Time for technology Soeren Brogaard discusses how data has become a crucial asset across construction
T
he introduction of innovative
Association) together with the European
organizations. The US National Institute
technologies and data
Rental Association (ERA) have worked for
of Building Science (NIBS) and the UK’s
standardization are key trends
over a decade to drive the development of
Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB)
in the coherent development
standardization around machine data, and
are collaborating with developers and
of construction technology and the
these efforts are gaining ground across the
suppliers on a national BIM programme
digitalization of the industry. Developments
global industry.
to support international alignment on
in IoT (Internet of Things) connectivity and
technical standards.
OEMs, rental, contractors, and operators.
Standardization helps propel adoption
to drive efficiency through more regular
With annual sales of small tools amounting
ISO standards, such as BIM, ISO19650, are
machine monitoring. It is important to
to around 100m-110m units, this increased
an important step to accelerate adoption.
increase the data points tracked and the
connectivity offers a massive contribution
The ability for companies to work from the
frequency of data requests, to create the
to eliminating downtime and increasing
same specification to create systems that
capability to capture more data, such as
productivity.
interconnect demonstrates the forward-
machine idle time, fuel levels, and alarms.
thinking that is happening in construction
To gain reasonable accuracy these systems
devices has expanded access to data for
The ARA (North American Rental
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