Building Information Modelling- BIM happens to be undeniably cementing its role in construction’s planning as well as design domains. Nevertheless, the persistent dissonance when it comes to meticulously outlined BIM plans as well as the harsh practicalities of the job site continue to remain an obstacle that keeps recurring.
It is well to be noted that large investments thrown in a project’s early design as well as planning stages make very little difference.
The gap when it comes to the map and terrain in the rollout phase invariably goes on to lead to unrequired rework as well as delay costs and a litany of quality challenges.
Apparently, the teams can no longer afford to monitor their projects by way of post-it notes, checklists, photos, or manual inspection visits. They also need measurements and better information. The fact is that they need answers.
A robust solution happens to be emerging in the form of automatic workflows that go on to track the onsite work status against the BIM plans all throughout the construction process.
This needs a modern blend that mixes advanced technologies so as to bridge the gap between reality as well as the digital blueprints, artificial intelligence, laser scanning, along with the eye of big data analytics. All put together, these innovations happen to be weaving real-time information from the job site into the digital fabric of BIM models.
All this is indeed a construction manager’s dream. The team leaders are empowered with unparalleled answers due to the tireless digital assistant that craftly oversees work quality as well as progress, rapidly detecting problematic deviations in the early part and eradicating costly risks before they take place.
A spectrum of outdated manual processes can be augmented by this. The site monitoring that’s laborious and quality control measures that have historically needed weeks of onsite work, even for very minor job site sections, can now get delivered in just a matter of minutes spanning the overall construction site.
Instead of sporadic status updates, feedback loops between the site and the office can now be ascertained on a weekly or even daily basis. And most significantly, all project partners can go on to benefit from the leveling of the playing field when it comes to accessing job site data so as to better deliver the respective assignments.
Hence, a new epoch dawns, which unfolds the landscape when it comes to the gamut of lean construction.
Enter the age of AI-driven construction management as well as automatic monitoring of as-built vs. BIM.
What happens to be driving this trend?
Numerous elements happen to be coalescing so as to propel the rise of automatic quality control as well as site monitoring in the realm of construction management:
1. Owner sophistication goes on to riseÂ
It is well to be noted that construction projects happen to be growing in size as well as complexity, apart from the project owner’s needs as well as closer involvement in the construction phase. A much broader range of projects happen to be now in need of BIM, more detailed reporting as well as final deliverables, integration of prefabrication along with offsite construction elements, and also sophisticated risk-reward models aimed at aligning incentives across participants.
While the dearth of accessible information happens to remain a major challenge in construction, such factors are indeed creating a pull for solutions able to level the playing field, lessen the blind spots pertaining to the factual onsite reality, and drive new cooperation dynamics that go on to benefit the project as a whole.
2. Availability when it comes to high-precision and high-fidelity data
The precise data integration captured via frequent laser scanning routines, teamed with objective automated analytics, is indeed doing wonders when it comes to eradicating uncertainty as well as guesswork in a chaotic and ever-changing landscape of construction settings.
It is worth noting that millimeter-accurate measurements of the as-built environment happen to be captured onsite in just a matter of minutes, thereby resulting in detailed work documentation. Direct analytics against planned design intent in the BIM leads to a decrease in the likelihood of inadvertently overlooking challenging deviations.
Massive amounts of volumetric data happen to be automatically scrutinized, thereby taking into account work errors as well as issues that somehow escape human observation, no matter how many photos get taken. This not only vastly expands the control area but, at the same time, also delivers objective as well as detailed information that is shared across the teams.
Everyone happens to see the same thing and also has all the data needed so as to start resolving the issue immediately.
3.Streamlined collab as well as fast feedback loops
This trend goes on to sync immaculately with the tenets pertaining to lean construction, which highlight minimization when it comes to waste, consistent improvement, and heightened efficiency. As projects happen to move towards collaboration-pushed contract models, participants are indeed moving away from a typical self-concern attitude and then into a more transparent as well as project-success orientation.
In lean construction, there happens to be only we and one who cannot enhance what one doesn’t measure, and waste in any kind of form is disrespectful to the one involved. These elements are pushing to close the gap in information across project partners, as well as the gap between the site and the office.
With lean methods such as Takt Planning or the Last Planner Method going ahead and measuring the work pace on a weekly or daily basis, the requirement when it comes to routine status feedback keeps elevating, thereby driving the team’s capacity to keep track of what is going on and at the same time proactively solve problems as soon as they come up.
