The UK aspires to reduce total carbon emissions by 78% by 2035, compared to 2020 levels, and become net zero carbon by 2050.
This might include things such as whether someone is walking in an area they shouldn’t be, or even checking to see whether a structure may have moved over a three- or six-month period.This is the type of information that’s truly valuable onsite, and we should be interrogating it.
However, it’s important to keep in mind the temporary nature of construction sites.Once they’ve gone, we’ve lost the opportunity to use construction technology to gather that simple, valuable information that can tell us what’s really happening.It’s this data that enables us to do better designs, and better implement modules etc.
Of course, much of what we need to do is perfectly achievable with existing technology, but we can also be confident that as tech continues its rapid advancement, what we’re using a year from now will be significantly better than what we’re using today..The benefits of IoT in construction.
The temporary nature of construction sites also impacts the role of IoT technology onsite.
In fact, much of the information we’re able to take from the process, and many of the details about how things are being put together, has already disappeared by the time the concrete has set and we’ve got the finishes on the walls.Starting with DfMA.
Marks feels one beneficial change would come from the construction industry committing more broadly to seeking guidance from manufacturing professionals.Currently, that isn’t often happening.
However, if we want to shift to more of a manufacturing mindset, she believes it’s essential that we “get the right people in the room.”.“The majority of the consultants that are working with our customers and myself on the industrialised construction offering are manufacturing consultants,” she says.