The question is how we use this emergence to the advantage of the project and the recipients of its value.
Lamont believes that what we really need is something to change the entire world at once, and suggests the use of mobile phones and QR codes to achieve this.He doesn’t believe more BIM is the answer to the industry’s problems, explaining that a drawing numbering system isn’t going to help the worker installing rebar.
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.
We need to begin targeting the many construction workers who can’t read particularly well, and figuring out practical ways we can get them to use construction technology.
These are the types of changes which will unlock the sub-trades and the main contractors, ultimately leading to an unlocked construction ecosystem.. Data and spatial mapping in construction technology.of existing buildings (retrofitting) in order to help the UK meet its carbon targets.. To give a sense of the scale of the importance of adaptive reuse: according to LETI’s analysis, 80% of residential buildings that will exist in 2050 have already been built; and most of the buildings currently under construction will need to be partially or totally retrofitted before 2050.. A substantial proportion of the carbon emissions from existing buildings can be reduced by adopting simple retrofit measures, which could potentially be subsidised by the government.
These would include: adding thermal insulation, upgrading windows or exchanging gas boilers for electric heaters and air source heat pumps..There are multiple benefits to promoting a national-scale retrofit of existing buildings.
The advantages of adaptive reuse architecture include:.the reduction of embodied carbon from the reuse of existing buildings.
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