart Smart Thermometers)